Northern Region

Rotary Australia World Community Service, Northern Region, has been a very active organisation supporting developing countries in our region in the fields of Health, Hunger, Education and other Humanitarian aid programmes. Projects within Australia dealing with poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, disability and helplessness are also supported.

Since the inception of FAIM by PDG Keith Hopper in 1964 the programme has evolved to what is now known as RAWCS. During 1989 various Australia wide Rotary activities were incorporated under the NSW Companies Act as Rotary Australia World Community Service Ltd, (a company limited by guarantee), which since has been regulated by the National Australian Companies and Investments Commission, to ensure that those activities were acceptable to the Australian Taxation Office and the Department of Foreign Affairs. It also provided the umbrella of protection to individual Rotarians, Clubs and Districts in regard to trading, litigation and insurance.

Various regulations, guidelines and training programmes have been developed to assist Rotarians, Clubs and Districts to participate in this programme and so promoting International Understanding, Goodwill and Peace.

Northern Region is comprised of 5 Eastern and Northern Australian Rotary Districts (D9500, D9570, D9600, D9630, D9640) forming a Multidistrict organisation administering the various divisional programmes of Northern Region RAWCS, including Project Volunteers participating in projects initiated by clubs and districts, (over 400 volunteers in over 80 teams per year), Donations in Kind run from our DIK premises in DDurack in Brisbane (over 20 containers per year),and Rotarians Against Malaria, supporting programmes to abolish Malaria (Mosquito nets, reducing mosquito breeding areas and supporting research). A regular news letter is produced and distributed to clubs) and this Website is maintained and regularly updated.

General committee meetings are held 4 times a year, rotated around districts, with training sessions for district and club RAWCS Chairmen and for any other interested Rotarian. These are followed up by Management executive meetings to follow through the recommendations of the General meeting.

Northern Region RAWCS encourages individual Rotarians, Clubs and Districts in our region to become "Builders of International Goodwill". Always bear in mind that international understanding is a two way street, sometimes fraught with complexities, but most of all, capable of excitement, enjoyment and fulfilment.

PDG John McLaren
Chair, Northern Region, 2009-2010

Next RAWCS Meeting

The next RAWCS Northern Region Meeting will be held on 25th Feb 2012 in Brisbane.

A Meeting and Training Session is to be conducted at Aviation High, Widdop St, Hendra.

Registrations are mandatory for this for catering purposes and must be received by 30th Jan 2012.

Please Click Here to download the details to forward to the RAWCS NR Promotions and Development Chair.

Please Note

Child Protection Laws

“that, whatever law applies in the State where the Volunteer lives will be the requirement for all RAWCS Project Volunteer Teams”.

This means, that, all future Project Volunteers from –
1) Qld – will be required to produce a copy of a current Blue Card;
2) NSW – will be required to complete a Volunteer Child Protection Form

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