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Zonta Club of

Adelaide Torrens

Annual Report

2017-2018

Zonta Club Number: 23-02-0983

Charter Date: 14th August 1981

MISSION Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals

empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.

VISION Zonta International envisions a world in which

women's rights are recognized as human rights

and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.

In such a world, women have access to all resources

and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with

men.

In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.

THEME Empowering Women Through Service and Advocacy

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 2-3 Contents and Membership List.

Page 4 President's Report

Page 5 Membership Report

Page 6 Friends of Zonta Club of Adelaide Torrens - FOZCATs

Page 7

Page 8-9

Public Relations Committee Report Service Reports

Advocacy Report

Page 10-14 Service Reports

Page 15 Womens Peace & Security Report

Page 16

Page 17

Birthing Kit Report

Breast Cushion Report

Page 18 Awards - ACSO

Page 19-20 EnterprZ Group Report

Page 20-22 Fundraising Report

Page 23 Auditor’s Report

Page 24-25 Treasurer’s Financial Report

MEMBERSHIP LIST CLUB RESPONSIBILITY

Robyne Lesley President, Public Relations Co-ordinator

Prue Cowled Z Files Editor

Helen Dundon Member

Sally Gordon Member

Jenny Hatchard Handbook, Monthly Raffles, Website

Cathy Heuzenroeder Treasurer, Fundraising Co-ordinator

Shirley Lamb Member

Jacqui Lawson

Jenni Trewren

Bron Boulton

Archives, External Events

Member

Entertainment Books

Ann Marsden Member

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MEMBERSHIP LIST

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CLUB RESPONSIBILITY

Vicki McLaren Member

Tina Merritt Board Member, Advocacy and Service

Joan Möller Membership, EnterprZ group Coordinator

Anu Mundkur Honorary Member

Christine Pain Member

Carol Pearce Board Member

Julie Riley Member

Liz Robson Breast Cushion Coordinator

Jan Seeger Member

Katherina Skull Public Officer, ACSO Coordinator

Rachel Taylor Assistant Treasurer

Jenny Weaver Service & Advocacy

Jill Wheatley Member

Morag Zeman

Secretary, Birthing Kit Coordinator, Board

Member

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President’s Report

2017 – 18

What a fabulous year our club has had! The new Board

started with a big splash early, presenting members with the

opportunity to express their thoughts about things which are

working in the club, those we could improve and those which

are interesting. One of the ideas we trialed was to make

meetings more social and we attempted to do this by

arranging tables in groups. This had mixed results, but did have

the advantage of fitting more people into our small space.

Our club has raised a large amount of money this year and

we were able to fund many projects. In February we provided

money to: AFFLIP, MHCD micro finance, radio and bicycle

program, scholarships for young women doing

apprenticeships as electricians and tailors and the Days For Girls program. We have

decided to run a second grant application process in June or July as some of the

organizers of projects we have supported in the past were unable to be contacted over

the holiday period. In addition, we are proud to have been able to continue to fund

both our Breast Cushion and Birthing Kit projects.

The 100 years of Zonta celebrations will begin at the Yokohama Confederation in July

and be completed at the Chicago Confederation in 2020. In between those times a

combined District Conference for districts 22, 23and 16 (Australia and New Zealand) will

be held in Brisbane in 2019. A group to manage our area’s celebration of the 100 years,

under the leadership of Pru Blackwell, Area Director, will be formed. Anyone who is

interested in being involved with this please let me know.

Tina Merritt and our Honorary member Anu Mundkur have worked tirelessly to provide

advice on the issue of women's safety to the Federal Government. Australian

representatives will present information to the International Women’s Convention at the

United Nations at a future date.

Our club has enjoyed many interesting guest speakers this year and several of them

have motivated us to provide support for the projects they manage. We have provided

sanitary items for Essentials4Women via donations at our monthly meetings and are now

looking at ways in which we could provide further support to the group.

Shirley Lamb, Jenny Weaver and I went to Geelong to attend the 2017 District

Conference; it was wonderful to have the opportunity to meet fellow Zontians from so

many other clubs. Jill Wheatley is planning to attend the Zonta International

Confederation in Yokohama in July and will be our delegate on that occasion.

I look forward with enthusiasm to the coming year!

Robyne Lesley,

President.

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Membership Report

This year we have welcomed Jenni Trewren, transferring from Zonta Club

of The Riverland, to our club.

Pat Webb and Julie Fielke will be inducted at our AGM, taking our

membership to 26. In addition, Dr. Anuradha Mundkur, a passionate

advocate for gender equality and women’s empowerment, continues

as an Honorary Member. With another prospective member expected

to be inducted later in the year, we are confident that our membership will continue to

grow in line with our stated goal of achieving a 5% increase during the present biennium.

