Some more great news… The Rotary Club of Oakleigh in Melbourne have adopted the St Andrews Primary School near Savusavu and have found sponsorship for 20 children – yippee…! All the schools around Savusavu on Vanua Levu have families facing similar problems; subsistence farming and limited employment and the bills still have to be paid […]
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RC Bentleigh Moorabin Central
Lots of things have happened in our ABCD world over the past couple of weeks! First a big thank you to the Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabin Central and particularly President Alan Kempton for adopting the Nagigi Primary School near Savusavu on the island of Vanua Levu, Fiji. The club has sponsored 8 children to […]
Gala Dinner for Lavena Schools Project
The very first ABCD Project was adopted by the Rotary Club of Templestowe (RCT), Melbourne, Australia. In late 2011 the Lavena Primary School was identified as a school with plenty of children in need and a head teacher and village chief that were determined to do something about it. Add the support from the Rotary […]
Rotary District Conference and ABCD Australia
Last weekend was the Rotary District 9810 Conference in Wangaratta, Victoria. ABCD had a display stand in the Expo Hall and we were lucky enough to have a ten minute speaking slot on the Saturday afternoon at ‘peak viewing’ time! Thanks to Rotary District Governor Brian Martin for being so generous with the space and […]
New Project: RC Geelong Central
The Rotary Club of Geelong Central have agreed to partner with ABCD, RC Taveuni Island and the Deakin University Global Citizenship Program to build a big new pre-school on the existing school complex at South Taveuni. The primary and the secondary school have largely been built with local funds and the villagers and school community […]
RC Manningham Makes a Difference!
News from Australia – thanks a million to the Rotary Club of Manningham for their very generous $1000 donation for Lavena Primary School in Taveuni. This means 4 more children will be able to attend school at no cost to the parents. $250 might not seem much in Oz but for these parents $250 could […]