Projects - Ongoing Projects
Local Community
- Siemens Science Experience
- BayCISS
- Highett Community Neighbourhood House
- GordonCare Family Resource Centres
- Mothers Day Hampers for the Salvation Army Welfare Service
- Christmas Food Bank Project
International Community
Youth
Local Community
Siemens Science Experience
The Siemens Science Experience is a fun three days of science activities for students in Year 9 in 2008 who will be entering Year 10 in 2009. The programs take place in university laboratories and lecture theatres in thirty-six universities around Australia. Participants perform experiments in the laboratories, hear university lecturers, and experience what it is like to be on a university campus. More than 40,000 Year 9 students have taken this rare opportunity, which highlights the wide range of careers available to students fascinated by the sciences.
RCOHampton supports 2 students each year to attend this wonderful experience. This year the students came from St. Leonards College, E Brighton.
BayCISS
BayCISS is a not for profit organization funded by the Bayside City Council, the State and Commonwealth Governments, and donors. It operates information centres which provide information, referrals, counseling and emergency relief to individuals and families in difficult personal circumstances.
BayCISS is also establishing an Educational Support Project to fund assistance for local students and families who are having difficulty in funding essential school expenses.
The Rotary Club of Hampton has provided funds and bought non-perishable food and basic household items, and plan to help keep their cupboards stocked as required.
Highett Community Neighbourhood House
This is a drop-in community centre for mothers and disabled people in our community. They provide a qualified teacher and internet access for approximately 1200 families -60% of the area’s families have no access to a computer. The Rotary Club of Hampton has provided office chairs and tables, and paid for internet access for 12 months.
GordonCare Family Resource Centres
The Rotary Club of Hampton has undertaken a project to provide a Resource Centre at each of the local GordonCare Homes. These centres are now equipped with computers and library resources usually found in every family home. Read more about this project . . .
Mothers Day Hampers for the Salvation Army Welfare Service
for some mums, Mothers Day doesn’t mean anything much. They don’t receive breakfast in bed - or flowers - or chocolates. There are children who love them, but noone else to say that with a small present. We work with the local Salvation Army to distribute a small gift to those single and alone mums who need a little lift and need to know that there are people who care. We collect and pack suitable goodies in May each year.
Christmas Food Bank Project
Most of us complain about excess and overeating at Christmas. For some people, the Christmas season doesn’t mean any change to their circumstances of always being short of the basics. Using Foodbank Victoria, we supply lots of basics and then, some Christmas cheer as well to local disadvantaged families and individuals. Our last meeting in December is the time we put this all together.
International Community
Shelter Boxes
ShelterBox is Rotary Club international aid program that is administered in Australia by the Rotary Club of Endeavour Hills in District 9820. ShelterBox delivers humanitarian aid and relief on a worldwide basis in the form of material and equipment that provides shelter, warmth and comfort to people displaced by natural and other disasters. For further information on this great program, and the latest updates, please go to:
- Read more about this project at www.shelterboxaustralia.com.au
- Read more about this project at www.shelterbox.org
RAM
Rotarians Against Malaria aims to provide mosquito nets to as many as possible people in those areas around the Pacific Rim which are heavily infested with mosquitoes and thus Malaria. This is an essential project to save lives, particularly babies, of an increasing problem. The Rotary Club of Hampton has donated funds to this cause, which is of special interest to Hampton Honorary Rotarian Sue Garner.
Wellness Centre in Metacawalevu Village - Yasawa Islands - Fiji
A combined initiative with St. Leonard’s College – Brighton
Background:
- St. Leonard’s College sends year 9 students on a cultural ‘Big Experience’ annually. Students spend 4 nights in a Fijian village in the Yasawa Islands.
- Rotarian Greg Wragg was asked to identify a project that would be of enduring benefit for the Villagers and Community based.
- Diabetes was identified as a major health risk to the Fijian Islanders.
- A Wellness Centre was planned and built with funds raised by St.Leonard’s students and the Rotary Club of Hampton.
- Visiting students and Rotarians participated in the construction, and well as the Fijian locals.
- Gymnasium equipment was installed after ensuring by conference with medical professionals, that the equipment and any dietary advice is safe and appropriate for the villagers using the Centre.
- Two local young men have been appointed to clean and maintain the Centre.
- Records will be kept of weight loss and the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes.
- Various ideas are underway to encourage the Villagers to use this Centre regularly and appreciate the benefits to their health.
Youth
Friendship Awards
What does being a friend mean when you are ten? Well, a project of the Rotary Club of Hampton focusses on this very question with our ‘Friendship Awards’. Read more about this project.
Siemens Science Experience
Universities around Australia provide 3-4 days of science activities for Year 9 students. Those who have an interest in science receive an experience of university and insights into future career paths. The Rotary Club of Hampton support this project by paying for 3 students from local high schools to attend.
Wheelchairs for Kids
Wheelchairs are needed for many children who have lost legs from landmines in SE Asian countries. Old bicycles are converted into these lightweight wheelchairs. Hampton Rotary donate funds towards the manufacture and distribution of these.
