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Ruby's Home

The District’s Legacy Project provides Rotary Homes for Vulnerable Youth - The Ruby’s Home Program:

Assists dysfunctional families with 10-17 year olds
Assists teenagers needing to move out of home
Prevents kids sleeping rough, couch surfing
Stops kids using drugs, being abused, disappearing
The NSW Govt own the home

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT - ESRAG Peace

ESRAG Peace

Peace, conflict prevention - resolution and the environment

February is peace and conflict prevention resolution month.

Millions of people all over the world are currently displaced by armed conflict or persecution. In fact, 90% of casualties in armed conflicts are civilians, half of which are children. Through service projects and Rotary programs, the Rotary family is committed to pursuing projects that address the structural causes of conflict, including poverty, inequality, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources.

Degradation of the environment and changes brought about by climate change do not directly cause conflict; however, the loss of resources such as accessibility to fresh water, arable land, food security, loss of homelands through sea level rise and atural disasters can cause a decrease in security and increased conflict. A degraded environment will also increase a population's susceptibility and resilience to conflicts.

Bruce

Bruce Whiley

Environmental Officer

RAWCS - FLOOD RELIEF - NATIONAL FLOOD APPEAL

From ADG Adam...

Below and attached is something on what Rotary is doing, and how we can contribute. The link is: https://rawcs.org.au/donate/

The project number and name are: 47-2021-22: National Flood Appeal (RARF)

Best wishes

Adam

Adam de Totth

Area Governor

Area 6, D9705

Mens Health Educational Rotary Van (mherv)

More than 41,000 Australian men die each year from preventable disease, and given high blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol generally have no apparent symptoms until it's too late, it has never been more important for men to get a health check.

Rotary supporting the Woman's Health Centre. (See Latest News Item below)

Tracy Lumb

The Manager of

Invites Rotarians, Partners and Friends of Rotary to the Reclaim the Night march on Friday 26 November.

SHOALHAVEN EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNITY AWARDS 2023

Call for Nominations

The Shoalhaven Emergency Services Community Awards 2023 (SESCA 2023) are open for nominations of deserved Emergency Services and police personnel. Please go to Shoalhaven RESCA (rescawards.org.au) - Nominations' to lodge your submission; the rules for nomination are also contained on this website page.

This year, we have expanded the scope of the Awards to include other 'first responders' - now Australian Defence Force personnel (HMAS Albatross) and Australian Red Cross are on board; with others to come.

So if you know a 'first responder' and they meet the criteria, please nominate them.

For further information, please contact SESCA Chair Phil Presgrave - 0407 625 855 or CAPT John Dun AFSM Fire+Rescue - 0402 481 205

International Womens Day

At our first face-to-face meeting after the series of Zoom meetings, we were joined by two members of the Rotary Club of Geringong Sunrise, Val Clark, their Foundation Director and Christa Wood, a past President of the Club and our former Assistant District 9710 Governor.