We are excited about launching our Climate Action Group on July 21, 2020. This is a new group, and the intention with the Climate Action Group is firstly to look at the science and secondly to look at solutions (the “action” part of the name). Climate change is a problem so complex that it affects...
Category: <span>Committee Projects</span>
ANZAC Memorial Service
Anzac Day represents many things to many people on either side of that war and brings forth many memories that bind Australians together regardless of race, religion or creed through verbal and visual conversations.
Joan Salter Fund
The late Joan Salter was a longstanding member of Rotary Club of Sydney who succumbed to Cancer in her early 40s. She generously left a bequest for our club supported by Servcorp which funds three year projects focuses on young people to solve a relevant problem or improve outcomes for health and well being.
Ethics Hypothetical
A challenging, entertaining lunch time debate with audience participation designed to tease out and demonstrate ethical issues especially those that relate to The 4-Way Test of Rotary and Rotary values and codes.
State Police Awards
PAG John Given, Rotary Club of Sydney and Chair Rotary Clubs of NSW Police Officer of the Year Awards.
Manjeri School Project (RAWCS)
The Manjeri School Project (RAWCS) was a youth run international development organisation that sought to empower rural Ugandan communities through education and sustainable development practices.
Pollinate Energy
Pollinate Energy improves the lives of India’s urban poor by giving them access to sustainable products that improve their lives, empower local current and future social entrepreneurs. Their main activity with RAWCS and our club was replacing Kerosene lamps with Solar powered lighting. In 2017 they established their own tax status and ended their partnership...
Pakistan School Project
The Pakistan School Project, led by Rotary Club of Sydney member Terry Carson AM, built schools in Pakistan. About 15 coed schools were completed and the final one was a Girls’ Secondary School completed in 2016 in the northern mountain area of Pakistan.
YGAP
YGAP’s accelerator programs aim to back impact entrepreneurs – or ‘local leaders’ –who have solutions to local problems in some of the world’s toughest communities in Bangladesh, Kenya and South Africa. Rather than impose perceived solutions on a foreign community, YGAP’s role is simply help refine and scale their solutions. Since 2008, it has launched...
Rotary Club of Sydney Winter Appeal
Partnering with a local Sydney community and corporate sponsors, providing essential items to local families, children and young people in need with winter approaching.