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Rotaract across the district...... continued

Adelaide City Rotaract was the host club for RYLA last month.
This is the first time a Rotaract club has taken on this role in
D9510. One of the strategic priorities for Rotaract is personal
development, and this role at RYLA has not only contributed
to the leadership skill development of the participants but
also provided the Rotaractors with organisational and
personal development skills too. The club has also hosted
a strategic planning workshop for its members in July.

Adelaide City Rotaractors & RYLA Attendees

Containers to Kurdistan

Through the support of Rotary Donations in Kind - Central Region (DIK), since 2016, we, Nena and Yousif
Murad RC Onkaparinga, with the support of Rotarians, family and friends have been able to help thousands
of people in Kurdistan by sending eight containers packed with biomedical, non- biomedical, educational,
toys and clothing; which have been distributed amongst nineteen cities and villages in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Kurdistan is an ancient region that shares its boarders with Iraq, Syria, Iran and Turkey but yet to be
recognised as independent country. Ongoing conflict with neighbouring countries has led to a lack of
availability for simple but essential services and facilities for the community.

It has been a thrill collaborating with DIK to support the wider Kurdish community. We have reached out and
achieved great humanitarian outcomes to a broad range of services including but not limited to hospitals,
child care centres, refugee camps, schools, sporting clubs, Tafe and universities. We have also managed
to extend our support to non for profit and disability organisations in the last few years.

The services to support the people of Kurdistan would not have been possible without the continuous
support of the volunteers at DIK.

Kurdistan children with books donated by DIK

Kurdistan children with wheelchairs donated by DIK

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