At our September meeting, some of our

members were recognized for their years of

Zonta membership (177 years in total) and the

significant contributions they have made in a

variety of ways over that time;

congratulations to Jan Seeger, Jill Wheatley,

Sally Gordon, Ann Marsden, Jenni Trewren,

Jenny Weaver and Prue Cowled.

Stable membership numbers have been an important factor in enabling us to plan and

organize successful fund-raising activities and to support our service and advocacy

programmes. Our members have a broad range of skills, interests and experience which

they bring with enthusiasm to their many roles within our club.

There have been many occasions throughout the year which provided opportunities for

members to get to know each other on a casual basis outside of meetings. These have

included regular Breast Cushion Workshops, the Garage Sale, coffee at Cafe Primo in

August, an evening at Touche de Paris, our Birthing Kit Assembly Day, the lovely Greek-

themed evening at Bron's home, a Days For Girls Working Bee at Blackwood and a

recent lunch at La Scala Cafe.

I would like to thank those members who have donated so many wonderful items for our

raffles and gifts. Over the course of a year, we have raffles at our monthly meetings,

prepare larger raffles for fund-raising events, donate prizes for raffles at ACSO Awards

and the District Workshop and we always present guest speakers with a gift. Thanks to

the amazing generosity of our members, we have never had to buy a single item in order

to do this.

Future membership recruitment is important to the continued success of our club and we

encourage all members to introduce new members. We are always happy to make

contact with anyone whose names might be put forward as prospective members and

to meet with them for coffee and an informal chat. The stronger our membership base,

the greater our ability to fund-raise and to develop and extend our range of Service and

Advocacy programmes.

Joan Möller, on behalf of the Membership Committee.

Prue Cowled and Jill Wheatley receiving their recognition of years of service awards from Jenny Weaver

who also received an award.

Jenni Trewren

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Friends of the Zonta Club of Adelaide Torrens. (FOZCATS).

During the past year we have received support and assistance from many people. We

would like to acknowledge them and thank them most sincerely for the contribution they

have made to our Club.

National Australia Bank, for their substantial financial support for our service and

advocacy projects.

Jeanette Madigan, owner of Hilton Hemz, and her staff for continuing to sew

hundreds of breast cushion forms.

Joanne Hatchard, for the continued oversight, development and maintenance of

our website.

Peter Church, volunteer Auditor, for taking on our books yet again.

Trina Hatchard and Julia Northway for their contributions to the EnterprZ Group.

Christine Cheney, whose enthusiasm for our jewellery has brought in many sales to

women outside our club.

Maxine Bowles, for helping out with selling PCCL Raffle Tickets.

Suzanne Smith and members of St. Andrews by the Sea for allowing us to use their

hall for our Birthing Kit Assembly Day and for helping us on the day.

Our wonderful family and friends who attend events, buy raffle tickets and

Entertainment Books, help us to assemble Birthing Kits and support us in all our

undertakings.

Joan Möller.

on behalf of the Membership Committee.

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Public Relations Report.

Our group has been meeting regularly this year via the free conference-call system; it

has worked very well and saved us all valuable travel time.

We are currently looking at producing a ‘pull out’ pen as a way to help advertise our

club. We envisage having a supply of pens to give away to potential new members,

supporters and guest speakers.

We have designed and purchased a new, smaller banner which is very easy to manage.

It features many of our current projects and will be displayed at all of our events, helping

to raise awareness of our range of service and advocacy projects. We thank Prue for her

work in overseeing this project.

Our group has continued to maintain our facebook and webpage; we would welcome

any member who is experienced in using Twitter to join our group as we would like to

expand into this area.

Prue continues to produce our monthly newsletter, the Z Files, and we thank those

members who have contributed articles throughout the year. The Z Files is sent to other

clubs around the state to help raise our profile within our Zonta community.

Joanne Hatchard, one of our FOZCATS, continues to manage and update our

webpage; please let her know of any changes which might need to be made. We thank

Joanne for her on-going work which resulted in a "Highly Commended" Award at the

recent Geelong Conference.

Robyne Lesley

Quote from International President Sonja Hönig Schough:

“Violence against women is a worldwide pandemic – it crosses every social and economic class, every religion, race and ethnicity. At least one out of every three women worldwide have experienced violence during their lifetime. We in Zonta International cannot accept this – we need to use all our energy to eradicate violence against women locally and internationally through service and advocacy. “

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Advocacy Report

Our Advocacy Plan for the year committed the club to build on the work started in 2016-

17. Over that year active advocacy work was conducted by using our newsletter,

website and Facebook page in order to extend our reach on issues of importance and

to promote our existing programs. This year we focussed on external opportunities by

responding to initiatives for advocacy as they arose and to start a new project of our

own. The key achievements were: -

Tina Merritt took the lead on the Women’s Peace and Security Roundtables by

working with honorary member Dr Anu Mundkur. See the separate report.

