Youth

Rotary Districts 9910 / 9920 Challenge Camp

Rotary International Youth Exchange Students are matched up with physically challenged local students - and sent to camp for 5 days of challenges and fun.

Waitakere Rotary have hosted this camp twice - the last time in 2011. Everyone involved came back saying it was absolutely awesome and very, very rewarding for all involved.

Photos and information on our last camp is available here

Waitakere Rotary Scholarships

We have three:

• The Alistair Morton Scholarship for a Rutherford College student
• The John Ritchie Memorial Scholarship for a Massey student
• The 10th Anniversary Bursary Scholarship for a tertiay student

Details here

Rotary International Youth Exchange (IYE)

This offers students aged 15-19 the chance to travel abroad for cultural exchanges of one week to a full academic year. Rotary clubs and districts sponsor and host more than 8,000 Youth Exchange students a year.

Waitakere Rotary both hosted and sponsored IYE students many times over the years.

2011 Outgoing IYE: Elise Nother to Chile
2011 Incoming IYE: Cecile Struvay from Belgium

Rotary National Science and Technology Forum

This is a 2 week residential programme for OUTSTANDING  all round science, maths and technology students in Year 12 who will be returning to Year 13 and are planning to study the sciences or technology at tertiary level.

Each Rotary District is allocated 22 places - and competion to attend is intense. In 2011 3 students from Rutherford College were accepted.

Those students who have been say it is a real eye opener and very rewarding.

More information

MUNA - Model United Nations Assembly

Purpose
1. To simulate the working of the United Nations Assembly by having school teams of two or three Year 12 and 13 (Forms 6 and 7) students represent a particular UN country in debates on matters of world politics and social concern.
Debates are held over a weekend from Friday evening to Sunday lunchtime.
2. To develop bridges of goodwill for the furtherance of world peace and understanding.

Goals
1. To develop in students an awareness of the United Nations and the international situation of the countries of the world.
2. To enable students to improve their public speaking and debating skills.
3. To encourage students to make informed comments on world problems.
4. To encourage students to share their opinions and friendship with students from other schools in Rotary Districts 9910 & 9920.

Dictionaries for 9 year olds

Introduced by Past RI President Bill and Lorna Boyd: aims to give every Year 4 Student in low decile schools a beautifully illustrated Osborne Dictionary to keep.

Police Bluelight

We helped fund the 2009 and 2010 Hine Toa and Tane Toa camps

NZ Bluelight website

Police DARE

Three of our Rotarians are currently on the DARE West committee

DARE West website

West Auckland Truancy Trust

Also known as the Improving School Attendance Programme (ISAP)

Over the last few years we have supplied the Truancy Trust with 5 cars

Outward Bound

In 1962 Outward Bound opened in Anikiwa - with Rotary help.

When funding permits we can help part fund one student a year to an Outward Bound course.

Outward Bound website