Program

How can we get involved?

What will it cost?

CONTACT

AQUABOX
Aquaboxes are rapidly deployed to disaster areas to provide safe water treatment.

• • Donate funds to assemble Aquaboxes.
• • Publicise and raise funds in your community, particularly at times of major disasters.
  • Aquabox complies with all Rotary protocols.

All contributions appreciated
Std Aquabox (2,000L water & humanitarian goods) $480
Aquabox30 (33,000L water) $750.

Ian Thomas
Rotary Club of Eltham
thomas_ij@yahoo.com.au
0419 178 679

Aquabox Website

• • Donate funds to assemble DAA.
• • Publicise and raise funds in your community, particularly at times of major disasters.
• • DAA complies with all Rotary protocols.

SHELTERBOX
Shelterboxes are rapidly deployed to disaster areas providing emergency shelter & useful goods.

• • Donate funds to purchase Shelterboxes.
• • Publicise and raise funds in your community, particularly at times of major disasters.

All contributions appreciated.
A Shelterbox
(tent,  cooking  equipment & goods for family of 9) $1200.

Alan Jones
Rotary Club of Diamond Creek
alan@thedrinkman.com
0414 861 558

Shelterbox Website

RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service Ltd)
Projects such as building projects, RAWCS volunteers, Safe Water Save Lives, Donations in Kind, Education and training programs, health care & medical aid.

• • Review list of current RAWCS projects (on rawcs website) for suitability for your involvement.
• • Partner with a local or overseas Rotary club. (refer to ProjectLINK on Rotary website)
• • Develop a new RAWCS project.
• • Raise funds and sponsor projects.

Sponsorship as appropriate to scale and nature of project.
(Consider application for RFI Matching Grant)
Assist team members with travel costs.

ProjectLINK on RI Website

Tony Thomas
Rotary Club of Yarrawonga-Mulwala yarrawongabuilding@bigpond.com
0409 794 816

Wendy-Grace Williams (Deputy)
Rotary Club of Pascoe Vale
0438 733 056

www.rawcs.com.au

RAWCS Volunteers
RAWCS teams of 6-8 volunteers mainly go to SE Asia and the Pacific for 2 weeks to work with the locals on building projects.

• • Put together a Volunteers team made up of Rotarians and non-Rotarians with some building skills and possibly sponsored building apprentices.
  • Partner with a local or overseas Rotary club. (refer to ProjectLINK on Rotary website)

Air fares (tax deductable).
Cost of sponsoring an apprentice,
Support team members with travel costs.
Provide tools for a team to leave behind.

Tony Thomas
0409 794 816

www.rawcs.com.au

Project Volunteers Website

Safe Water Save Lives (SWSL)
Safe Water Save Lives is a program to supply clean water to desperate people in underdeveloped countries through a planned system of water catchment, storage and reticulation.
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• • Donate to the program generally.
• • Contribute to the cost of providing and shipping equipment (water tanks, pumps, solar panels, filters etc to selected locations. 
• • Put together a RAWCS Volunteers team (as above).

Sponsorship as appropriate to scale and nature of project.
Team costs as above plus cost possibly of transport of specialist material to the work site.

Tony Thomas
0409 794 816

Safe Water Save Lives Website

Donations In Kind (DIK)
The program involves the collection, sorting, packing, dispatch and distribution of donated items to countries in need of these goods.

• • Publicise the program and source goods in your community.
• • Sort and maintain goods at the warehouse.
• • Pack shipping container. (Club Working Bee)
• • Sponsor transport costs.

Contribute say $500 towards cost of a container.
Sponsor the container shipping costs of around $2,500 to $4,000.

International Education  
To support education programs overseas which enable people to improve their chances of becoming more self sufficient and enabling them better opportunities in life particularly in the areas of women’s issues and sustainable development in their communities.
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• • Support a child for a year.
• • Support building of schools.
• • Support one of the Rotary Action Group for Population Growth and Sustainable Development Projects (RFPD) website.
  • Support an International Fair Trading Group  website.

From less than $100 for a year’s education for a single child to tens of thousands for a whole school.
RFPD projects can be from $100 to many thousands. It is up to the individual club- every little helps.

John Walton
Rotary Club of Heidelberg
ivanvet@netspace.net.au
0419 102 327

RFPD Website:
http://www.rifpd.org/Projects/RFPDProjects.shtml

Fair Trading Group Website:
http://www.seed09.wordpress.com

Rotary Oceania Medical Aid foRotary Club of hildren, ROMAC.
This program provides children under the age of 15 with treatment for major surgical problems that are unable to be treated in their own countries. The treatment is performed by surgeons in Australia and New Zealand who donate their time free.

• • Donate to sponsor the program/ or a particular patient.
• • Provide accommodation and/or travel support for patient and/or family member while in Victoria/NSW.
• • Provide friendship and recreation opportunity as a break from hospital for patient & family member.
• • Promote community awareness and support for the program.
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Sponsorship as appropriate to the situation.

In-kind support re travel and hospitality.

Brian Chambers
Rotary Club of Heidelberg
brc@bigpond.net.au
0418 551 507

www.rotary9790.org.au/4a/romac

Rotary Overseas Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) Website

INTERPLAST
Is a multi District Program which is a joint venture with the Australian College of Surgeons, which provides expertise in plastic and reconstructive surgery, through volunteers teams of surgeons and nurses, going to the South Pacific and countries north of Australia.

• The Interplast team travels to provide treatment in the patients’ home country.
  Your Club can:
• • Donate to sponsor the program / or a particular Interplast team.
• • Promote community awareness and support for the program.

Sponsorship of any amount is always appreciated.

Sponsorship of $40,000 for a complete team for 2 weeks, permits a representative to travel as observer with the team.

Rotarians Against Malaria RAM
The prevention of mortality, and a reduction in morbidity and social and economic loss caused by malaria through a progressive improvement and strengthening of local and national capabilities in malaria control.
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• • Raise funds and donate to RAM.
• • “Adopt a Village”- allows every man, woman and child in your adopted village the opportunity to sleep under a Life Saving Treated Bed net each night.
• • Promote community awareness and support particularly through publicity and events for Malaria Awareness Day.

Sponsorship of any amount is always appreciated.

A small village may cost $1,000, a medium size village may cost $2,000 and a large village may cost $3,000.

David Dow
R C Albury
0447 032 641
d.dow@bigpond.com

www.rawcs.com.au/RAWCSPrograms

Rotarians Against Malaria Website

Rotary Friendship Exchange
Co-ordinates exchanges between Rotarians in a number of countries.

• • Host an incoming RFE group in your home for a few days, participate in trips with a group on visits around District
• • Participate in an outward RFE group.

In-kind hosting.
Personal fares etc borne by outgoing Rotarians.

Rotary Recreational and Vocational Fellowships
This program offers opportunities to make friends with Rotarians who share a common vocation, hobby or recreational interest.
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• • Encourage members to join Rotary Fellowships to link with other Rotarians nationally and internationally sharing common recreational or vocational interests.

No costs to club, individuals/ couple pay own air fares and expenses whilst away.

Ian Musgrove
Rotary Club of Preston
imusgrove@bigpond.com
0402 045 840
www.rawcs.com.au/RAWCSPrograms

Rotary Fellowships Website

Your club may also choose to identify, develop and implement an international project(s) relevant to the interests, skills, resources and contacts of your members; outside of the above established Rotary programs.

If a project appears to be beyond your club, consider making it a joint clubs project.