Results of the raffle for the Glenfiddich Whisky and Wedgewood Decanter.
Congratulations DG (21/22) Lindsay May on winning Collectors Glenfiddich Oid Single Malt Scotch Whisky plus Wedgewood Decanter helping EClub of Greater Sydney raise much needed funds to support General Account and 50% donation to Cararoo Foundation. Thank you everyone who supported the raffle helping the club raise $2,000.
Greetings to you and your Rotary Club. Operation Cleft Australia is a proud Australian Rotary Club program. For 15 years we have provided together with our Cleft Bangladesh partner more than 15,000 free, life changing surgeries, bringing healing, hope, a smile and a new life to children spread across all regions of Bangladesh.
Without the generous support of Australian Rotary Clubs, the programme would be so much less effective. This last year has been extremely difficult, due to COVID many of our Rotary Clubs have not been able to organise their fund-raising activities or meet their targets. The COVID pandemic has hit Bangladesh and its 165 million residents hard. The Cleft surgical programme was suspended, locked down from March to July. In early August our surgeons determined to restart surgeries in-spite of the obvious risks, reducing the backlog and the dangerous build-up of surgeries needed for our Cleft suffering children.
Since recommencing in early August, 1,030 surgeries have now been successfully completed (to Feb end), we are so pleased to see these numbers returning to more normal expected pre-COVID levels.
We are only able to continue to provide these amazing humanitarian life changing surgeries with your Club’s on-going generous support. The cost to provide one child with free surgery which includes all the pre- and post-surgery support is now just $A350.00.
We thank you and your club in anticipation of your support and donation for this successful Australian Rotary project in this challenging 2020/2021 year.
You are helping to transform the lives of these desperately needy children. Your support means these children can participate in School, enjoy improved health, make and sustain friendships, be accepted in their communities, play normal sport and…. Smile.
Thank you,
To donate: Please see the following the important links and information needed.
Chair, PP Bruce McEwen.
The Account Name: Operation Cleft Australia Inc. Bendigo Bank BSB 633 000 Account Number 165 147 935
(Please add your name as the reference and e-mail your name and address to info@operationcleft.org.au so that we can provide you with a tax receipt.)
Alternatively, you can copy and paste the below donation form to a Word document and print, complete and email to us.
All donations no matter how small will help us towards our target of 1,500 cleft operations a year! We thank you in advance for your generosity!
Climate & Peace Webinar 4th May: You are invited to the next Climate & Peace Webinar at 6pm (AEST, UTC+10) on 4th May 2021, featuring parliamentarian Zali Steggall OAM MP, discussing the realities of Net Zero emissions by 2050 in Australia and Asia. Also included are energy finance analyst Tim Buckley and former 350.org chief Blair Palese, both expert commentators on climate initiatives in Asia and the world.
Blair Palese Global climate change editor at international outlet Climate & Capital Media. Blair founded 350.org in Australia and was CEO for 10 years.
Tim Buckley Director Energy Finance Studies, Australia/South Asia, IEEFA.Co-founder and managing director of Arkx Investment Management.
Zali Steggall OAM MP Independent Parliamentary Member for Warringah (NSW). Australia’s most successful alpine skier, barrister and author of #climateactnow.
→Date: 4th MAY | 6:00 PM Syd AUS UTC +10 Presented by the Rotary Clubs of Sydney.
In March we welcomed our Primary 6 and Senior 3 students back to the classroom, on-boarded new staff members, and our Primary 7 students completed their Primary Leaving Exams (PLE).
Our Primary 7 girls were taken on an inspiring tour of the High School boarding facilities in the lead up to their exams, with many of the girls saying they felt motivated to study hard to progress to High School.
"My promise is I'm going to work hard until I come to this boarding section." - Florence, Primary 7 student.
Thanks to our wonderful teaching staff at Katuuso who we trust have prepared the students well to achieve their absolute best. We can't wait to share the results with you!
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1922-23 Raymond M. Havens (Stationery Products Manufacturing)
Rotary Club of Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Rotary vision: Vocational ethics, as practiced by Rotarians, as the building blocks of world civilization
"As a harbinger of business ethics, Rotary sends its message around the world that true service means personal responsibility for peace on earth and goodwill toward men" - Bethlehem - and Twenty Centuries. The Rotarian, December 1922
