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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN Number 33 2 March 2020

President’s Report Next Meetings

We had another action-packed meeting last Thursday where THURSDAY 5 MARCH
we inducted Denise Grocke into the Club and Kylie Stanley, NYSF SPEAKERS
from the Highlands Foundation, told us how overwhelming are ISLAV MCALLISTER AND MADELEINE SALISBURY,
MENTONE GIRLS SECONDARY COLLEGE AND
the needs of Papua New Guinea. I gave our International
JUSTIN CARINO, ST BEDES.
Committee the challenge of coming up with a Global grant plan CHAIR: CHRIS MARTIN
for this area despite the difficulties posed by lack of transport, CASH DESK: LOIS LINDSAY, SIMON KAVANAGH
multiple languages and local government. They tell me they AV: MARK PERELAER
are already on the case! HOST: GEOFF STOCKDALE

THURSDAY 12 MARCH
SPEAKER: ELLE GILES,
RED CROSS BLOOD BANK
CHAIR: LOIS LINDSAY
CASH DESK: JAN COOPER, MARY CUNNINGTON
AV: JOHN TURNER
HOST: CHRIS WERNER

THURSDAY 19 MARCH
NO MEETING

FRIDAY 20 – SUNDAY 22 MARCH

ROTARY DISTRICT 9810 CONFERENCE, MOAMA

THURSDAY 26 MARCH
SPEAKER NICOLA HOLLAND,
LEVEL CROSSING REMOVAL PROJECT
CHAIR: KEN MIRAMS
CASH DESK: HEATHER CHISHOLM, JEANETTE LIMBACH
HOST: VIV ZOPPOLATO
AV : KERRIE GEARD

We also had three members of the RC Williamstown with us

and they presented Kylie with a cheque. Unfortunately, Di
Hone could not attend to support her chosen Charity, as she Generally you can find out more about our upcoming
speakers, including Bios, in the Club Calendar
was struck down with gastro on our website.
Last Friday I attended the District Presidents Meeting. You will Unless stated otherwise venue is
be pleased to learn that District has contributed $5,000 to both Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00
the East Gippsland Bush fire Relief Committee and the North
east Victorian one. Khurran Khan gave an interesting talk on Contents
the importance of satellite clubs, in District 9800, making the 1 Presidents Report
good point that we are missing out on young people because 2/7 Notices
of the mature make up of our club membership. A point we 8 Film Night
fully understand. Thus, the satellite club can be set up to be a 9 / 10 Club Sponsors
11 Club Structure / Photo of Week
young annex to the more mature club or clubs. He also made
the point that Millennials are not into clubs but more into caus-
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es and activism. He advocated talking about Beaumaris Rotary District 9810 Training
Rotary rather than RC Beaumaris. He, as young man,
was obviously a great convert to Rotary which he thinks Assembly
has the power to transform the world. He loved the men-
toring, the service above self, the experience gained
through his membership of a satellite club and the Interna-
tional networking opportunities. He saw it as a way of
becoming a leader for change within his community. He
pointed out that satellites need to reflect the causes the
young are passionate about which should come from them
not us. For example, a focus on the environment would
be a major area for them. They need to meet briefly at a Sunday 24th May 2020 08:30 am –
time that suits them for no more than an Hour, once a 12:00 pm
week, for conversations about action. There are 2 satellite Deakin University, Burwood Campus
clubs in 9800 with 4 more coming. He also spoke about a 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood VIC 3125
Rotary group, in country Victoria, who were meeting on
Sundays with their families. I have always said that Rota- The District Training Assembly is an annual event
ry is the modern Church. aimed at informing club office bearers of the lat-
est developments in Rotary in order to better pre-
District Training Assembly is on the 24th May at 8.30 am.
pare for their role. It’s not just for new office
It has been restructured into two workshops (see right).
bearers. It’s an opportunity for the more experi-
One is position based and the other is a skill work shop
where they having a public speaking session run by our enced Rotarians to share their experience in a
new partner Toast Masters. mutually supportive learning environment, aimed
This week we are at VGC with our NYSF students and the at strengthening all our clubs. It’s also a great
induction of another new member. opportunity for newer Rotarians to network and
David Hone learn more about the “bigger picture” of Rotary
and what happens beyond their club.
This year we’re offering a range of both role-
based and topic-based workshops. It promises
to be a dynamic day of learning and develop-
ment, so be sure to register early to secure your
workshop booking.

