Kampong Speu Hospital Wing Opens

"My Home" under construction

Waitangi Day Celebrations

Bowling day fundraiser

FASD fundraiser with Nic Naitanui

"My Home" houses for homeless people

Yayasan Soleman Bali event at Central Park

Waitangi Day Haka

Packed container for Cambodia

Beds in use in Cambodia hospital

Cambodia Award Presentation

Christmas in July 2018

Bowls Day 2022

FASD Launch 14 June 2017

Bohemia Rhapsody fundraiser

Colin Moore Community Resource Centre

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Support for Ukrainians

The Ukrainian refugees in Perth finally had something to smile about when they attended the Ukraine Christmas Party on January 15^th, which was hosted by the Rotary Osborne Park and Karrinyup Clubs. The party was attended by about 110 Ukrainians, including 20 children, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The party was a follow up to one that we hosted on September 28, and the feedback that we received from that event.

We were assisted us in running the event by Olivia, who has lived here for some time and acted as our interpreter, and Pogrebnyak Sergey, who used to MC at weddings in Ukraine, who acted as our MC for the day. Alla Crowley who managed the invitations

Kampong Speu Hospital Wing Opens

The Kampong Speu Referral Hospital, Chris Keenan Surgical Complex, was officially opened on Wednesday 23 November 2022 by the Cambodian Director of the Health Department, Dr Hok Kry, & the Director of the Kampong Speu Referral Hospital, Dr Chheng Sovathh and Mr Chris Keenan the principal benefactor. The provision of the theatres to this hospital will greatly benefit the local Cambodian community.

The instigators of the project were Dr Meng Sok & Dr Tim Keenan. Kampong Speu is Sok’s hometown, and it meant a lot to Sok to be able to give back. Osborne Park Rotary opened a RAWCS Tax Deductible Account and with SOK ensured all monies transferred were correctly paid for work done. Also in attendance were Dr Tim Keenan, Dr Peter Lugg, Dr Sok Meng, Pip Asphar and Debra Waters from the Rotary Club of Osborne Park and Dr Peter Lugg from the Rotary Club of Hawthorn in Victoria. Dr Tim’s brother Shane Keenan and his sister Jackie Hocking were in attendance.

Remembrance Day Ceremony 2022

On Remembrance Day, Friday 11th November 2022, 60 members of the public including Rotarians, RSL members wearing their medals, four councillors from the City of Stirling, WA MP David Michael, as well as the Rotary District Governor 9455, Ineke Oliver, attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at the ANZAC Memorial in Gwelup Park. Two Rotary guests from France who were on holiday also attended. They expressed their pleasure at being part of ceremony that is dear to their culture.

Osborne Park RSL President Richard Troughton led the ceremony, with support from a flag bearer and bugler. The dignitaries laid the wreaths and the community joined with respect and honour to the men and women of all the military wars and conflicts.

After the ceremony everyone returned to the Colin Moore Centre for tea, coffee and biscuits and/or to admire and review the Vintage cars. It was a great success, and many commented how much they had enjoyed the event. Definitely a community service event to repeat in years to come

"My Home" taking shape

Eighteen homes being built by “My Home” in North Fremantle for homeless older women are rapidly taking shape.

“My Home” is a local not-for-profit organisation which is building small affordable homes for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. They are using a new housing development model in WA using a public private partnership system.

State government, Local governments and Church bodies make land available for free; corporate Australia funds construction of the houses; Rotary furnishes and equips the houses; and a community housing provider (CHP) manages the property and the tenants.

The first “My Home” housing development is now being constructed in North Fremantle. The homes are for women over 55, who are the fastest growing group of people who are homeless in Australia. These women have found themselves in this situation for a number of reasons. Often, they cannot find work because of their age, they have lost confidence in re-entering the workforce after being a stay-at-home mum or feel they are too old to retrain. They have negligible superannuation, no assets and without a partner.

Ukraine Refugees unite

Seeing the plight of the people fleeing Ukraine, our Club decided they wanted to help. After exploring a number of opportunities, we decided to hold an afternoon tea for them, to meet and greet them and try to identify their most urgent needs. The event, which was held on 28 September, was a great success with 50 Ukrainians attending and thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Trench Foot returns

Trench Foot, a disease most widely associated with soldiers living in trenches during the world wars, is a problem that affects many homeless people. Rotary Clubs in WA are responding.

Trench foot and warm water immersion foot are serious conditions that result from your feet being wet for too long. The condition first became known during World War I, when soldiers got trench foot from fighting in cold, wet conditions in trenches without the extra socks or boots to help keep their feet dry. Trench foot killed an estimated 2,000 American and 75,000 British soldiers during WWI.

Although practically unheard of in our modern world, it has become prevalent in homeless people during winter if they cannot get their feet dry. Homeless people struggle to find clean dry socks to wear. As a result, they can develop both trench foot and warm water immersion foot. A homeless person with a history of this is 8 times more likely to die in the next 5 years compared to a person who is not homeless.

To address this problem, Rotary in conjunction with Homeless Healthcare initiated the Socks in the City project to collect and distribute clean dry socks to homeless people. During our recent Soup Night function, which we hold annually to raise money to assist people experiencing homelessness, members donated 150 pairs of socks together with $750. Dr Ken Mullin, who leads Rotary’s involvement in this project, reported that a total of 2000 pairs of socks were donated this year to this cause. For more information or to donate go to https://socksinthecity.org.au/.