Jan Pryor, PP Northlakes Toukley Rotary extends sincere gratitude to the Balwyn Centenary Grants Program for our support, which has funded critical upgrades to the maternity ward and operating theatre at Sunkoshi Community Hospital in remote Khurkot, Nepal.
The grant also enabled a two-day emergency obstetrics training program, enhancing local healthcare providers’ skills and improving maternal and newborn health outcomes.
Balwyn Rotary is proud to support the Kew Rovers Football Club as they step up to represent the community in the Big Freeze 11 Campaign, a national initiative supporting the Fight MND cause.
May is Youth Service Month in Rotary – a time to recognize, promote, and celebrate the powerful role young people play in creating positive change, both locally and globally. Rotary clubs around the world dedicate this month to showcasing their commitment to the next generation of leaders through programs, partnerships, and community engagement.
Balwyn Rotary believes in the power of youth to lead. Through initiatives like Rotaract, Interact, RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards), and Rotary Youth Exchange, we empower young people to develop leadership skills, build lifelong friendships, and gain a global perspective.
Currently, 2.5 billion people globally don’t have access to improved sanitation facilities – meaning more people have access to mobile phones than to toilets. Along with health issues presented by lack of proper toilet facilities, many girls don’t attend school due to their periods if there is no toilet. The goal of this toilet project was to ensure that each one of the schools that we support has adequate toilets to ensure that everyone can go to school and stay healthy along the way. Lack of access to sanitation creates a host of health problems, making it easier for diseases to spread, infecting drinking water and contributing to undernourishment and poverty. A child dies every 20 seconds because of poor sanitation, according to the U.N. It can also impact future economic opportunities because lack of sanitation can negatively affect school attendance, especially for girls. In 2013, 1,000 children died every day due to diarrheal disease because of poor sanitation