Register online here:

eventbrite.com.au/e/94935543767

PDG Tony Monley OAM

2020-21 District Learning & Development Coordi-
nator
acmonley+Rotary@gmail.com
0438 5151 273

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Speaker - Kylie Stanley

Highlands Foundation Update
Kylie Stanley is the Secretary of the Highlands Foundation.
Kylie is a General Education Teacher working in corrections. She is
the mother of three.
Kylie spoke with eloquence, passion and commitment about the work
of the Foundation and her observations of the challenges in Papua
New Guinea.
An edited version of her notes are presented below.

The surprises - how subsistence the living is all over the country. The
whole country is not connected by road, which is helping to keep the
country very rural (but PM is growing with troubles starting in shanty
towns on the outskirts of the city)
Very Tribal - this is a cause of women not attending clinics in rural
Kylie with Williamstown Rotarians President Eddie Knight, settings - there are 832 languages (+200 dialects!) in Australia there
International Service Hazel Ackland and Community Ser- were 400 languages - compare the size of the countries. Most linguis-
tically diverse country in the world - this brings many challenges.
vice John Barry. Many (120 000) speak Tok Pisin (Creole/German/English Language)
as first language with 50% of pop understanding some. .. , Motu is
another creole language and English is spoken and the language of
Vision
the education system. The country has a population of 8.7 million.
To take simple and practical steps to strengthen the existing
People do stay in their villages or move to family’s village - there is a
healthcare facilities in Papua New Guinea with the aim of decreasing
lot of sharing of children hence the concept of Wontok. Families can
the infant and maternal mortality and morbidity rates and supporting
spend a lot of time apart, but there is always a family member visiting
women’s health.
or staying. ..
Mission
Women can often show up to hospital on their own - they can either
To take simple and practical steps to decrease the maternal and infant bring a simple pack (very similar to our MBP), or nothing at all. Once
health complications and deaths following birth by; encouraging wom- the baby is born, they clean up after themselves (literally wiping the
en to attend health services for ante-natal care and birth (Mother and floor), rest for a little, whilst feeding the baby. Then down to the ward
Baby Packs), equip birth attendants with life saving equipment (Health
Worker Kits) and support Provincial Health Authorities with education
support and provision of much needed equipment and supplies.
Our goals - to assist in getting women to hospital to have pre-natal
checks and supported birth and to make sure that the health workers
have what they need to support the women during birth and with ba-
bies when they are born – minimize infection and development of
pneumonia.
PNG has a National Health Plan (2011-2020) (so we have statistics
from 2000 (and before) to 2010. One of the most troubling stats is
that maternal mortality has increased by 100% - from 1996-2006 366
deaths per 100 000 in 1996 to 766 deaths per 100 000 in 2006.
My first trip to PNG was in Sept 2019- to touch base with Goroka Hos-
pital (who have received 8 containers from us over the years), read-
dress the mother and baby packs (MBP), see the new hospital wing
(particularly the labour and maternity ward), find out about new pro-
jects; and then visit other areas.

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for an evening and then off walking back home/or in the back of a Money to purchase and send containers - very challenging area to get
truck down rough roads. things into. Costs about $10 000 to get a container where it needs to
go.
The hospitals are very basic, with very limited supplies - no laundries
for linen cleaning - families bring this in. A sheet is supplied by the Items for kits - resuscitation bag and masks, manual BP kit with steth-
hospital in the labour ward. Food is generally brought in by families oscope. Kit costs about $300
(rice is supplied twice a day), no plates and cutlery (these are ways to
Single doona covers - so we are not using the chinese bags - we are
spread infection). Often water is not working, toilets are broken - this
attempting to send as little waste as possible and be targeted in our
occurred while we were there - women had to use the sink in the la-
donations.
bour ward to toilet - no privacy, soap is in short supply, no towels,
electricity supply and lighting can be a problem, things requiring bat- Good quality baby/toddler clothes
teries don’t have batteries replaced.
T-shirts/polo shirts for women
The Highlands Foundation (THF) (and Rotary), are recognised and
very well respected. The projects that we have been a part of are Cotton to make skirts - they wear these with t-shirt and local made
remembered - we are making an impact. Marie has not been in Mary tops
Goroka for over 5 years and everyone (around the hospital) came and Flannel to make the sanitary kits
spoke to her, remembered her, talked about THF, everyone wants a t-
shirt! Linen and towels for hospitals

There is lack of money and a lack of entrepreneurism - this is not a People power - we need people to take on small projects such as be
criticism, but an observation. - driving along the main hwy - no responsible for the women's t-shirts, collecting towels and linen, baby
cooked food available, markets stall totally subsistence (a women clothes, toddler clothes, women’s gifts, resus masks, people to help
selling 5 sweet potatoes). liaise with hospitals to collects donations - resus masks, consumables

