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Latest NEWS about our ROMAC child

The Rotary Club of Elizabeth is sponsoring a child from Bali who requires medical treatment not available in her home country..

On 23rd October, Gayatri was greeted at the airport by our host Rotarian Viv Valladares.  Preliminary medical tests were carried out on Monday with surgery Tuesday morning..

We are advised that all went well according to plans and Gayatri should be able to be discharged in three or so days.  Continuing medical treatment should enable her to return home in about two weeks.,

For further information about ROMAC, and to see why we have made this a Club project, please click here 

ROMAC committee member and Rotarian Oleh Bilyk, Anatasia (Interpretor), Gayatri with her mother, Putu (nurse from Memorial Hospital).

See ROMAC Diary for latest news!

Rotary District 9500 Conference 2011

Rotary Youth Exchange students currently sponsored to our district told delegates at the 2011 Conference of their experiences here.  The student from Brazil told of his surprise that having expected to learn to surf, with his mental image of beach going Australians, of being sent to Alice Springs.    Having now spent nine months in the middle of Australia the student expressed his delight and thankfulness for the opportunities that have been presented to him in that area in such a short time!

Rotary Youth Exchange is a student exchange first and a cultural exchange second.

There are many Exchange Organisations in Australia, but a Rotary Exchange student has many advantages over the others:

Support Network – In both their sponsor district and in their overseas host district, students have advice and support from their counsellors, club members and district committees, so as to help them through any rough patches.

Cost – The extensive use of Rotary personnel as host families and counsellors, together with financial support from their Rotary Clubs means that the cost of a 12 month exchange is significantly less expensive than the private enterprise operations. This opens the opportunities for Youth Exchange to many young people who could not otherwise afford to fulfill their dreams of an exchange.

There are some short exchanges available also.

Use the email address available on the home page if you wish to know more details about Rotary Youth Exchange.

Christmas Trailer Raffle

From 4th October, our main fundraiser for the year is at Elizabeth Town Centre for ten weeks.  Prizes include a 50" Plasma Television, NAVMAN GPS, DVD Home Theatre sound system, Mountain Bicycle and helmet, four burner barbecue together with other items in a deluxe 6×4 trailer , totalling in value $5000.  Tickets are $2.00 each or a book of ten $20.  

Contact Theo Nitz for details here.