International Service
Our headline international project in recent years was the rebuilding and equipping of the surgical wing of the Kampong Speu Hospital in Cambodia. Former director Peter Lugg, an Orthopaedic Surgeon, frequently visits this disadvantaged region of Cambodia to operate on patients and improve the skills of local medical staff. Funds were raised by a wealthy donor in Perth to rebuild the surgical wing at Kampong Speu Hospital. Our Club’s involvement was to help equip the facility through Rotary Donations-in-Kind (DIK).
In Timor Leste we have been involved in several projects in the remote Baguia region in partnership with other Rotary clubs. This assistance has included scholarships for students to complete their secondary education and undertake a technical course in Dili; a menstrual hygiene program for school girls, and the provision of water tanks and toilet facilities. The club is currently funding, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Lakes Entrance, a SkyHydrant water purification plant for a school in the Fatuberliu sub-district of Timor Leste.
The club has supported the Lille Fro children’s education project in the remote Ladakh region of India since its inception in 2009. This year the Club recently donated money towards the cost of completing Little Seeds House, a boarding facility for children who otherwise need to undertake a long, dangerous journey to school each day.
