The following is the video shown at the recent Rotary Alice Springs Virtual Regional Conference showcasing some of the activities within the New Zealand and Pacific region. Enjoy!
This is available on the Rotary Oceania You Tube Channel and can be used for showing to clubs either in its entirety or by individual projects listed below.
Playlist from main video (on no particular order):
- Polio All Transit (1:41) Districts 9910 and 9920 combine to promote Polio Eradication through a day riding the Auckland Transit network on Friday 23 October 2020
- Rotoiti Lodge (1:40) This is an outdoor education facility on the shore of Nelson Lakes and was built with the help of Rotarians in 1967, Rotary has recently upgraded the lodge.
- Virtual RYPEN (3:45) The Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment is an annual leadership development weekend for secondary school students. In 2020 Covid-19 made a physical camp impossible so a group of Rotaractors and RYLA Graduates put together an on-line substitute and this explains this successful initiative.
- Nadi Medical Bus (3:55) The Nadi Mobile Health Projects is a project in partnership with others in Fiji to provide free medical services to outlying communities.
- Innovative Young Minds (1:45) This is a programme designed to encourage young women to explore science, technology, engineering, mathematics and high tech manufacturing
- Halloween (1:16) Outlining a project bringing families in a Christchurch community together.
- Rotaract (2:06) Overviewing Rotaract in New Zealand and the Pacific
- Cans Project (1:29) An example from Christchurch representing the many projects that took place by Rotary across New Zealand and the Pacific to support local food banks during the Covid-19 crisis.
- Hanmer Springs Volunteering (1:18) In an ongoing partnership with the Canterbury University Emerging Leaders programme Rotary helps provide projects for the students to get involved with the one showcased here with 60 students helping around the Hanmer Springs Forest Camp.
- Global Grants (2:15) An overview of the contributions from District 9920 to enable Global Grants with the Fiji Oxygen Project )providing ready access to medical oxygen at hospitals and clinics) and the Onja project (developing the next generation of coders from the poor communities in Madagascar) are showcased.
- RED Fund (1:44) Rotarians Experiencing Difficulties - a fund set up to support NZ Pacific Rotarains caught away from home by the Covid-19 border lockdowns in place in various countries.
- Covid Community Support (2:30) A look at a community support initiative created by Rotary in the Gulf Harbour - Army Bay area of Auckland using community volunteers.
The above videos may be used for Rotary purposes only by Rotarians or Rotary/Rotaract/Interact clubs wanting to showcase Rotary.