Rotary Meeting 8 April 2026

This week our speaker is

Andrew Cameron

Humanitarian Nurse

Andrew is a Registered Nurse, and Midwife, clinically specialised in Emergency Nursing, Intensive Care, Rural Camp; Isolated Practice, Immunisation Practice and Public Health. He has a Master’s degree in Tropical Public Health, and many years of experience as a rural and remote nurse and as a Director of Nursing. posts include Australia, Kenya, Sudan, Yemen, Iraq, Georgia, Sierra Leone, Djibouti, South Sudan (twice), Afghanistan (four tours), Ukraine, Rwanda, and most recently (2025) in Gaza. In 2011, recognised for exemplary standards, he was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the Governor General, for exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict. In The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2013, he received the medal of the Order of Australia from the Governor of Queensland, for services to nursing.

Andrew topic is, " Providing humanitarian aide as a nurse in the world's most challenging environments. (Gaza, Afghanistan, Ukraine)."

Please register yourself and any guests for next week's meeting no later than 6pm Sunday 5 April with details of any dietary requirements, so that we can advise attendance information to the Wellington Club. Please note - if you dont register and turn up - there may not be any breakfast available.

Duties for the meeting (please see sheet attached for an outline of each duty):

Desk - 6.45am                     Steve Lawton                           

Greeter - 6.45am                 Lindsay Chitty

Kaikohau                              Heather Lucas

Opening Thought                 Marc Rand

Introduction                          Howard Tong

Thanking                             Tamaris Livers

Set up/Pack up - 6.45am     Darryl Ross

Parting Thought                   Richard Brodie        

Club Reporter                      Brad Weekly

Photographer                       Andre Lategan

Guardian Angel                    David Barnes

If you are unable to perform your duty please get someone else to stand in for you and advise President Nicole Barker (nicolebarker883@gmail.com) who the replacement is.

Notes for the coming weeks meeting:

• RSVP no later than Sunday 5 April, 6pm (Best do it now). 
• Please make sure you register to assist the Wellington Club staff. No registration could mean no food and no seat.
• If you have any dietary requirements, please note them in the comments section of the registration
• Include your email address and mobile phone number in the response
• If you wish to bring guests/spouse/partner, please add them when you register
• Remember to click "Save" at the bottom of the page
• If you do not receive a confirmation immediately after you have registered, you have not completed the process.