Working with the YWCA to identify appropriate advocacy projects for girls and to

support the She Votes initiative at which political parties present their policies for

women before the election. Hundreds of women from women’s groups across the

state attended the evening event and cross-examined the candidates.

A film, part-funded by the Zonta Club of Adelaide Torrens, was recently released

by the group No FMG to educate about female genital mutilation. It will soon be

widely promoted.

Supporting and promoting Dr Anne Summers’ “Blueprint for Equality”. Noted

feminist academic Dr Summers used International Women’s Day to call for four

major efforts by women’s groups across Australia, namely equal representation of

women in ministries, governments and on boards, the decriminalisation of abortion

in Queensland and NSW, equal pay for all women and specialist domestic

violence courts.

Jenny Weaver participated in the creation of a new District Advocacy Project

which was accepted at the District 23 Conference at Geelong in September.

Morag Zeman and Tina Merritt learnt more about Responding to Violence Against

Women and Their Children by attending a symposium at Flinders University in May

2017. They promoted the outcome of the day and the resulting report to all

members.

Anu Mundkur

facilitating at the

WPS Roundtable

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Advocacy report (continued)

Shirley Lamb supported the Western Domestic Violence Centre by providing with

excess food and resources from the club. The goal was to build a relationship of

trust in order to develop our own project.

Prostitution Reform Bill: - Members continued to lobby for the decriminalisation of

prostitution. Unfortunately, the bill was again stalled due to the calling of an

election.

The Attorney General’s Domestic Violence Discussion Paper. Most club members

participated in a survey in late 2016 on domestic violence. This year the survey’s

comprehensive discussion paper, including important recommendations, was

released. The key action items are to give greater priority to domestic violence

victims, to trial a domestic violence disclosure scheme, the removal of expiry dates

on intervention orders, the acceptance of video evidence in court, the raising of

the status of domestic violence to make it an aggravated offence and to foster

supportive environments across the community for domestic violence victims. All

these areas are now under scrutiny for the drafting and upgrading of relevant

laws.

Jenny Weaver attended a workshop run by White Ribbon Breakfast keynote

speaker, Dr Michael Kaufman, which covered many areas of male violence

including a practical approach to dealing with sexual harassment in the

workplace. This can be added to the District Advocacy Toolkit which is being

developed.

In February the Advocacy Committee co-ordinated a combined session for

Zontians and community members called “Empowering Women to be Safe On-

line” by Greg Gebhart, outlining all the current trends and strategies required for

women and girls to stay safe when using the internet and mobile phones. 58

women and girls attended the event.

Developing a club domestic violence project. Jenny Weaver’s draft project

called “Hear my story, make the change” was presented to two managers of the

Women’s Safety Service who have enthusiastically embraced the idea. The

development is on-going.

Jenny Weaver

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Service Reports

Baby Baskets for Migrant Women's Services.

At our August meeting, we were advised that more baby baskets (actually bathtubs)

were needed by Migrant Women's Services to distribute to clients who were expecting

babies in the near future. Jenny Hatchard and I went shopping soon after to buy supplies

and a few days later we met at Jenny's home to assemble the baskets.

Contents of each basket include:

* nappies and nappy bags * baby wipes * cotton buds *changing mat * muslin wraps *

hat and bonnet * bath towel * baby cream and powder * baby shampoo and

hairbrush * singlets and socks * a selection of baby clothes * books * rattle *rubber

duck * teddy bear.

A card from our club is enclosed with each basket.

Each basket costs our club approximately $100, but there are also many donated items

in each basket which add to their total value.

The baskets, which were delivered to the offices of Women's Safety Services at Mile

End, were warmly received by staff and we were asked to pass on their thanks to our

members.

Joan Möller.

Days for Girls......Hope, Health and Opportunity for Women and Girls.

Lack of sanitary hygiene in impoverished communities prevents

girls from attending school for up to 8 months in 3 years and also

prevents women from being able to go to work for several days

each month. Days for Girls kits provide washable, environmentally

friendly, reusable menstrual hygiene items. Health education is

also an important part of the programme and is facilitated during

Days for Girls distribution programmes.

During the past year, our club has given financial support

totalling $4000 to Days for Girls to assist with on-going

programmes in developing countries. We were particularly

pleased that in excess of 1000 kits were able to be supplied to

the Mission in Health Care and Development in Luvungi, DR

Congo, via a container which was shipped in March.

