INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

Amanda BarnesDistrict International Director 2018-19

INTERNATIONAL BREAK OUT SESSION

Timetable 11.45 Introduction - Amanda11.50 TRF Grants - David Dean11.55 Friendship Exchanges - Jennifer12.00 Sister/Matched clubs - Barry12.05 Interplast – Kian12.15 Shelter Box - Johanna12.25 ROMAC - Richard12.35 RAWCS – Jan and Sue 12.55 RABS – David P 13.00 RAM - John13.05 DIK – Alex D13.15 Disaster aid – Danny13.25 PNG - Ted

DISTRICT 9685 INTERNATIONAL TEAM 2018-2019

Chair - Amanda Barnes barnesamanda.2016@gmail.com 0410 572 368

Shelter Box - Johanna Johns johanna.johns@iinet.net.au 0407 315 080

Sister and Matched Clubs, International Fellowships - Barry Philpsbphilps@bigpond.net.au 0419 415 451

Friendship Exchange - Jennifer Scott jennifer@scottadr.com 0414 367 631

Interplast - Kian Safaei ksafaei@yahoo.com 0422 161 757

Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) - Marilyn Kenney ckenney@bigpond.net.au 0404 041 325

Disaster Aid Australia - Jan Burney admin@disasteraidaustralia.org.au

INTERNATIONAL TEAM 9685 2018-2019

Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS)- Chair - Jan Pryor janpryor08@gmail.com 0423 315 921

- Secretary - Sue O'Neill sue_oneill@hotmail.com 0404 432 690

Rotary Australia Benevolent Society (RABS) - David Perabodavid.perabo@bigpond.com 0411 624 238

Donations in Kind (DIK) - Alex Donaldson alexd@penrithvalleyrotary.org 0414 392 895

Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) - Stephen Bruce stephenwbruce@hotmail.com

FOUNDATION GRANTS

David Dean

FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE

PDG Jennifer Scott

WHAT IS FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE?

Friendship Exchange is an international exchange program for Rotary members and friends that allows participants to take turns hosting one another in their homes and clubs

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

• Broaden international understanding• Explore a specific profession or job in a different

context• Build enduring friendships• Establish a foundation for peace and service• Gain opportunities for active project involvement

and support• Learn about a region’s people, food, languages,

customs, and history

WHAT IS AN EXCHANGE LIKE?

• Participants travel as individuals, couples, families, or groups, and may include Rotary members and non-members.

• Prospective exchange teams communicate in advance to decide on the purpose, format, timing, logistics, and duration of each visit.

• Pay our own expenses, often home hosted

OPTIONS

• Chicago USA• Mongolia & Hong Kong• South Scotland*• Iceland*• *can occur before or after the 2018-19

Hamburg Convention

SISTER CLUBS AND FELLOWSHIPS

PDG Barry Philps

GOODWILL AND UNDERSTANDING

SISTER CLUBS Building strong relations between clubs• Internationally is best• Seek via work, holidays, relatives• Country of interest – Rotary network• Share club information

SISTER CLUBS

Share district and country informationShare activities and projectsExchange bulletins Invite to special occasionsJoin each others club meeting via video

SISTER CLUBS

• Best activity is to visit one another• Home host• Visit projects• Arrange to combine on a project• Tour

FELLOWSHIPS

• Groups of like minded Rotarians• 55 Plus groups• Mainly leisure centred, some work• Go to Rotary.org to search• Seek fellowship directory• Look at website

FELLOWSHIPS

• ITHF 1200 members• Membership info protected• Access to members only• Quarterly newsletter

FELLOWSHIPS

• International convention• Board meeting• AGM breakfast• Members Tour• International projects

FELLOWSHIPS

• Encourage local and international hosting• Encourage local meetings• 3 nights B & B• Local areas of interest

FELLOWSHIPS

EXAMPLEScyclinggourmetscouting

TennisWineDoctorsYachting

• CHECK ROTARY. ORG

• Look at the Fellowship directory

INTERPLAST

Kian Safaei

INTERPLAST

WHO DO WE HELP

www.interplast.org.au

• Provide your District Chair with opportunities to present Interplast to your networks.

