Rotary Caroline Springs Bulletin (July 2023) (Aug. 29, 2023)

At our meeting on the 16 Aug held at the Club in Caroline Springs we invited Robiel Abraham to speak about the African Youth Initiative (A.Y.I). Robiel is the co-founder and chief executive of A.Y.I whom have recently been awarded a $150,000 government grant to support their initiatives in Melton and across the West. He gave a very inspiring talk on what they have achieved in helping young Africans make an positive impact on society. Since 2020 they help and aspire young Africans through "Weekly Mentoring Program", the "African Aspire Program" in schools and to come and "United Families Forum".

Community Mental Focus

Dear Community Champions,

International Men's Day falls on the 19 November 2023. Rotary Caroline Springs is looking for local champions who support the health and wellbeing of men and boys. We are holding a fundraising awards dinner on the 17 Nov 2023 at The Club, 1312 Western Highway, Caroline Springs where nominating organisations will have the opportunity to speak about why their champion was chosen. The organisation's champion can be any gender.

The awards dinner night will focus on the theme "Healthy Men, Healthy World", in line with the Australian Men's Health Forum for International Men's Day. On the night, community groups and sponsors can showcase the work of their organisation, and how they are helping to raise awareness of health for men and boys in our community and beyond. The net funds raised during the event will be donated to a charity working for the betterment of Men's health.

To find out more, get in touch with Ronald on 0403821959 or email him at rotarycarolinesprings@gmail.com

About Rotary International

Rotary International 1.4 million-member organization started with the vision of one man—Paul P. Harris. The Chicago attorney formed one of the world’s first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on 23 February 1905 as a place where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member.

Rotary of Caroline Springs part of this amazing nternational community is a relatively new club but we are here as part of your community in Caroline Springs. If you have a project come and talk with us, better yet speak at one of our meetings to see how we can collaborate with one another to serve this community and together we can connect.

In May 2023 Rotarians from around the world gathered on this beautiful city of Melbourne at the Rotary International Convention 2023 (RICON). The next Convention will be in vibrant Singapore from May 25-29 2024. We are looking forward to welcoming all Rotarians from around the world.

Rotary Safe Families

Rotary SAFE Families has had our Guide to Prevention of Family Abuse in Australia translated into 6 different languages so far. The latest release is a video on Rotary Safe Families Inclusive Communities Initiative - Swahili. Click on the photo to view the video.

More resources in other languages can be found online at www.rotarysafefamilies.org.au

The guides below are for the use of Rotary Clubs or the public to download and print as appropriate.

They will assist our more recent Australians to read and be informed of Australian law and models to prevent abuse in families. This includes abuse to women, men, children and our elderly.

So far, Rotary SAFE Families have translations into Dari, Hindi, Swahili, Mandarin, Farsi and Greek. We hope to have other translations in the future. We thank our translators for their generosity in volunteering their time and skills at no cost to SAFE Families.