Project Volunteers
Volunteers are the lifeblood of RAWCS Projects. Being a RAWCS Volunteer can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life; you can make new friends in other countries and you will form very close bonds with your team members.
Rotary International is an organisation of people who serve their communities around the world in a range of volunteer roles.
The projects listed on this website are all being managed by members of sponsor Rotary Clubs volunteering their time to do this important community work.
Participation by other Rotarians and by members of the public is also welcome.
If you like to sew or knit, you might like to make dolls for orphans in Africa. You could sort books as part of a literacy program. Or knit a knee rug for the Wheelchair For Kids Project. There's any number of other projects you could volunteer some of your time towards - a number of RAWCS projects even provide opportunities for volunteers to travel to the project country and work directly on the project.
From our 2010 - 2011 report
The total Project Volunteer work and donation values have risen above the 2009-10 amount of $3.412 million to $4.683 million. RAWCS volunteers should be proud of their efforts this year.
Region |
No Teams |
No volunteers |
Countries |
Work value |
Donation value |
Total value |
Central |
8 |
19 |
5 |
$81,805.00 |
$24,100.00 |
$105,905.00 |
Western |
1 |
1 |
1 |
$2,380.00 |
$1,393.00 |
$3,773.00 |
Southern |
34 |
203 |
12 |
$875,710.00 |
$372,949.00 |
$1,248,659.00 |
Northern |
27 |
163 |
12 |
$342,640.00 |
$916,960.00 |
$1,259,600.00 |
Eastern |
76 |
366 |
15 |
$1,198,691.00 |
$866,958.00 |
$2,065,649.00 |
TOTALS |
146 |
752 |
$2,501,226.00 |
$2,182,360.00 |
$4,683,586.00 |
During 2010-11 we registered 89 new projects.
you should contact the your local regional Rotary Volunteers Coordinator. The Volunteers Coordinator can then discuss your interests and put you in touch with the relevant Rotary Club(s) running projects in your area of passion.
Regional Project Volunteers Chairman
Northen Region PDG Terry Daley projects.northern@rawcs.com.au
Eastern Region, Karen Wyers kwyers@bigpond.net.au
Southern Region PDG Lew Pretorius lewp@precons.com
Central Region Robert Cesana rcesana@bigpond.net.au
Western Region Peter Brown volunteers@western.rawcs.org.au
Northern Region
(Rotary Districts 9550, 9570, 9600, 9630, 9640)
To contact the Northern Region Volunteers Coordinator check here
Eastern Region
(Rotary Districts 9650, 9670, 9680, 9690, 9700, 9710, 9750)
To contact the Eastern Region Volunteers Coordinator
check here
Central Region
Western Region
With projects running throughout much of the developing world, there are a multitude of opportunities for volunteers to get involved in overseas RAWCS projects.National Chairman/ Coordinator, Project Volunteers
John Roberson johnroberson@bigpond.com
Deputy National Coordinator, Project Volunteers
Peter Geer geerp@bigpond.net.au 08 8278 3866