Some of our members were able to attend the DfG Sewing and

Packing Days last year and assisted with such tasks as sorting

fabrics, sewing, ironing and assembling the kits. Each kit costs approximately $15 and

without the tremendous work done by an army of volunteers costs would be very much

greater.

I would like to encourage any of our members who can spare a few hours to attend one

of the Sewing/Packing Days. They are a lot of fun and it's great to see what our hard-

earned funds help to make possible.

Joan Möller.

Shirley Lamb helping

out at the DfG sewing

and packing day

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Team Vista.

This year we were pleased to support Team Vista again with two different projects:

(1) We provided $648 for the purchase of a second-hand overlocker and six month's

rent on a shop for the Upendo Women's Group in Moshi, Tanzania. The women in this

group previously scavenged at the local dump for food and items of any value but were

able, with our assistance, to set up a small shop and make basic items for sale. With the

purchase of the overlocker, they have been able to transition into tailoring and future

plans include making sanitary packs, similar to those made by Days For Girls, and school

uniforms.

(2) A further $1,115 was given to extend the programmes available to girls in their

"hang-out" space based at the school in Kaloleni, a community built round a rubbish

dump and housing the poorest people in the region. These programmes included

learning about good diet, preparing nutritious food and providing equipment to enable

participation in sporting activities.

Team Vista works towards breaking the cycle of poverty by encouraging girls to stay at

school, providing basic health care and providing a safe space and supportive

environment in which to talk about taboo subjects.

Joan Möller.

Support for women in DR Congo

Member Jenny Weaver has built a close relationship with Dr Luc Mulimbalimba of the

Democratic Republic of the Congo through the Birthing Kit Foundation. Dr Luc’s NGO,

called Mission in Health Care and Development or MHCD, runs many programs to help

women and girls who are very poor and/or who are rape victims. MHCD has also been a

strong long-term supporter of birthing kits, with plans to distribute 20,000 kits in 2017-18.

This year the Zonta Club of Adelaide Torrens supported MHCD in the following ways: -

Radios and mobile phones for women: - By supplying radios and mobile phones

women can easily get information on how to deal with rape, where to get help and

what to do to stay healthy. Information is broadcast on medical, family planning and

other forms of support. Mobile phones enable talk-back programs and women can

get answers to their personal questions. Supplying simple radios and cheap mobile

phones has proven to be a practical and easy way to make a huge difference to the

lives of these women. Zonta member Julie Monis-Ivett OAM visited Dr Luc in July and

reported back to the club that the radios are also used with mobile phones as a

security system. Women ring the radio station to warn if rebels or insurgents are in the

area and, through the radio, women get this information and either run, find help or

take other measures to protect themselves.

Micro-finance for women. MHCD also assists women who are very poor, widowed or

who have been raped to start their own small

enterprise in order to generate sustainable income.

Projects like bread selling, food production, pig-raising,

tomato sauce production and tailoring are the most

popular options. All the projects are overseen by

MHCD to ensure they are viable and that women get

the training and support they need. Tailoring businesses

are the result of sewing machines and material sent via

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Support for women in DR Congo (continued)

a container of goods from supporters in Australia. Julie showed the club photos of

women who were financially independent from growing food crops, pig-raising, beer

making and tailoring. One stood proudly in front of her own new mud brick home

(pictured below).

Zonta members also assisted MHCD by donating goods and helping pack a container

for MHCD. This year many blankets, stitched by Shirley Lamb, will be sent to the

Pygmie women. Underwear was donated for young girls so that they have something

suitable for swimming. Dr Luc reports that without underwear girls will not go to the

river to bathe, so underwear creates a huge hygiene benefit for the recipients. A

container of goods, sent by supporters in Adelaide in March 2018, also contained

more sewing machines and material plus 1,000 Days for Girls packs for distribution (see

separate report).

Jenny Weaver

Company of Grace

On behalf of the Board, supporters and volunteers at the Company of Grace in HCMC

Vietnam, we are very grateful for the support we have received over several years.

The original group of young women were given a grant to improve their very basic living

conditions; they asked if they could use the money instead to set up a shop on the

property. Next they asked for funds to provide signs to entice customers to their shop.

After four years of training in English and teaching, five of that group of young people,

four women and one man, aged between 19 and 30, all with severe physical disabilities,

have now formed their own company of teachers. They have rented a four-storey

building and successfully operate their own English School. The youngest of the group,

Miss Hang, has become a mature-age student at high school; she had never been to

school in her life, before her time at C of G. She is devouring her school studies with

enthusiasm, as well as teaching English to young children at night. The "Graduate

Group" has named their school Grace House.

The grants ZCAT have given us for the 2017-18 year have put to great use.

