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KIJA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

The Kija project was initiated in 2006 by Ricky Drill, eldest son of Shirley Drill, elder of the Kija people and traditional owners and custodians of the Bungle Bungles (Purnululu N.P.), Western Australia. While completing a “Learning Pathways Program” with the Swinburne University, Ricky floated a proposal to provide industry skills training opportunities for the younger members of his community. Ricky’s concern was in providing employment opportunities for his people “in country” in order to help preserve their cultural heritage and to stem the decline of social degradation and the migration of his people into a marginal existence in the larger towns and cities. Read more...

SAUSAGE SIZZLES

The Rotary Club of Eltham are pleased to be able to run sausage sizzles throughout the next year thanks to Bunnings Eltham. These proceeds go towards many of our valuable projects.

AQUABOX

The Rotary Club of Eltham in conjunction with Rotary Clubs within District 9790 are working together to raised much needs funds to restock our Aquabox's. The Aquabox project, coordinated in Australia by the Rotary Club of Eltham is restocking the supplies after the recent natural disaster in Queensland depleted our stocks. For more information visit our Aquabox Website.

INTERNATIONAL:
The Rotary Club of Eltham is sponsoring a joint project with the Rotary Club of Aizawl in Mizoram in North East India. Ten Assam style, low cost houses were previously constructed for poor residents in the village of Serkhan by the Rotary Club of Aizawl in 2001. The current project is to provide and install rainwater tanks, ventilated pit toilets, widen the access path for small vehicle access, construct a childrens playground, and develop piggery and kitchen gardens.