Historia de un letrero or The Story of a Sign An original video in Spanish however the message is powerful. In case you miss the translation of writing on the sign it says “Have compassion I am blind”. Watch it to the end simply beautiful. Made in 2008. Thanks to Mandy Smith one of our [...]

Rotary International President Elect Kaylan Banerjee and Binota Banerjee The following text is only a small part of this inspirational man’s presentation at the recent Rotary International Convention held last week in New Orleans. “Yes, my brothers and sisters in Rotary, the time has come for us to change . change from our pallor of [...]

Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn’t good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world — and to snuff it out everywhere, forever. Bruce Aylward is a Canadian physician and epidemiologist who heads [...]

Hout Bay Rotary Meeting 2007 Kilimanjaro From left to right: Susan and John Glassford (Coolamon Rotary), Anna Khuzwayo (Imizamu Yethu), Michael Dorrian (Coonabarabran Rotary), Sharon Daishe (Forbes Ipomoea Rotary), Craig Corrigan (Coolamon Rotary),  Mandy Watson (Burleigh Heads Rotary), Patrick McLaughlin (Hout Bay Rotary), Peter Sparks (Griffith Avanti Rotary), “Babu” Bob Kendell (Lockhart Rotary), Peter Johnston [...]

Au Revoir New Orleans! from Rotary International on Vimeo.

Futa, Klinginsmith Address Final Plenary from Rotary International on Vimeo.

Reach Within to Embrace Humanity   Banerjee and Hewko Address Plenary Four from Rotary International on Vimeo.

Bill Gates, cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, served as the keynote speaker for the third plenary session of the 2011 RI Convention. Gates stressed the need to finish the job of eradicating polio.   Gates Speech Highlights Plenary Three from Rotary International on Vimeo.

In this session you can get an idea of what Rotary did for Hurrican Katrina, also listen to PDG Patrick Chisanga a good mate of ours, talking on engaging Africa and finally some great advice from Michael McQueen who we also know and met in Orange. Katrina Panel Highlights Plenary Two from Rotary International on [...]

Michael McQueen in New Orleans Michael McQueen, who spoke at the second plenary session of the RI Convention, is a social researcher and best-selling author of two books on bridging the generation gap. As a leading authority on youth trends, he is regularly featured on TV and radio programs. McQueen sat down with RI News [...]

Opening Plenary from Rotary International on Vimeo. RI President Ray Klinginsmith Opens the Conevntion Let the Good Times Roll Rotarians celebrated past accomplishments and future friendships during the opening plenary session of the 2011 RI Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on 22 May. “Let’s celebrate Rotary this week while we are here together in [...]

Let the good times roll! Michael L. Gill, of the Rotary Club of Franklinton, Louisiana, USA, and his wife, Betty, show their Mardi Gras spirit during the Sounds of the South Concert on 21 May at the 2011 RI Convention in New Orleans. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson Thousands of Rotarians from around the world are celebrating [...]

Here is a very recent story on the Mountains of the Moon which will give you a good idea of what the conditions are like today.  The article is by Tom Knudson who writes about natural resources and the environment for the Sacramento Bee. Over the years, his reporting has been singled out for numerous [...]

The Centennial Twin Club Banner President Patrick McLaughlin Hout Bay Rotary Club President Patrick McLaughlin from our Twin Centennial Rotary Club Hout Bay in South Africa sent this very special greeting to us: Dear President Ian and Coolamon members, My wonderful wife has got me up to the office and to write this message to [...]

President Ian Durham and Charter Member George Hutcheon cutting the cake   40 Years Ago May 8th. 1971 our Charter was presented to the Coolamon Rotary Club by District Governor Keith Grainger of D 270. The following members were the Charter members on that night: +William Chittick Innes                      WC and JM Innes                                               Farmer Michael [...]

DGE Ian Simpson with Wollundry President Frank Fuller Last weekend we had our district assembly and training for the new boards of our clubs. Our incoming District Governor is Ian Simpson and supported by his wife Jean Simpson.  The assembly was held at Grenfell and 300 or so Rotarians from our district were in attendance. [...]