The bakery class is progressing, with two very experienced bakers, Miss Thao and Miss

Tram, as their teachers. The bakery students joined us in July and classes began in

August. All reside at the Grace Centre, and are encouraged to be self-sufficient. The

three young women in the class, Tu, Phuong and Diem, are very interested in pursuing a

career specialising in making cakes and other sweet treats. All, including the teachers,

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Company of Grace (continued)

have quite severe physical disabilities. Tu has only one eye, and that has only 30% vision;

her other eye is a very bad prosthesis being a different shape and colour to her own eye.

She has a cheeky sense of humour, and is always the source of amusement amongst the

group. The grant from the Zonta Club of Adelaide Torrens has meant that we were able

to purchase appropriate kitchen equipment to suit the abilities of these wonderful young

women who work together and live together in harmony.

The most recent grant provided money for one of the English teachers, Hien Pham, to

come to Adelaide for a month for 'total immersion' in English, with the aim of improving

and enhancing her English language pronunciation and comprehension. She will arrive

on 5th March and will be present at the March meeting of our club; she is looking

forward to meeting all the members of Zonta Club of Adelaide Torrens!

Hien Pham with some of her students.

A report such as this cannot really convey the immense opportunity your donations have given

to the young women in this life-changing project, some of whom might otherwise be in a fringe

group of people, perhaps unable to support themselves. Now they are, or soon will be, self-

sufficient teachers and business women. Thank you for your donations.

Hoa Van Stone, on behalf of Company of Grace, Vietnam.

Jill Wheatley - Administration Volunteer

Aboriginal Family Support Service (AFFS)

This year our club provided financial support to AFFS to fund the provision of birth

certificates for women and girls. In addition, we also applied for funding for the project

through ACSO (Association of Community Service Organizations) and were very pleased

to receive a further $800 to commit to this very important project.

Having a birth certificate is something which many of us take for granted. It makes it

easier to apply for a driver's licence, employment, a passport, rental

accommodation, and Centrelink assistance. The women and girls we helped were also

able to apply for and obtain birth certificates for their children to assist with the school

enrolment process.

The impact on the lives of the women and girls has been considerable; it has been a

most empowering process and helped raise self-esteem. It’s opened the door for study

or employment and the possibility of new homes in which to live. Robyne Lesley.

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Australian Foundation for learning in the Philippines (AFFLIP)

The AFFLIP Scholarship program in the Talomo District schools is now into its fifth year. The

program initially provided funding for 3 students per Year 4, 5 & 6 in each of the 15

schools – a total of 90 students. Because of the response to the request for renewals and

extra sponsors, additional places were allocated. Currently, the number of scholarships is

121. Our Club currently supports four girls with scholarships. We have also provided funds

for three more girls. These will be allocated in the next round of funds for the new school

year. Educational grantees receive school needs and supplies worth two thousand five

hundred pesos (P2,500.00) for the entire school year, specifically for school fees such as

Boy/Girl Scouts registration fees, School and District BSP/GSP Camping fees, PTA and

Homeroom Voluntary Fees, PMHA, Anti-TB, STEP Fee, School Publication and the basic

school needs such as uniforms, shoes, notebooks, pencils/ballpoint pens, bag, ruler,

papers, and other important school materials. No cash will be given to the grantees or

their parents.

AFFLIP also provides programmes that support:

School gardens that can be accessed by school kitchens, students and parents

A feeding programme because many scholarship students are malnourished

when they enter the scholarship

Outdoor education through setting up playgrounds

School ponds where fish are kept and can be used by kitchens and parents

Professional development for teachers. Currently this is on hold because of martial

law on the island of Mindanao

Personnel from five schools visiting Adelaide and co-planning with their twinned

school. This ensures that after three years staff from the fifteen twinned schools

have visited Adelaide and met their host schools.

The board assesses the impact of the educational programmes within the schools on an

annual basis. It has determined several areas where it would like more information.

There is little information on the impact of the scholarships on families. Some

anecdotal evidence exists but a more comprehensive data gathering exercise will

be conducted by the AFFLIP board during the next year.

Again, there is little information on the impact of the scholarships on families. A

comprehensive data collection will occur during the next year.

Data regarding the whereabouts of the graduating scholars from the last two

years has been collected. Of the 30 grade 6 pupils who graduated elementary

school from the 2016-17 school year, 26 enrolled in nearby secondary schools.

Carol Pearce

April Asuncion Princess Onde

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Women, Peace and Security – Round Table

In September 2017 The Zonta Club of Adelaide Torrens (ZCAT) worked with our Honorary

Member, Dr Anu Mundkur, to organize a Round Table discussion which many South

Australian women’s groups were invited to attended.

