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Sunday 3 May 2026
WHAT AN AMAZING EVENT!
OUR EPIC DAY OF SERVICE WHERE WE JOINED AS ROTARY CLUBS ACROSS THE GLOBE TO PROVIDE A TANGIBLE EVENT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AT OLD TAILEM TOWN PIONEER VILLAGE
THANKS TO ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS. THIS EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER DIVERSE GROUPS ACROSS OUR STATE TO ASSIST OUR FARMING COMMUNITY
About 830 women and 7,000 newborns, mainly in low- and middle-income countries, die each day because of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. These deaths are mostly preventable. Midwives are key to preventing them, so an initiative organized by Rotary members is supporting the essential work of midwives in Papua New Guinea and Australia.
The program is rooted in collaboration. Australian midwives are paired with midwives from Papua New Guinea for five-day leadership workshops. The process culminates in a yearlong community health project designed and led by the midwives in Papua New Guinea, with continued support from their Australian counterparts.
Project organizer Judith Brown, a retired midwife and past president of the Rotary Club of Morialta, South Australia, says the exchange between the midwives is reciprocal and prioritizes learning from one another’s strengths. The partnership enables midwives to learn about other cultures and develop their professional skills, Brown says, but the primary focus is “trying to help women just have a voice in both countries.”
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