Examples of RAWCS Projects

Project 27 East Timor School Renovations
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Rotary worked in partnership with the locals, building, renovating and equipping schools in association with local Succos (councils) and  providing for the needs of deserted small children in the orphanages run by the caring Timorese Carmelite Sisters.

Project 10 2010-2011 Water in Tanzania (
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A wonderfully resourceful project undertaken by a two man team including Roger Dennis (R/C Salisbury D9500) which will give much needed fresh drinking water to a remote Tamzanian community of 800 people. Roger employed the local community people which taught them the skills to duplicate the water wells elsewhere. The hand pumps were inexpensively made from pipes and tyre walls

Project 81 2010-2011 Gizo Islands Solomons
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Two weeks as a Rotary volunteer amongst beautiful islanders has changed me. Gizo is one of the 992 Solomon Islands. Our team travelled by heavily laden open boats over water that was sometimes rough.
On this trip we installed solar panels at schools to provide electricity for power points and overhead lights. We also
provided a TV, a DVD and a CD player plus two PCs to the schools.

Project 13 2011-2012 Margaret River(WA) Leavers to
East Timor (Download pdf)

This project offered an alternative to Schoolie's Week. A team of nine students built water wells, formed a vegetable garden, delivered chairs and desks

Project 14 2011-2012 Kalumunda Leavers - East Timor (Download pdf)

The Rotary Club of Kalumunda (WA) funds and supports year 12 school leavers engaged in a project to improve clean water for a community of 1800. Since 2008 66 students have been involved in a 2 weeks excursion and camp.

Project 101 2010 -2011 Samoa Story
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In 2009 Four nine metre waves created by a Pacific ‘quake left death and destruction to much of beautiful Matafaa, on Upolu, Samoa.

A new pre-school building was constructed in Australia and then partially dismantled to pack into a 12 metre shipping container along with tools, desks, books, toilet and shower fittings, wheel chairs, and play gym, to give a much needed resource to villagers.