The WP&S is a non-partisan and independent coalition of civil society organisations,

networks and individuals working to advance the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

in Australia, the Pacific region and globally.

Over 50 women attended; in addition several apologies were received from groups

unable to attend, but who wished to be kept informed of developments in the future.

The Round Table discussions were held to inform the National Action Plan on Women,

Peace and Security.

Various questions were discussed, including:

What is your experience of living in Australia in today’s world?

What does peace mean to you?

What does security mean to you?

What influences our beliefs regarding Peace and Security?

What do we need to focus on in the future?

Responses included:

Peace = Freedom = Peace

- Peace is about respect for human rights, environmental sustainability and social

justice. We need to broaden our horizons to recognise that there is a bigger world

out there.

- Being free of violence on many levels; national, state, community, workplace,

public spaces and private spaces (home).

Security:

- There is an over-emphasis on physical security hence our pre-occupation with

terrorism. Security = safety both physical and emotional.

Those present felt that our Government tends to see security as being about terrorism

(the focus is on fear and risk) therefore the solution is to ramp up security; increase the

armed forces and Border Force. The principle of peace and equality should underpin all

bilateral and multilateral agreements. Australia needs to re-examine our refugee policy

to align with fundamental human rights and basic humanity.

ZCAT is a member of the Australian Civil Society Coalition for Women, Peace and

Security and will continue to be involved in quarterly discussions.

Tina Merritt – Advocacy & Service

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Birthing Kits

We held a very successful Birthing Kit Assembly Day, working with the most helpful

and

generous community of people. We were very privileged to be able to use the

hall and facilities at Saint Andrews by the Sea, Uniting Church at Glenelg.

Members of the church community and Team Vista joined us, along with our

family and friends, enabling us to make 1000 kits in record time. A very active day

of work and also much fun, laughter and camaraderie, followed by a delicious

afternoon tea. Many, many thanks to everyone for all the hard work, love and

sharing.

Please support us again at our next BKAD which will be held on Saturday 26th

May. Our kits are making such a difference to women and girls in many places

throughout the world.

Morag Zeman

BKAD Coordinator.

Morag Zeman and helpers on the BKAD

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Breast Cushion Report.

The club made 182 cushions in 2017/18, about the same as in 2016/17 year, but less than

in previous years. We met the demand for breast cushions and the Burnside Hospital

continued to provide great feedback to us about the service and quality of the

cushions.

Prue Cowled, Shirley Lamb and

Joan Möller enjoying a workshop

at Prue’s

Throughout the year Jan Seeger and Prue Cowled hosted workshops at their homes,

while small teams and individual efforts ensured a steady supply of pre-stuffed cushions

for the workshops, or finished the cushions outside the workshops.

In 2017/18 the club received donations totaling $363 from breast cushion recipients,

which helped towards the cost of the project. Some of these were made by direct bank

credit following an amendment to the information card in the cushion packaging.

A thank you card from a grateful recipient says:

“Many thanks for your gift of pillows. I have used them for sleeping.

Next will be to protect me from the seat belt.

Thank you for thinking of me, that is a comfort, not alone.”

The club greatly appreciates the efforts of members and their friends who joined us at

the workshops, and the individual contributions of Prue Cowled, Jan Seeger, Cathy

Heuzenroeder, Joan Möller, Jenny Hatchard, Shirley Lamb and Morag Zeman who

readily provided additional help when needed.

Special thanks are extended to the Zonta Club Sydney Hills Inc for their assistance with

purchasing and cutting material into forms and to Jeanette Madigan and the team at

Hilton Hemz for sewing the forms free of charge.

Elizabeth Robson

Breast Cushion Coordinator

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Association of Community Service Organisations Inc. (ACSO)

In 2013 when I joined the Zonta Club of Adelaide Torrens, I wrote my first submission to

ACSO in support of a project for "Seeds of Affinity". My submission was successful and

was awarded first 'prize' in the relevant category. That year there were only two

submissions from our club. Since then we have tried to enter more submissions in as many

categories as possible, with quite a good deal of success. We have acquired quite a few

writers over the years; Joan Möller, Jacqui Lawson, Jill Wheatley, Jenny Weaver, Robyne

Lesley, Carol Pearce and I have all written submissions, many of which have been

successful and which have contributed significant funding to our club's Service

projects.

In 2017 Carol Pearce and I were successful in

obtaining funding for both AFFLIP (Australian

Foundation for Fostering Learning in the Philippines),

$200 and Birth Certificates for Aboriginal Girls, $800.

As always, there were quite a few other really great

submissions from other clubs and not all of our

submissions were successful. However, if a really

good submission is not successful one year, we can

re-submit it the following year. We cannot apply for

funding for a project for which we have already

received funding, but if there is a different offshoot to

a programme it is then considered to be new and

may be re-submitted.