• Follow and share on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn, both Interplast and ambassador Turia Pitt’s accounts.

• Donate – either as individuals , (tax deductible donations can be attributed to your club, just let us know) donate as a Club or propose Interplast as a beneficiary of an event.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

VARIOUS ACHIEVABLE CLUB FUNDRAISING TARGETS

Example of costs involved in the program are;• an average of $1,000 per patient, • Nurse training programs cost $10,000 to $12,000.• Full surgical program secured for $45,000.

Making a real difference in the lives of people in our neighbouring developing countries,

Responding to local needs,Fits both International and Vocational Avenues of Service, Is cost-effective per patient, Is a small organisation achieving big outcomes.

SHELTERBOX

Johanna Johns

ROMACROTARY OCEANIA MEDICAL AID FOR CHILDREN

Richard Woodburn

District 9685District Assembly

29 April 2018

ROMAC MISSION

To provide specialist treatment for children, from developing countries in the Southwest Pacific, in the form of life saving and dignity restoring surgerynot accessible to them in their home country.

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM…….

Priority is given to children from developing

countries that are part of our Australian and New

Zealand Rotary Districts:

Timor Leste PNG Solomon Islands

Vanuatu Tonga Fiji

THE CHILDREN

• Since 1988 we have treated over 500 children in hospitals in Australia and New Zealand

• 40 - 50 children per year

• Aged 15 years and younger

• Conditions - fractures, tumours, encephaloceles, club feet, burns, heart conditions, scoliosis

HOW DO WE FIND THEM…….

Outreach medical teams of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons:

CardiacOrthopaedicOphthalmologyPlastics (Interplast)

Overseas medical practitionersRotarians and Rotary ClubsWebsite and word of mouth

FERISE – SOLOMON ISLANDS

GEUA - PNG

BETHINA - PNG

LUJIO – TIMOR LESTE

MOURINE – SOLOMON ISLANDS

Currently undergoing treatment at Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick

WHAT MAKES IT HAPPEN……….

ROTARY CLUBS AND ROTARIANS

ROMAC can only provide these services because of the generosity of Rotary Clubs and Rotarians

ROMAC VOLUNTEERS

Administration and operational supportPromotion and fundraising activitiesPatient support – finding host families, casual driving, visiting, outings, airport greeters, carers

DOCTORS / NURSES / PHYSIOS / HOSPITALS

• Surgeons and other medical practitioners are extremely generous with their time and their skills

• Our surgeons and medical facilities are among the world’s best• Surgeons gain valuable experience, not normally available here, in treating some

of the unusual problems presented with ROMAC patients• Surgeons use these experiences to benefit our own children

EVERY ROTARIAN CAN HELP……

• ROMAC cannot exist without the support of the Rotary Clubs of Australia and New Zealand

• Please spread the word and make a club contribution

• Please consider a personal tax deductible contribution

• Your incoming ROMAC District Chair, Marilyn Kenney, has more information on how you can personally assist

RAWCSROTARY AUSTRALIA WORLD COMMUNITY

SERVICE

Jan Pryor and Sue O’Neill

ROTARY AUSTRALIA WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE

RAWCS projects are Humanitarian projects.They can be in Australia or in other countries.Today for International Directors we will focus on RAWCS projects in Developing Countries.

WHAT IS RAWCS?

RAWCS - Rotary Australia World Community Service Ltd is a public company.

RAWCS is a Rotary Australian Multi- District Program

RAWCS is here to assist Rotarians and Rotary Clubs to provide humanitarian support.

RAWCS offers an online donation facility to accumulate your funds and tax deductibility for donations.

