Projects
Donations In Kind (DIK), now known as RARE, is the program Rotarians and Rotary Clubs use to source surplus goods and products that have no further use within Australia are repurposed and find new life with those in countries that have a need and/or used to support Rotary projects in developing countries. The Rotary Club of Adelaide supports Donations in Kind with our members volunteering to help sort stock, load containers and arrange shipments at the DIK Edinburgh Parks facility. We also contribute funds to assist with shipping costs as managed by DIK. We recently used our networks to arrange a shipment of school furniture to Cochin, which arrived in good order and immediately put to use. DIK is a major Rotary project that has a coverage throughout South Australia. Surplus goods are donated to the project by businesses, organisations and individuals. These goods are sorted and distributed to needy communities locally, nationally and internationally. These donations include medical, dental and hospital equipment, computers, books, toys and school furniture.
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Members of the Rotary Club of Adelaide contribute to the processes involved with the South Pacific Schools Aid project. This project sends dozens of pallets of books and educational equipment to schools throughout the South Pacific and even as far as Nepal! They have even taken computers from IT Share at Stirling; to pack them and send them to Zanzibar Nursing School. Books from St Andrews school and Mitcham Rotary bookshop end up amongst the shipments for Nepal and Fiji, including two pallets of books sent to the Deaconess' college in Suva Fiji. Books come and books go. Other outgoing destinations include Myanmar, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and even Western Samoa. Donations from organisations like West Lakes Shore school, St Augustine’s School, OXFAM, Mundulla Primary School and many other places including Adelaide University. Our volunteers work their magic to send them out; boxed on palettes, wrapped and addressed. (The 'magic' is really intelligent hard work - selecting the right books and maximising the number of books per box by careful packing ). More information can be found here.
Rotary believes that if concerned citizens work together to create peace locally, we can create lasting change globally. We refuse to accept conflict as a way of life. That’s why peacebuilding and conflict prevention is one of our causes.
By carrying out service projects and by supporting Rotary Peace fellowships and scholarships, Rotary members take action to end conflict and create environments of peace.
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EveryMum is dedicated to ensuring every mother, everywhere, receives the care she deserves during pregnancy and childbirth.
Adelaide Rotary has supported EveryMum with both a District Grant in 2024/25 and with a successful application in 2025/26 through the Rotary Club of Balwyn (Victoria) Centenary Grants Program. In 2026/27, Adelaide Rotary is providing funding to assist in establishment of five new neo-natal clinics in Rural Cambodia during 2027.
Grapes of New Hope (GNH) is a refugee-led, community-based organisation founded in 2021 within Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda. The Organisation is committed to restoring hope and transforming lives by empowering vulnerable groups youth, single mothers, children at risk and persons with disabilities, to achieve self-reliance and resilience. Rooted in compassion and inclusion, GNH envisions a community where refugees and host populations thrive together in equality and opportunity.
Adelaide Rotary supported the implementation of the two-month advanced tailoring 'Training of trainers’ at the Grapes of New Hope Training Center in 2025/26 and in 2026/27 is providing funding for a Women’s Economic Empowerment project within the Nakivale Refugee Camp.
‘Bringing a brighter future to the children of Nepal’
All children deserve to grow up in a safe, nurturing family environment, where they are loved, valued and respected and have the opportunity to reach their full potential, free from poverty, abuse and neglect. Sunrise Children’s Association prevents trafficking and unnecessary separation of vulnerable children from their families, through empowering them with education, training and livelihood development support.
