Director: PDG Hugh Langridge
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to
advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty.
Payments to the Rotary Foundation are to be in Australian Dollars, Rotary Club cheques should be made out to The Rotary Foundation, Individuals or Companies seeking tax deductibility should make cheques out to:
The Australian Rotary Foundation Trust
Cheques should be forwarded to the District 9470 Foundation
Treasurer, PO Box 1260, East Victoria Park WA 6981.
Contact the District 9470 Foundation Treasurer for information
on Paul Harris Fellows
Treasurer: Dom Manno
Secretary: Noel Allen
The Rotary Foundation South Pacific and Phillipines Office
Supervisor: Terry Davies, email: Terry.Davies@rotary.org
The Rotary Foundation Programs
Alumni
Chairperson: Cleve Main
Former Rotary Scholars, Group Study Exchange participants, and University Teacher Grant or Rotary Volunteer Grant recipients, as well individuals who have travelled as part of a Discovery or New Opportunities Grant are all considered alumni of The Rotary Foundation.
Rotary World Peace Fellowship (RWPF)
Chairperson: Joe Byl
The Rotary World Peace Fellowship is a comprehensive fellowship designed to support a Rotary World Peace Fellow in a masters degree program at one of the seven Rotary Centres for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution.
Ambassadorial Scholarships
Ambassadorial Scholarships is a minimum of one year study overseas and participants are ambassadors for Rotary.
Chairperson: Joe Byl
Group Study Exchange (GSE)
Chairperson: Mike Bermann
Group Study Exchange is a program in which paired Districts exchange teams of a minimum of four outstanding business people or professionals for a period of four- to six-weeks of study in another country, thus furthering international understanding, goodwill and peace.
2008–09 GSE Exchange to District 5050, Canada
Inbound Visit: 3 Oct–1 Nov 2008
Outbound Visit: 3 May–1 June 2009
Matching Grants
Chairperson: DGE Ian Jones
Grants are made for international educational or charitable projects sponsored and partially funded by Rotary Clubs and/or Districts. A Rotary Club may apply for a grant from The Rotary Foundation for a proposed international service project.
Polio Plus
Chairperson: DG Pushpa Pushpalingam
Supports Rotarians’ efforts to achieve Rotary International’s and its Foundation’s goal of the certification of the eradication of the wild poliovirus.
