October is Economic and Community Development Month                                  14 October 2020

The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 was awarded to   THE UN'S World Food Programme (WFP)   "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict." Read more at   https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2020/summary/   Click the image for more info re  The United Nation's  World Food Program

OUR  NEXT  MEETING   Wednesday 14th October on Zoom at 7:00 pm   The zoom room opens at 6:45pm for Fellowship    PROGRAM :   A RADIO PLAY                           Fibber McGee and Molly Fibber gets his Hand caught in a Bottle Date: Jan 28 1941   Program for 21st  October: Emma Fulu - Ex Rotary Exchange Founder & ED - Equality Institute Dealing with Domestic Violence   To view program for the  weeks ahead, visit   SPEAKERS     OUR SPEAKER LAST WEEK     DISTRICT GOVERNOR ALMA REYNOLDS   President Colin welcomed our District Governor Alma Reynolds and her husband Rotarian Greg King. More about Alma at https://portal.clubrunner.ca/5453/Stories/district-9810-governor-2020-21   Alma began her presentation with a quote from Holger Knaack when, as President Elect of RI, he announced his Presidential Theme for 2020 -2021.   “Rotary is not just a club you join, but an invitation to endless opportunity.”   She went on to describe her role and the role of District to be one of facilitator: enabling clubs to “be the best they could be” Read more... SUNDAY OCTOBER 11   Thank you to all our volunteers. We have 48 stalls booked, so it should be a good day.   FORTHCOMING EVENTS     MONDAY OCTOBER 19 The Challenge of COVID Recovery Guest Speaker : John Hewson Registration and details   HERE   MONDAY OCTOBER 26 at 6:20 pm   Celebrate WORLD POLIO DAY with renowned Polio Survivor Rtn John Soe when he presents:   Living Positively, One Step at a Time   A highly inspirational and motivating presentation.   Hosted by Rotary Manningham – welcoming all Rotarians and Guests   Learn more and register for the event at: https://www.rcm.org.au/event-info/rcm-zoom-meeting-john-soe-living-positively-one-step-at-a-time   THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12   ‘No Time to Die’ Presented by the Rotary Club of Wandin Inc.  Proceeds to help fund the Taveuni (Fiji) Eye Surgery project.         Details at                           NO TIME TO DIE  (subject to COVID restrictions)   A WORLD OF ROTARY STORIES     October is Economic and Community Development Month     Milking Cow and Goat Project Marks10 year Milestone   This project of  RC Healesville began with a request for a supply of milk to nourish starving  and HIV affected schoolchildren in Kenya. Read how the project has grown and serves its community find the story for yourself as it features on Pages 31 - 32 of RDU October 2020   Learn more about the project  on its website at http://www.cowsandgoatsproject.org.au/     GOAT POWER   how herding is empowering women in rural Africa – in pictures.   While this is not a Rotary Story, I feel it complements the Rotary story above. Wonderful photos from Chris de Bode I found the story in The Guardian   Read it at    GOAT POWER       Australian Communities will  need lots of support after the dual disasters of the last bushfire season and COVID-19   This story on FIGHTING POVERTY in the US seems apt. Fighting Poverty on a small scale.     Read this story from RI at  https://www.rotary.org/en/rotary-and-heifer-help-farmers     View our   OCTOBER CELEBRATIONS   HERE JUST FOR FUN FROM OUR MEMBERS   DATES FOR YOUR DIARY   Read more... COLLECTIONS   Club members collect a wide variety of items to provide resources in cash or kind for organisations we support.  Read more... RI & DISTRICT 9810 LINKS Read more... MAGAZINE LINKS   Rotary Districts and Rotary Special interest Groups provide a wide range of informative and engaging on-line magazines and journals. Access some of them from the links provided.   New Issues this week: HIGHLIGHTS   OCT. 2020 Read more... CLUB INFORMATION   OUR WEBSITE CONTACT rotarynunawading@gmail.com   For Meeting information, postal address and Club executives: Read more... The speakers sessions  from this conference can viewed by clicking the link below Rotary Zone 8 Virtual Conference 2020

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