Rotary Australia World Community Service
Why use RAWCS to assist you when your Club does an overseas project or when it wishes to do a benevolent project within Australia, providing direct relief to people in need?
RAWCS is set up as a national business by the District Governors of Australia so that Rotary Clubs within Australia may take advantage of The Federal Governments Taxation concessions by providing a centralised reporting organisation whilst at the same time allowing the individual Clubs autonomy and ownership of projects to be maintained. The Rules of RAWCS define the authority and identify the framework.
In addition RAWCS provides a public list of all current projects including information of any assistance (Costs, Manpower, Equipment) being requested by the Project Manager.
The RAWCS Programs include:
• Rotary Overseas Aid Fund
• Rotary Australia Benevolent Society
• Dick Smith Matched Funding Grant
• Rotary Australia Relief Fund
The RAWCS Activities Include
• Volunteers
• Donations in Kind
• Rotarians Against Malaria
• Water and Sanitation Programs
RAWCS IS NOT THE ROTARY FOUNDATION, BUT A RAWCS PROJECT CAN ALSO BE A ROTARY FOUNDATION PROJECT
RAWCS does not compete with the Foundation. It is there to benefit a Club with an overseas project that can also include a Global or District Grant. They can work together.
RAWCS offers an online donation facility to accumulate your funds and Tax deductibility for donations.
Complete information is to be found on the National Website at - http://www.rawcs.org.
To find the first document select Key Documentation – Presentations, then select
This document provides an excellent concise list of reasons for using RAWCS for overseas projects. Additional ‘How to’ presentations on the same page complete the learning process.
John Gander
RAWCS Southern Region Communications Officer