Pacific Australian Cultural Exchange (PACE) is a month long summer holiday (January 1999) exchange for secondary school students involving our club sending one student to Australia to be hosted by a club in District 9690 in exchange for us hosting an Australian student. The exchange is culturally based with no formal educational activity involved. The students get an opportunity to learn the different cultures and appreciate the differences. The cost of accommodation and meals will be met by the host District whilst Suva East will meet the cost of airfares, insurance, and nominal pocket money in Australia. It is open for students between 15 and 18 years old preferably with nil overseas travel. Eligible students may contact the Club for applications.

The Rotary Foundation is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world. The Financial support the fund receives today will help secure many better tomorrow for people all over the world through the foundation's humanitarian and educational programs. Our club will this year support the Permanent Fund through two means: Paul Harris Fellowship and Bequest commitments.

1. Adherence to and promotion of the highest ethical standards in all occupations, including loyalty to employers, employees, and associates, and fair treatment of those with whom one has business or professional relations;

2. The recognition of the worthiness to society of all useful occupations;

3. The contribution of one’s vocational talents to the problems and needs of society.

The role of club is to develop projects that help members contribute their vocational talents. The role of members is to conduct their professional lives in accordance with Rotary principles and to share in projects which the club has developed.

Vocational Service evolved from the classification principle - a feature originally unique to Rotary that limits active membership to one representative from each business or profession. This one-member, one-classification system remains the basis for each Rotarian’s personal obligation in Vocational Service - to serve as a representative of that classification within he club. This knowledge and experience gives each club the resources to carry out projects that address all aspects of the second Avenue of Service.

Scholarships.

The committee will continue the ongoing scholarships project: This is a valuable project successfully completed each year whereby needy secondary school students are assisted to continue with their studies y way of some financial assistance. In 1997-1998 a total of about $3,500 was allocated.

Members of Rotary (where practicable) will be approached to allow selected young people the opportunity to come to their workplace and learn about career opportunities in the area of business/work. This will be monitored, and will be held on selected days over the 1998-1999 year.

The committee would collaborate with Club Services, and hold an evening meeting together with spouses and other guests - at the Fiji Club. A small panel will speak on the "Four-Way test", and ethics in business (special speaker), followed by discussion. This evening would substitute for a normal Monday Club meeting; it could be a social occasion and a fund raiser night with special raffles, fines etc.

Declaration of Rotarians in Business and Professions (2000-EN). Certificates/document will be purchased, and a copy will be presented to each R.C. member (Citation No.12).

Community Service is a many-pronged effort to improve the quality of life. To a large extent, Rotary’s reputation is built on the myriad of service projects undertaken by Rotarians. The four areas of service, operating under the Community Service umbrella are the:

• Business advice
• Training
• Technical Know how
• Setting up of Pilot Projects with Matching Grants. (to demonstrate low cost need based) technologies:
• to use waste material in income generating projects
• Processing of agro materials (coconut oil, bamboo, morinda citrifolia etc).
• Provision of Micro Loans (Maximum loan to one enterprise would not exceed F$ 500)

  Modalities of assistance

• Assistance to a group of women in growing flowers for domestic and export markets.
•  Establishment of a community based agro processing small/micro businesses at village level. Specific areas of the proposed assistance are Coconut oil, Processing of Kura (Morinda Citrifolia) Bamboo products.
• Production of handmade paper using waste material from garment factories.
• Rotary prize for the best student in Integrated Bio Mass System (IBS) Programme