Extracted from an email by Project Director, Jen Marshall:
RORP began as a project of the Rotary Club of Flemington Kensington, collecting unwanted playgrounds from local councils and schools and sending them to be re-installed in disadvantaged overseas communities. This is an example of environmental sustainability in action.
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The project has now expanded across Victoria to encompass all Rotary Districts and has seen over 100 playgrounds shipped to countries such as Timor Leste, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.
Next week our Club will be assisting with the harvesting of eight playgrounds across Casey (Berwick, Cranbourne, Doveton, and Blind Bight).
The harvests will start at 8:00am and take a maximum of 3 hours (Depending on the size and number of helpers, it could be as quick as 1-hour).
We will need 3 Rotarians at each harvest next Monday 29 May and again on Wednesday 31 May, in Doveton and Cranbourne.
The job requires you to pick up disassembled sections of the playground and place them on a trailer (the contractor does all the demolition).
Russell Fellows is our project contact for the playground removals. Please call him on 0418 577 684, if you can attend.