ROTARY DISTRICT 9470






	Program Links Vocational Service Pride of Workmanship Four Way Test Speech Contest Community Service Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (ARHRF) Bowelscan International Service Shelter Box Donations in Kind (DIK) Interplast Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) Ring Pulls Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) Rotary Australia World Community Services (RAWCS) Rotary Friendship Exchange Stamps for Overseas Aid New Generations Handicamp Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN) National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) Siemens Science Experience (SSE) Interact Rotaract Child Protection Youth Exchange Program (YEP) Short Term Exchange Program (STEP) Rotary Youth Driver Awareness		International Service Director: Peter Pelham The International Chairperson encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary's humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace. Shelterbox Contact: Rotary Club of Mundaring, Patrick Crichton or David Brockway Shelterbox delivers humanitarian aid and relief on a worldwide basis in the form of material and equipment that provides shelter, warmth and comfort to people displaced by natural and other disasters. Each ShelterBox contains up to two 10-person dome tents, thermal blankets, water purification tablets, a multi-fuel stove, tools and other essential equipment. The cost of a ShelterBox is AUD$1,200. An initiative of Rotarian Tom Henderson, a former RN diver, ShelterBox started in 2000 as a project of the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard, Cornwall and is supported by Rotary clubs worldwide. ShelterBox, the largest Rotary Club project in the world has raised over $40 million and sheltered over 550,000 people in 44 countries. The ShelterBox Trust is a registered UK charity: its President is The Duchess of Cornwall. Donations in Kind (DIK) Contact: Noel Allen Donated and useable products are collected, sorted, stored and on request despatched to Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) International Projects. Interplast Chairperson: PDG Brian Guest Interplast Australia is a registered organisation with Rotary and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons as joint proprietors. Established to provide reconstructive surgery in developing countries such as the Pacific Basin and South East Asia, teams usually consist of two surgeons, an anaesthetist and a theatre nurse who spend two weeks in the field. The program also assists surgeons from developing countries to train in Australia so that eventually their particular country will become self sufficient in reconstructive plastic surgery. The Interplast Fundraising Project is designed to help clubs raise funds to either contribute to or fund totally an overseas Interplast surgical team whilst at the same time raise money for your other club projects. This innovative fundraiser is managed by your district Interplast Committee. Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) Chairman: Brian Vale From July 1st 2007 ROMAC is a multi-district program of Rotary in Australia and New Zealand approved by RI. ROMAC provides medical treatment for children of developing countries in the form of life-saving or dignity-restoring surgery ROMAC brings in children up to the age of 15 years from Asia and the Pacific region to be treated by volunteer surgeons and their teams in major hospitals around Australia and New Zealand. Rotarians and clubs host patients and their Carers. Ring Pulls Aluminium ring pulls are used for the artificial limb project at the Prostheses Foundation in Chang Mai, Thailand. The ring pulls are sold locally and the proceeds (from all three Western Australian Districts) are sent to RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service Tri-District Committee). When sufficient funds are collected, RAWCS sends a cheque to the hospital. For further information on the ring pulls project contact Rob Lyons on 9291 6245. There are two collection points: All Signs in Victoria Park or the main collection bin at COR Engineering, 42 Wildfire Road, Maddington. Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) Chairman: Patricia Canning Coordination of the provision and supply of mosquito nets and suitable housing for malaria infected areas. Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) Chairman: Patricia Canning This committee co-ordinates international projects undertaken by Western Region Districts and Clubs to ensure that the donated funds and materials reach their intended destination. This committee is registered under the WA Charitable Collections Act (1946). It is also recognised by the Australian Taxation Office as a deductible gift recipient (donations over $2 are tax deductible). A program of Rotary International that covers areas such as water quality and supply, health, hunger, low cost housing and in some areas, projects are similar to those undertaken by Rotary Australia World Community Service. Rotary Friendship Exchange Contact: PDG Phil Cordery Rotary Friendship Exchange is a Rotary International program to foster international fellowship between Rotarians without cost to Rotary International. A District to District or Club to Club program, it is expected to be reciprocal. All expenses are the responsibility of participants, however hosting by Rotary families is the principal for these exchanges. Stamps for Overseas Aid Contact: Vin Nairn Used postage stamps, envelopes and corks are sold overseas to assist OXFAM and hospital projects through Indian Rotary Clubs. Delivery of stamps to Vin Nairn, Allsigns, Rear 1026 Albany Highway, East Victoria Park.