Guest Speaker 02/11/16

Guest Speaker 02/11/16

Glen Palmer – Fiji Kindergarten Project Glenn’s original contacts with Fiji were on an OzAid project with Griffith University but Glenn got tired with the constant travel and she and Bob eventually (in 2006) went to live in Suva where she continued in her chosen...
Supporting the Battle Against Cancer

Supporting the Battle Against Cancer

  The  Rotary Club of Brisbane Centenary recently made a significant donation to the Welsey Choices Program. The Wesley Hospital Choices Cancer Support Centre, located in the historic Drysllwyn House in Auchenflower, Brisbane, offers a calm, caring and...
Guest Speaker 14/09/16

Guest Speaker 14/09/16

Sean Riley – Body Buzz Movements Sean noted the very strong links to movement and an assortment of health issues. In particular, he noted mental health as one area which benefited enormously from people being reasonably active and keeping on moving…..if it...
Recent highs and lows in Nausori Village

Recent highs and lows in Nausori Village

The young children were very traumatised by the cyclone and, for several months, the community was making efforts to take them out of the village for an excursion. This happened in December when they went by bus to Suva and visited many key places, such as...
Guest Speaker 27/07/16

Guest Speaker 27/07/16

Anne Petrie — Centenary State High School Anna is head of Department of the School of Improvement at the Centenary State High School and is actively looking at programmes which offer new models of learning in the 21st Century. These models particularly target the...
Guest Speaker 20/07/16

Guest Speaker 20/07/16

  Donna Bowe and Kerry O’Connor Brisbane City Council Community Development Coordinators The work of Donna and Kerry is strongly relationships based – working to get links within community groups (including Rotary) for reciprocity and mutual benefit. Their roles...