PROGRAMS OF ROTARIANS - Rotary Down Under

PROJECT VOLUNTEERS
Project Volunteers is the name now given to the well-established FAIM Program.
FAIM, as it was previously known, relates to the Fourth Object of Rotary and
was coined by District 265 Past Governor Keith Hopper.
The first team of 47 Rotarians and families, well endowed in vocational skills,
went to Indonesia in 1964 on a goodwill mission with work as the meeting
point.
The concept of volunteers going to a developing country to provide facilities and skills train
ing became so successful that in 1971 FAIM became a national organisation.
Major projects undertaken by Project Volunteers have been the supervising and building of
some 90 schools after Cyclone Namu in the Solomon Islands, the recent health facilities and
library along the Kokoda Track, and the Aitape tsunami reconstructions in Papau New Guinea.
Rotary clubs can support Project Volunteers by encouraging volunteers and members to
become supporters by making tax-deductible donations.
Volunteers are needed on a continuous basis. Some 750 Rotarians and friends a year travel to
undertake projects with the indigenous people of the Pacific region and beyond.
The concept of spending time in a developing country and experiencing people
with differing traditions, cultures, food and the like are exciting challenges for Rotarians.
Many projects encourage volunteers to be accompanied by their partners to share in the
rewarding experience of overseas service.
Contact:
www.rawcs.com.au
District RAWCS Chairman
NZ: D9910, 9920, 9930, 9940
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