District Assembly Training

4 May 2014

International Service

D9465

District 9465 – International Chair 2014-2015

PP Steve Pusey

Rotary Club of Willetton

see District Directory

for contact details

International Service – What is it?

International Service encompasses action taken to expand Rotary’s

humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding

and peace

It clarifies the fourth object of Rotary which is:

“the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace

through a world fellowship of business and professional persons

united in the ideal of service”

• Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) Donations in Kind (DIK) Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) Safe Water Save Lives (SWSL) Ring Pulls / Spectacles Project Volunteers• Interplast• Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC)• Shelter Box Australia• Sustainable Cambodia (Australia)• Stamps for Overseas Aid• Rotary Friendship Exchange (RFE)• Rotary Australian Benevolent Society

District Programs

How will it work?

• Each program has a chair/contact appointed leading up to 1 July

• Contact persons will be identified in the district directory. They should be the first point of call.

Work with your President Elect and the incoming Board to develop a plan setting out your Club’s participation in International Service. With the stated aim of addressing the needs of communities in other countries.

This may mean the:• continuation of existing programs• implementation of new programs

Your Role

• Meet with outgoing Board and the current International Service Director

• Arrange handover of files and papers

• Attend Board meetings- If unable to attend, identify a substitute to attend in your place.

• Report regularly to the Club membership – keep them engaged

• Report weekly, fortnightly, monthly (depending on status of the project).

Role of the International Chair

1. Promote International Service

2. Encourage participation in programs

3. Provide guidance and suggestions to assist you in your role as International Service Director

4. To work with clubs to enhance existing club projects

5. Hopefully to assist with making your year successful and memorable

More Guidance

1. District Projects Director (Ric Davies)

2. Experienced Rotarians within your Club and in the District (prior years Club IS Directors)

3. District Program Chair/Contact for each Program (refer District Directory)

4. The Internet (Google)

5. Project Link (Website)

Rotary Australia World Community Service – Western Region

A Program that covers water quality and supply, health, hunger and low cost housing.

RAWCS is a division of Rotary Australia World Community Service Limited, a company

established by R.I. in Australia to support the delivery of International Service projects by

Australian Rotarians.

This Committee co-ordinates international projects

undertaken by Rotary Clubs in Districts’ 9455 and 9465.

Its purpose is to ensure that donated funds and materials reach their intended destination.

RAWCS is registered under the Charitable Collections Act and is also recognised by the Australian Taxation Office as a deductible gift

recipient (donations over $2 AUD are tax deductible).

Donations in Kind

Donated and usable products are collected, sorted and stored and on

request despatched to Rotary Australia World Community Service international

projects

Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM)

A major project to minimise the death and suffering caused by malaria, including the coordination of the

provision and supply of mosquito nets and suitable housing for malaria

affected areas.

Safe Water Save Lives (SWSL)

To supply potable water to people in overseas communities by planned water

catchments, storage and reticulation through volunteers, funding or both. To benefit the community by education and

training and water systems, tank construction, hygiene and related health

programs.

Ring Pulls

Aluminium ring pulls are collected and sold locally and the proceeds (from the two Western Australian Districts) are

sent via RAWCS – Western Region – to the Prosthesis Foundation in Chiang

Mai Thailand.

Interplast

Interplast Australia was 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.

Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC)

ROMAC provides medical treatment for children in developing countries in the form of life-saving or dignity restoring

surgery.

ROMAC takes 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.

Shelterbox Australia

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.

Sustainable Cambodia (Australia)

A Western Australian Rotary Coordinating Committee assisting the village people of Cambodia. This Committee works hand in

hand with rural families empowering them with self help sustainable projects. Projects include

clean water, nutrition, health, education and economic opportunities in the development of

the villages and their families, with self reliance on their ability to sustain and continually

improve their quality of life.

Rotary Friendship Exchange

This is a Rotary International Program to foster international fellowship between

Rotarians, without cost to Rotary International. It is a District to District or

Club to Club Program. It is expected to be reciprocal. All expenses are the

responsibility of the participants, however, hosting by Rotary families is the principle of

these exchanges.

Stamps for Overseas Aid

Used postage stamps, on or off envelopes, are sold overseas to assist OXFAM and

hospital projects through Rotary Clubs in India.

Rotary Australia BenevolentSociety – RABS

• Created to assist Rotary Clubs respond to needs within their own communities while gaining a Tax deductibility.

• Main criteria is that is provides direct relief to people in need.

• The relief should be, i.e. a place to sleep, counselling and support including food and money.

• Projects must arouse the compassion of your community.

I encourage you and your Clubs to consider

International Service Projects and the benefits they provide

to communities outside of Australia.