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Rotary Club of Morialta

First formed in 1984 the Rotary club of Morialta
has 31 members and a long standing friendship
with the Rotary club of Usa in Japan.

With a number of great programs, most people
know about us through the kiosk at Thorndon Park.
Open on weekends, members volunteer their time
to contribute to the community and raise very
necessary funds.

Our two major flag ships now are our local project RC Morialta in Adelaide - PNG Midwifery
at the Community workshop and our International Leadership Buddy Project
project in PNG.

The Community Workshop is open Tuesday and
Thursday for morning and afternoon sessions and
Wednesday and Saturday mornings. (currently
closed due to COVID). Members meet to work on
their own woodwork projects or assist with other
projects. Some products are sold and sometimes
people in the community ask to have items re-
paired.

Our international project is supporting midwifes
in PNG. When midwife members of the Papua New
Guinea Midwives Society (PNGMS), reached out
to the Australian College of Midwives, to develop
leadership and advocacy training to address the
urgent need to improve maternal and newborn This project is the joint district 9520 winner of the
outcomes in PNG, members saw their best Rotary International Project for 2020.
opportunity to assist. In 2017, with the assistance
of Rotary Foundation grants, the club developed a
3-year project, to provide 18 midwives in PNG
with a leadership and advocacy ‘buddy’ program.
We are looking to continue this project with
further support from clubs in the district.

PNG midwife Lucy at work
rescuing a mother and sick
baby from a rural area. PNG Midwives working in
a Port Moresby Hospital.
Clinical Immersion day in Pt Moresby where
Midwives form Australia and PNG visit workplaces
and heath care facilities.
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