Nearly 6 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. We expand access to quality care, so mothers and their children can live and grow stronger.
Rotary Melbourne projects that help save mothers and children also include prevention of family and elder abuse, and address issues of mental health.
A container of medical equipment and supplies bound for the Children's Surgical Centre in Phnom Penh has arrived in Cambodia and is awaiting customs release, thanks to a District 9800 joint club project spanning eighteen clubs and organisations, including RC Melbourne. Surplus funds have gone to RC Phnom Penh for local logistics and priority purchases, with DIK Inc and project coordinator PP Bronwyn Stevens acknowledged for their work. A final report with photos will follow once the goods reach the hospital. This is a great example of multi-Club cooperation. Rotary Melbourne's contribution was $5,000.
The Rotary Give Every Child A Future Centenary Project is a joint project between the Rotary Clubs of Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Wellington - the first four Rotary Clubs chartered in Australasia in 1921.
In conjunction with UNICEF, the project's goal is to immunise 100,000 children and adolescent girls in 9 Pacific Island Countries. The countries are Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Welcome to our Rotary Melbourne 100 Year Initiative - Rotary SAFE Families. Become part of the solution in the prevention of family and elder abuse and locate support for anyone abused or in danger of abuse.
You can become an Ambassador for SAFE Families - Stopping Abuse in Families Everywhere.
Rotary Melbourne has a long history of supporting Australian Rotary Health, one of the largest independent funders of mental health research within Australia. ARH also assists a broad range of general health areas, provides scholarships for rural medical and nursing students, as well as Indigenous health students.
Since 2011, Professor Jeremy Oats AM led 17 volunteer VTT visits to remote regions of Timor Leste, typically of 6-10 days duration, to deliver up-skill training to 360 midwives/nurses and 162 doctors.
Following natural and other diasters, research has demonstrated an upsurge in domestic and family violence. Rotary Melbourne has partnered with Gender & Disaster Australia (GADAus) to provide training in disaster prone areas and to help foster safer, more resilient communities.
The Rotary SAFE Families Inclusive Communities Initiative is focused on providing prevention of abuse information via printed translated Guides and films, to our many CALD (culturally diverse Australian communities). It now includes materials for Melbourne's Greek community.