ROTARY AUSTRALIA WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE

District 9685 currently has 77 registered RAWCS projects.57 are in Developing countries(20 are in Australia)

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Blackheath x1| Castle Hill x1| Central Blue Mtns x2 |

Chatswood x1 | Dee Why Warringah x3 | Epping x1 | Erina x3 |

Gosford North x3 | E-club of Greater Sydney x9 | The Hills-

Kellyville x4 | Lane Cove x1 | Lower Blue Mountains x1

|Macquarie Park x1 | Mosman x1 | Nepean x2 | North Rocks x2

| North Sydney x3 | Northbridge x1 | Northlakes Toukley x4 |

Pennant Hills x1| The Ponds x1 | Turramurra x 2| Umina Beach

x1 | Upper Blue Mtns Sunrise x2 | Upper Northern Beaches x1 |

Woy Woy x1

ROTARY AUSTRALIA WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE

BENEFITS OF REGISTERING WITH RAWCS

• Tax deductible

• Administration Fund

• Overseas fund transfers

• Increased funding opportunities

• Coordinated approach

RAWCS REVENUE2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

NationalDonation Revenue

$21,397,460 $32,031,835 $27,465,483 $30,406,918 $24,532,823

D9685 DonationRevenue

$3,550,210 $4,778,120

• RAWCS projects raise funds separately from Club funds

• Visit the RAWCS website www.rawcs.org.au

VOLUNTEER WITH AN EXISTING PROJECT

Set up your own project or work with an existing D9685 RAWCS project.D9685 Volunteering opportunities exist in the following countries: Bangladesh x3 | Cambodia x5 | China x1 | Congo DR x2 | India x1 | Indonesia x1 | Kenya x2 | Lao PDR x1 |Madagascar x 1 | Mongolia x 1 | Nepal x 8 | Papua New Guinea x 3 | Philippines x 3 | Sierra Leone x 1 | Sth Africa x 1 | Sri Lanka x 2 | Tanzania x1 | Thailand x 1 | Timor-Leste x5 | Uganda x2 | Vanuatu x2 | Vietnam x1 | Worldwide x 9|

GETTING STARTED WITH RAWCS?• Motivate and excite your International

team

• Create Rotary Club partnership

• or Link up with existing project

• Visit the RAWCS website www.rawcs.org.au

RABSROTARIANS AUSTRALIA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

David Perabo

RAMROTARIANS AGAINT MALARIA

John

• Areas of Interest– PNG– Solomon Islands– Timor Leste– *Indonesia, Vietnam & Vanuatu

• REMARAG (UK and USA)– Africa

OVERVIEW

PNG – MALARIA LLIN PROGRAM – SOME DIFFICULTIES

RESULTS (4)Distribution Of LLINs To Vulnerable Groups

Distributions To Vulnerable Groups Go To The Following• 80% Antenatal women

through Health Facilities• 17% Boarding Schools• 1% Prisons• People living with HIV/AIDS• Other specials groups such

as emergencies and Birth Kits (opposite Kula Baby Kits run by RAWCs in Milne Bay.

PNG – MALARIA LLIN PROGRAM – RESULTS

Menyamya District

PNG – MALARIA LLIN PROGRAM – PNG ROADS

NATIONAL MALARIA PROGRAMME SUCCESS STORY: CONTROL TO ELIMINATION PHASE IN 10 YEARS

Tools handed over by MoH Health Promotion Dept.

Drainage works

Solomon Islands Healthy Villages programRAM has supplied tools for 160 Villages

INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

Intersectoral collaboration meeting with Ministries of

Health and Agriculture.

Farmers at hands-on training Farmers in practical learning sessions.

Larval source reduction by farming and community Community using LLINs as

awareness and prevention increases.

Monitoring larval density and pest density

• Why Malaria Elimination in Asia Pacific is Not a Dream• Griffith University* Vaccine Development• Burnett Institute, • James Cook University* PhD Research• Walter & Eliza Hall Institute • Australian Army Malaria Research Unit• ANU

RESEARCH

HOW MUCH?LLIN (nets) $10

Adopt A Village $1000

Healthy Village $2000

per Club p.a. $500

RAWCS Project 32/2010-11 $200Kpa

RABS Project 16/2016-17 $500K

DIKDONATIONS IN KIND

Alex Donaldson

DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGIONProviding humanitarian aid through the

provision of donated goods

That aid must be effective for thelong term and be sustainable.

