When: 12.30 pm Tuesdays (except second Tuesday of the month)
Where: Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club - 489 Glenferrie Road, Kooyong
Cost:$37 including lunch
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Hawthorn Rotarians have for some time supported indigenous health programs in the Kimberley in association with the not-for-profit Boab Health Services based in Broome.
The Rotary Club of Hawthorn generously funds scholarships in Baguia up to $2,500 per annum.
Hawthorn Rotary Club has had the honour, fellowship and fun of hosting five District Conferences over the past 60 years.
Hawthorn Rotary is supporting a clean water and toilet project in Cambodia.
Darrel Steer sends us an update from Kok Tnoth Village.
There is no doubt that over the last few weeks the coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed all of our lives. In particular, self-isolation measures have increased in severity, meaning a decrease in our physical activity and exercise.
Members will recall that we agreed some time ago to support the Yarra Bank Reserve Playground Project to mark 100 years of Rotary activity in Australia in 2021..jpg)
The Club fundraising via Sergeants sessions has been going so well that we decided (President’s choice) to donate an amount to her favourite speaker with a cause.
President Charlotte decided to donate the funds towards Darrel Steer’s Cambodia Clean Water and Toilet Project.
The attached email from Darrel details what the funds have been used for.
Rotary Hawthorn is proud to fund the construction of a second toilet block for primary school children in the Phillipines . This toilet block is in Pasil Elementary school.
Here is some extracts from an article by Networker Correspondent, Tony Thomas concerning in part our first Philippines toilet project at Pantikan Elementary School. It focused on the special input by Melbourne Rotartian Dr Cecily Neil and the difficulties of projects in remote parts of the world.
Getting a primary school toilet built in the remote Kalinga Province of northern Luzon is one thing; arriving on the spot is another.
The toilet block consisting of three-cubicle toilets with handwashing stations is at Pantikian Elementary school in mountainous Kalinga Province. At a total budget of A$ 4,600, this sanitation project was funded by the Rotary Club of Hawthorn.
Finished in December, the job was organized by Dr Cecily Neil through RAWCS D9800 and implemented on the ground by Sinangpad Association, a local Kalingan NGO .
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The project is small but the principles are vital – community involvement and ability to keep the toilet operational. For example, the children chose the wall and door colors and through organized games were taught handwashing and not to block the pipes, waste the water or damage the taps. Pantikian men provided the unskilled labour on a voluntary basis. The local Municipal Engineer supervised the work at all key construction points.
The Parents and Teachers Assn members worked with and helped supervise the skilled laborers. Mothers took turns cooking and serving workers’ lunches. Others planted gardens around the toilet.
