INTERNATIONAL SERVICE. Amanda Barnes District International Director

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1 INTERNATIONAL SERVICE Amanda Barnes District International Director

2 INTERNATIONAL BREAK OUT SESSION Timetable Introduction - Amanda TRF Grants - David Dean Friendship Exchanges - Jennifer Sister/Matched clubs - Barry Interplast Kian Shelter Box - Johanna ROMAC - Richard RAWCS Jan and Sue RABS David P RAM - John DIK Alex D Disaster aid Danny PNG - Ted

3 DISTRICT 9685 INTERNATIONAL TEAM Chair - Amanda Barnes barnesamanda.2016@gmail.com Shelter Box - Johanna Johns johanna.johns@iinet.net.au Sister and Matched Clubs, International Fellowships - Barry Philps bphilps@bigpond.net.au Friendship Exchange - Jennifer Scott jennifer@scottadr.com Interplast - Kian Safaei ksafaei@yahoo.com Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) - Marilyn Kenney ckenney@bigpond.net.au Disaster Aid Australia - Jan Burney admin@disasteraidaustralia.org.au

4 INTERNATIONAL TEAM Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) - Chair - Jan Pryor janpryor08@gmail.com Secretary - Sue O'Neill sue_oneill@hotmail.com Rotary Australia Benevolent Society (RABS) - David Perabo david.perabo@bigpond.com Donations in Kind (DIK) - Alex Donaldson alexd@penrithvalleyrotary.org Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) - Stephen Bruce stephenwbruce@hotmail.com

5 FOUNDATION GRANTS David Dean

6 FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE PDG Jennifer Scott

7 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

8 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

9 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

10 OPTIONS Chicago USA Mongolia & Hong Kong South Scotland* Iceland* *can occur before or after the Hamburg Convention

11 SISTER CLUBS AND FELLOWSHIPS PDG Barry Philps

12 GOODWILL AND UNDERSTANDING

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

14 SISTER CLUBS Share district and country information Share activities and projects Exchange bulletins Invite to special occasions Join each others club meeting via video

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

16 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

17 FELLOWSHIPS ITHF 1200 members Membership info protected Access to members only Quarterly newsletter

18 FELLOWSHIPS International convention Board meeting AGM breakfast Members Tour International projects

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

20 FELLOWSHIPS EXAMPLES cycling gourmet scouting Tennis Wine Doctors Yachting CHECK ROTARY. ORG Look at the Fellowship directory

21 INTERPLAST Kian Safaei

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38 HOW CAN YOU HELP? 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.

39 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.

40 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.

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42 SHELTERBOX Johanna Johns

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44 ROMAC ROTARY OCEANIA MEDICAL AID FOR CHILDREN Richard Woodburn

45 District 9685 District Assembly 29 April 2018

46 ROMAC MISSION To provide specialist treatment for children, from developing countries in the Southwest Pacific, in the form of life saving and dignity restoring surgery not accessible to them in their home country.

47 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

48 THE CHILDREN Since 1988 we have treated over 500 children in hospitals in Australia and New Zealand children per year Aged 15 years and younger Conditions - fractures, tumours, encephaloceles, club feet, burns, heart conditions, scoliosis

49 HOW DO WE FIND THEM. Outreach medical teams of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons: Cardiac Orthopaedic Ophthalmology Plastics (Interplast) Overseas medical practitioners Rotarians and Rotary Clubs Website and word of mouth

50 FERISE SOLOMON ISLANDS

51 GEUA - PNG

52 BETHINA - PNG

53 LUJIO TIMOR LESTE

54 MOURINE SOLOMON ISLANDS Currently undergoing treatment at Sydney Children s Hospital at Randwick

55 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 support Promotion and fundraising activities Patient 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

56 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

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58 RAWCS ROTARY AUSTRALIA WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE Jan Pryor and Sue O Neill

59 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.

60 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.

61 ROTARY AUSTRALIA WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE District 9685 currently has 77 registered RAWCS projects. 57 are in Developing countries (20 are in Australia)

62 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

63 ROTARY AUSTRALIA WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE

64 BENEFITS OF REGISTERING WITH RAWCS Tax deductible Administration Fund Overseas fund transfers Increased funding opportunities Coordinated approach

65 RAWCS REVENUE National Donation Revenue D9685 Donation Revenue $21,397,460 $32,031,835 $27,465,483 $30,406,918 $24,532,823 $3,550,210 $4,778,120 RAWCS projects raise funds separately from Club funds Visit the RAWCS website

66 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

67 GETTING STARTED WITH RAWCS? Motivate and excite your International team Create Rotary Club partnership or Link up with existing project Visit the RAWCS website

68 RABS ROTARIANS AUSTRALIA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY David Perabo

69 RAM ROTARIANS AGAINT MALARIA John

70 Areas of Interest PNG Solomon Islands Timor Leste *Indonesia, Vietnam & Vanuatu REMARAG (UK and USA) Africa OVERVIEW

71 PNG MALARIA LLIN PROGRAM SOME DIFFICULTIES

72 PNG MALARIA LLIN PROGRAM RESULTS 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.

73 PNG MALARIA LLIN PROGRAM PNG ROADS Menyamya District

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

75 Solomon Islands Healthy Villages program RAM has supplied tools for 160 Villages Tools handed over by MoH Health Promotion Dept. Drainage works

76 INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Farmers at hands-on training Intersectoral collaboration meeting with Ministries of Health and Agriculture. Farmers in practical learning sessions. Community using LLINs as awareness and prevention increases. Monitoring larval density and pest density Larval source reduction by farming and community

77 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 RESEARCH Australian Army Malaria Research Unit ANU

78 HOW MUCH? LLIN (nets) $10 Adopt A Village $1000 Healthy Village $2000 per Club p.a. $500 RAWCS Project 32/ $200Kpa RABS Project 16/ $500K

79 DIK DONATIONS IN KIND Alex Donaldson

80 DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGION Providing humanitarian aid through the provision of donated goods That aid must be effective for the long 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

81 DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGION SUITABLE 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!

82 DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGION SUITABLE 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 School Blackboards & Whiteboards Wall mounted White boards and Blackboards Electronic Whiteboards (caution) If not sure contact DIK to check!

83 DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGION WAREHOUSE 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

84 DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGION DIK 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,

85 DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGION HOW 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.)

86 DONATIONS IN KIND - EASTERN REGION HOW 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

87 DISASTER AID AUSTRALIA PDG Danny Low

88 DISASTER AID Disaster aid website

89 DISASTER AID Sky hydrant TSE

90 RAMBUSTO PROJECT Ted Waters

91 RAMBUTSO ISLAND TOILET PROJECT

92 MANUS PROVINCE, PNG

93 RAMBUTSO ISLANDS

94 2. PNG FAST FACTS PNG health indicators amongst worlds worst

95 THE PNG TOILET CHALLENGE

96 COMMUNITY SOUGHT OUTCOMES

97 COMPOSTING TOILETS FOR ISLANDS

98 CLIVUS MULTRUM PROVEN IN PNG

99 RAMBUTSO SANITATION PROJECT PNG The Rambutso Sanitation Project a pilot project located on Rambutso Island

100 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

101 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

102 PILOT PROJECT COMPLETED

103 RAMBUTSO SANITATION PROJECT PNG The project is consistent with one of Rotary International themes of provision and maintenance of clean water in developing countries

104 NEXT STEPS 1. Pilot success- opportunity for expansion to other communities in Rambuts0 & Manus Is 2. Toilets cost approx $13, Manly Club contributed $19,000 with RI support $80, Toilets 4. Talk to us: 1. Lynne Shori Ted Waters Vivien Coulson