Topic New Dawn – Rotary Ukraine Crisis Aid Project. 9510

It was an honour to have Tim Mee speak at the Club Meeting. Tim is very involved in the New Dawn – Rotary Ukraine project.

New Dawn was started by Julia an Ukrainian from Odesa following the invasion in February 2022. At the heart of the work is distribution of 100 food aid packs a day to internally Displaced People in Odesa. Additional funding and volunteer capacity is used to deliver other aid (toys, bedding, candles, drinking water, etc. These villages receive no support from anu other Aid organisations and have no running water or electricity.

Rotary Clubs from District 9510 have established a direct aid project with NGO New Dawn in Ukraine and Rotary District D2232 in Ukraine to provide humanitarian aid.

Support for regional schools (students and teachers) is a major focus for the Rotary Ukraine project team.

A Rotary D9510 multi club project (Northern Yorke Peninsula, Gawler, Mount Barker, Adelaide, Gawler Light, Morialta and Campbelltown partnering with Rotary D2232 and New dawn in Ukraine. Providing much needed humanitarian aid, health facilities, schools and hospitals.

Tim’s presentation was very thoughtful and Tim has such passion for this project. The villages in the south like Odesa are called the forgotten villages. It is through the New Dawn project that they receive much needed aid.

We were all grateful for Tim giving up his time to make us more aware of the plight of the people in Ukraine.