通过服务澳洲扶轮和平
Rotary International themed the Rotary year 2012-2013 ‘Peace Through Service’. This requires all Rotary Clubs to focus on peace in their community. Australian Rotary Downunder Magazine published an article on the background of Susan Carew, a Rotary Peace Scholar overviewing her work with the clown doctor Patch Adams in Russia, peace education in schools and travelling the World and then Australia as a World Peace Clown. The article invited Rotary Clubs from around Australia to initiate through their School Link program introductions for Susan aka Peacefull to come to their school to teach peace education and sustainability.
John and Judy Stafford from the Rotary Club of Naracoorte in South Australia contacted Susan and invited her to come to Naracoorte. 他们制定了一个全面的时间表，不仅联系学校 (教和平会议) 但利用小丑通过社区搭建桥梁建设与阿富汗哈扎拉 (多元文化资源中心) 并带来欢乐和欢呼老人在朗里奇护理院. 皮斯菲尔应邀执教当地人小丑研讨会，并邀请以方便与教师的研讨会在二级学院在甘比尔山. 该项目非常成功，有极好的反馈.
据估计，, 通过纳拉库特扶轮社的这一举措, 大约 700 儿童和成人有面对面与和平小丑和后当地报纸写的故事，再加上与苏珊在ABC电台地区采访时接触, 媒体达到预估为 5,000. This was over a period of 1.5 weeks and is a testimony to the initiative of the Rotary Club of Naracoorte.
The project is in alignment with UNESCO’s of promoting a Culture of Peace and has the potential to be developed in schools and their local communities.
The presentation below provides an overview of the Peace Through Service project in South Australia and is an excellent case study of what other Rotary Clubs or community groups can do to facilitate peaceful communities in harmony with Rotary’s mission of World Peace.