We are now producing particularly polished

submissions with the great help in IT from Tina Merritt.

Inevitably an enormous help to me.

I believe that this is a great way to obtain additional

money for our projects. Quite often it may not seem a lot, but every bit helps our ability

to support our chosen projects. I would like to urge more members to consider joining our

band of writers.

I would like to thank all the people who put in submissions; my philosophy is that if you

are not in it, you will not win it! I trust that in August 2018 we will have submissions in all the

categories which apply to our projects.

I would also like to urge as many people as possible to attend the Premier's Luncheon in

October when the awards are handed out. Unfortunately the event is on a Sunday,

which makes it difficult for some to attend, but it is a good opportunity for us to hear

about the winning projects from other clubs and to realize what great quality submissions

we have.

Top marks to Annie Marsden who has attended each October since I joined our club

and began coordinating this event.

Katherina Skull

ACSO Coordinator

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Report from the EnterprZ Committee.

This group, which is open to all members of our club, is now in its second year. What

began as a sewing/knitting group has evolved, changed focus and now involves us in a

range of different activities which have proven to be most profitable. These activities

continue to provide new avenues in which to promote our club, raise awareness of our

projects and offer opportunities for positive public relations. The purchase of the new,

smaller club banner which can be displayed at future events will be very helpful in

achieving these aims.

Stalls at the Garage Sale last year, at which we sold items made and donated by

members, were both most successful. We have also been able to support the women

from Company of Grace in Vietnam by selling their hand-made bags, wallets and

purses; thanks to Jill Wheatley for organizing this.

Some of our lovely hand-sewn and knitted items have been set aside to include in the

Baby Baskets which we donate to new mothers via the Women's Safety Services at Mile

End from time to time and some items were included in the container sent to DR Congo

in March.

We were fortunate to be able to have a stall at the Tynte Street Christmas Market in

December; our table was groaning under the weight of all the items we had to sell!

Although we were very pleased with a profit of over $400, we soon learnt that there was

little demand for some of our items and have since reviewed future plans both with the

Market Coordinator and our members. If we are fortunate enough to have a stall at this

year's market, we plan to include items which we hope will appeal to children as none

of the other stall-holders cater for this age-group.

Selling our jewellery range has become an important focus of the group and we have

made a healthy profit throughout the year as sales opportunities have increased. Sales

to two interstate Zonta clubs, thanks to contacts made by Shirley Lamb at last year's

Brisbane Conference, have largely contributed to our success. We have also sold our

jewellery at club meetings, the Amelia Earhart meeting in January and the Combined

Jenny

Hatchard

and Joan

Möller at the

North

Adelaide

Christmas

market.

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EnterprZ (continued)

Advocacy meeting in February. Other sales have been generated by members and their

friends wearing their jewellery and passing on details for purchasing. As an example of

this, a local land-agent contacted me after seeing one of our necklaces on a friend

during an Open Inspection; she came to my home and placed an order for in excess of

$250.

A well-attended meeting of the group was held at La Scala cafe in March. At this

meeting, we re-viewed the year past and discussed plans for the year ahead. These

include:

(1) Possible joint stall with another community club, selling jewellery

and sharing profit.

(2) Jewellery stall at the Area 23 Workshop in May.

(3) Selling jewellery and other items at the BKAD in May.

(5) Selling jewellery at a Film Night in June.

(5) Expanding jewellery sales to local and interstate Zonta Clubs.

(6) Street stall/trading table to sell existing stock.

(7) Joint event with Breast Cushions in e.g. Burnside Library if a stall

would be permitted.

(8) Stall at the Tynte Street Christmas Market, with a change of focus, in

December.

For those who would like to support this group, there are many ways in which members

could become involved:

* Donate/make/source items for sale.

* Obtain permission/arrange to have a stall at e.g community venues.

* Set up and tend market stalls/trading tables.

* Collect/deliver/store goods.

* Bring and set-up/take down club banner at events

It is important to realize that this group would not have been so successful had it not

been for the wonderful support and enthusiasm of our members. Not only have they

produced and donated items for sale and helped out at stalls but they have also been

fantastic, generous customers!

Interest amongst this group continues to be high and we look forward to seeing what we

can achieve together in the coming year.

Joan Möller,

on behalf of the EnterprZ Group.

Fundraising Report

This year the Fundraising Committee has been greatly assisted by our members coming

forward with Fundraising ideas, events and suggestions.

A total of $5134 has been raised through Fundraising this year.

A HUGE thank you all and friends and families for your support, assistance and hard work

making our Fundraising efforts fun and rewarding!

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Fundraising Report (continued)

Garage Sale and Market day.