Donations in Kind focuses on being the resource for Rotary Clubs in collating and distributing valuable donated goods for their local and off shore projects

Our Eastern Region warehouse is now at Castle Hill

DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGIONSUITABLE GOODS – Health & Wellbeing - Medical

Hospital Beds (Electric, Hydraulic or Manual), Hospital Cots etc

Operating tables, Birthing tables, Obstetrics tables Theatre lights, Humidicribs, X-ray Machines

(caution), Defibrillators, Anaesthetic Machines, Ultrasound Machines

Wheelchairs, Walkers, Crutches, Walking Sticks Mattresses, Drip fittings & stands Hospital Consumables

If not sure contact DIK to check!

DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGIONSUITABLE GOODS – Education & Literacy

Stationery/School supplies Pens, pencils, exercise books, writing pads, art/

drawing paper, coloured pencils, chalk, markers, erasers, Sellotape & general school stationery supplies

Desks & Chairs Teachers and students, both Primary & High SchoolBlackboards & Whiteboards Wall mounted White boards and Blackboards Electronic Whiteboards (caution)

If not sure contact DIK to check!

DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGIONWAREHOUSE USAGE

Source and temporarily store suitable goods that may be you may need for YOUR projects

Provide temporary storage for goods sourced by you for our projects, for consolidation prior to packing your container.

Current warehouse allows packing of containers within the warehouse

DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGIONDIK PROJECT ASSISTANCE

DIK volunteers can assist with transport arrangements including creation of appropriate consignment notes etc

For packing of containers for a Club’s project it is expected that your Club will provide volunteer teams for the packing, under DIK guidance for safe packing.

Sometimes a container will need to be packed for a Club or organisation remote from Sydney, where we will always need Rotary/Rotaract/other volunteers,

DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGIONHOW CAN YOUR CLUB HELP DIK?

Volunteers to assist on working bees to assist in preparation tasks on hospital and education equipment or creation of literacy kits or similar tasks.

Drivers with toe-bars for trailers, or can provide a van, or with licences for heavier vehicles to assist with collection of donated goods to bring to the warehouse. (We have access to a loan trailer and garage a RAWCS provided truck.)

DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGIONHOW CAN YOUR CLUB HELP DIK?

IF YOUR CLUB DOES NOT HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT

MAKE DIK YOUR CLUB’S INTERNATIONAL PROJECT

Bring a team to assist at DIK 1, 2, 3 or 4 times/ year When considering your disbursement of funds

remember DIK administration for a donation, without support DIK Eastern Region make become extinct

DISASTER AID AUSTRALIA

PDG Danny Low

DISASTER AID

Disaster aid websitehttps://www.disasteraidinternational.com/

DISASTER AID

Sky hydranthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78NzvR5aTSE

RAMBUSTO PROJECT

Ted Waters

RAMBUTSO ISLAND TOILET PROJECT

MANUS PROVINCE, PNG

RAMBUTSO ISLANDS

2. PNG – FAST FACTS

PNG health indicators – amongstworlds worst

THE PNG TOILET CHALLENGE

COMMUNITY SOUGHT OUTCOMES

COMPOSTING TOILETS FOR ISLANDS

CLIVUS MULTRUM PROVEN IN PNG

RAMBUTSO SANITATION PROJECT PNG

The Rambutso Sanitation Project a pilot project located on Rambutso Island

RAMBUTSO SANITATION PROJECT PNG

The pilot equipment has been sourced, funded and shipped from Australia by the project sponsor Manly Rotary lead by Rotarian Lynne Shori

RAMBUTSO SANITATION PROJECT PNG

It is a sustainable project with building materials sourced locally and maintained by the local community:Timber frame, roofing, guttering, cement, flooring, fuel for transport

PILOT PROJECT COMPLETED

RAMBUTSO SANITATION PROJECT PNG

The project is consistent with one of Rotary International themes of provision and maintenance of clean water in developing countries

NEXT STEPS

1. Pilot success- opportunity for expansion to other communities in Rambuts0 & Manus Is

2. Toilets cost approx $13,0003. Manly Club contributed $19,000 with RI support

$80,000 --- 6 Toilets4. Talk to us:

1. Lynne Shori 04179397122. Ted Waters 04315541973. Vivien Coulson 0407029590