Boera - They want support, to teach teenage girls about their repro- SO that we can respond to different districts - supplying simple, re-
ductive health - they want reusable sanitary kits quired supplies and assist with supplies to hospitals with the goal of
supporting outposts and provincial hospitals
Projects
Possibility of working with more with Rotaries on the ground - PM,
Health worker kits to Eastern Highlands provincial Health Centres - Goroka, to make the MBP (there is a large industry of second hand
roll out, up to 210 kits. These health centres are supported by provin- clothing in larger towns. Have a presence of the THF in PNG to im-
cial hospitals (but these are also under resourced) prove communications with the provincial health providers.
We really need to support people on the ground - it takes a lot to keep We also need a larger, more permanent space to sort our donations -
the communication going. Support the training of Community Health or have two different areas - one for MBP packs and linen and towels
Workers (CHW), the country has a shortage of Midwives - the hospital ad another area for Health worker kits and medical supplies
sends nurses off to get the training, the hospitals pay for the training -
3 universities. No one has the money to pay for their university up- Next packing day 7th March - see our website our more details
grades www.highlandsfoundation.org.au or follow us on FaceBook
Continue to support Health Worker upgrades in New Ireland - Kavieng
capital city of 10 000 people, but there are 200 000 people on the
island, many islands - some of the poorest outcomes for mothers and
babies, they die on the way, very isolated
Support teenage girls reproductive health in villages - support the
elders to talk to girls, to take them to the doctors for check ups and
contraception, understanding breast health . . .
Potential support - around procedures - paperwork, spread sheets
Hygiene - hand washing
Containers - to support other provinces. There are a lot of challenges
with this - would be great to work in with other groups!
Our next container in heading to Kompiam - a new area for us and
even more isolated - they have only managed to get 1 container to the
hospital on the road into the town ever! We are up for the challenge.
They want MBP to help encourage women to come into the hospital
for antenatal checks.
They would also love a birthing bed (hard to find second hand and
very expensive)!
What we need
Money to purchase specific items for kits and items that are required
in hospitals

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RCOB Board Membership, Marketing & Media - Chair James Glenwright

President David Hone Peter Flude Megan Glenwright
Secretary Trish Smyth Greg Every Mark Perelaer
Treasurer Lynda Doutch Mary Sealy Malcolm Sawle
Club Service & President Elect Adrian Culshaw Martin Fothergill
Adrian Culshaw Max Darby
Past President Heather Chisholm Club Service & Administration
Community Roy Downes Almoner Mary Sealy
International Fred Hofmann Archivist Roy Seager, David Lea
Youth Vivienne Zoppolato Attendance, dining & duties roster Adrian Culshaw
Indigenous Chris Mara Reviewer—Financial Statements Tony Phillips
Club Photographers Max Darby, Chris Mara
Community- Chair Roy Downes Club Protection Officer Ken Mirams
John Beaty Max Darby Newsletter, Web site, Facebook David Lea
Mary Cunnington Martin Fothergill Fellowship & Vocational Richard Jones
Kerrie Geard Chris Mara Foundation John Beaty
Robert McArthur Mary Sealy On to Conference Heather Chisholm
Tony Phillips Chris D'Arcy Social Media Officer Mark Perelaer
Chris Werner John Turner Speaker Program Administrator Gail Anderson
Bridget Hage Jude Kavanagh Speaker Program Assistants Kerrie Geard, Richard Potter
Liz Tanzimat
International - Chair Fred Hofmann
John Manks Geoff Stockdale District Officers
Ken Mirams John Sime Assistant Governor for Monash A Cluster Chris D'Arcy
Ross Phillips Clem Quick District Compliance Officer Ken Mirams
Richard Potter Simon Kavanagh District Community Chair Trish Smyth
District Indigenous Support Committee David Hone (Chair) Chris Mara
Youth – Chair Vivienne Zoppolato
Jan Cooper Tony Phillips Club Fundraising
Tony McKenna David Rushworth
Antony Nixon Lois Lindsay Bayside Charity Golf Day - Chair James Glenwright
Malcolm Sawle Chris Martin Peter Flude
Jeanette Limbach Denise Grocke Richard Jones Jim O’Brien
Lynda Doutch Tony Phillips
Indigenous - Chair Chris Mara
David Hone Fred Hofmann Farmers Market – Co-ordinator Mark Perelaer
Robert McArthur Jeanette Limbach Chris Werner Peter Flude
Chris Mara Charmaine Jansz
Pending Geoff Stringer Ken Mirams
Vivienne Zoppolato Bridget Hage
Heather Chisholm

Members of
the Salgueiro
samba school
perform at the
Sambadrome
in Rio on Feb-
ruary 24,
2020.

Carl De Sou-
za / AFP /
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