Junior writers competition
Supporting children's education and literacy in our local community our club has a partnership with Maribyrnong Library to sponsor and manage the annual Young Writers competition.
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Acknowledgement Day 2024 (Australia Day)The Rotary club of Yarraville hosted the third consecutive Acknowledgement Day event on Jan 26, 2024. The day began with a sunrise ceremony with indigenous performer Paul Kelly on Yidaki and Veronica Hall on violin. We are all part of the story; lets change the conversation around January 26. We acknowledge and honour the rich tapestry of cultures, traditions, and perspectives that make us who we are.  |
Soul KitchenOur members volunteer every month at Soul Kitchen in Braybrook on Sundays with 300 Blankets. In March we feed 90 community members a free 3 course meal. Serving the community every Sunday and always looking for extra volunteers. |
Club projects over the yearsSupport of Western Emergency Relief Network (WERN) Rotary Foundation - End polio program Australian Rotary Health - Lift the Lid - awareness and fund raising for mental health research Kingsville Carols Yarraville Community centre - nourish program Community library in Yarraville Village Partnership with Maribyrnong council, tree planting, clean up Australia days and other community events.
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Philippines village water projectThe Rotary Club of Yarraville and its partner in the Philippines, the Rotary Club of Greater Marikina Valley in District 3800, are very pleased to report that our joint WASH project has been completed. Our Club member PDG Iven Mackay appraised this project on site in 2019. The Project provides the Calanigan Elementary School, Isabela, in a remote area eight hours North of Manila, with a storage tank, water stations with filtration system, repair wash area, new toilet and existing water conservation for over 600 School Children and the Community.
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Acknowledgement Day 2023 |
Acknowledgement 2022 |
India celebrates three years without polio Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio. |