Held at St. Matts hall on 29 April 2017, as a suggestion from Joan Möller and the EnterprZ

Group, netted us a profit of $704.30.

Many thanks to all those members and friends who made contributions, helped set up,

advertise and promote the event.

Apart from the monetary gain, surplus goods were distributed to 8 other organizations.

Peoples Choice Community Lottery.

For the 3rd year we participated in the lottery, with 100% of ticket

sales coming to our club.

Persistence pays off; we gained an opportunity to sell tickets at

Arndale Shopping Centre, where we had 3 days - Friday 7th July,

Saturday 8th July and Sunday 9th July 2017.

Many thanks again to the volunteers who assisted:

Jill Wheatley and her friend Maxine, Carol Pearce and her friend Julia, Shirley Lamb, Prue

Cowled, Jenny Weaver, Joan Möller, Jenny Hatchard, Robyne Lesley and Cathy

Heuzenroeder who attended all 3 days.

As a result we made $1460 over the 3 days, plus $740 from club sales and $250 on-line

sales, making a total profit of $2450, an increase of $1196 on the previous year.

We will continue with the PCCL this year and hope for another chance to sell within a

shopping centre.

Entertainment Books

Bron Boulton once again took on the management

of sales and delivery of the Entertainment Books. We continue to make a steady profit,

the Club’s proceeds being $13 from each book.

As we are unable to reconcile this within this year, proceeds will be reported in the next

Financial Year.

We greatly appreciation Bron’s continued efforts over several years.

Touche de Paris Evening – 26 Sept

Thanks to the eagle–eyed Joan Möller who noticed that Helen Brinkworth of the Touche

de Paris shop in Glenelg would host a fund-raising evening for organizations such as ours.

Helen provided drinks and nibbles and also a lovely raffle prize which was won by our

very own Morag Zeman. The evening included a demonstration of scarf tying and Helen

provided many tips on accessorizing outfits.

With an attendance of 55 at $10 a

ticket, plus 10% of the sales on the

night and donations we made a

profit of $841.40.

Just goes to show Fundraising

ideas can turn up anytime from

anyone. Well done Joan and all

who attended.

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Fundraising (continued)

Greek Night Dinner at Bron’s on 28 October 2017

Many, many thanks to Bron Boulton who put forward the idea, provided the venue and

her partner Peter for the HUGE amount of work and effort they put into organizing and

providing the fantastic venue and many extras for this lively and wonderful Greek dinner.

Also thanks to the ZCAT helper’s pre and post the event: Shirley Lamb, Robyne Lesley,

Joan Möller, Jenny Hatchard, Jenny Weaver, Prue Cowled, Morag & Stan Zeman and

Cathy Heuzenroeder, not forgetting Bron’s family who contributed to the running of the

night.

Catering by Ikonic Kitchens was not only delicious but also very generous.

Joan Möller and Jenny Hatchard did another fine job organizing the generous 5-prize

raffle plus the door prize which added to the fun and profit of the night.

With the dinner attendance totalling 64, the raffle and donations from some who could

not attend we finished with a profit of $958.62.

Rotary BBQ at Bunnings.

Due to Carol Peace’s contacts we were offered an opportunity to assist a Rotary Club

with their BBQ at Bunnings on New Year’s Day.

They were willing to pay helpers $20 per hour; Carol, her partner Max and Robyne Lesley

worked on the day and earned $180 for our club.

Many thanks to Carol for finding the opportunity – once again showing that initiative

provides another fundraising opportunity.

Raffles and Prizes

The Fundraising Committee acknowledges the continuous effort of Joan Möller and

Jenny Hatchard who work tirelessly compiling raffle prizes and door prizes, therefore

contributing to the profits at events and functions.

Fundraising Committee:

Cathy Heuzenroeder, Rachel Taylor, Carol Pearce, Helen Dundon, Julie Riley, Robyne

Lesley and Katherina Skull.

Jan Seeger enjoying the Greek Night

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Audit Report

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Financial Report

ZONTA CLUB OF ADELAIDE TORRENS INC

END OF YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT MARCH 31st 2018

Profit and Loss Statement

INCOME $

Administration Member Dues (Incl New Member fees) 4,191.00

Bank Interest 90.12

Dinner Raffles 742.00

District Workshops / Transient (Incl Advocacy) 388.00

EnterpriZ Group (New 2016) 6,548.25

Amelia Earhart day 600.00

Total Administration Income 12,559.37 12,559.37

Fundraising Entertainment Books 1,080.00

People’s Choice Lottery 5,120.00

Garage Sale / Mkt Day 804.30

Touche de Paris evening 841.40

Greek night 2,558.56

Donations (Incl Misc F/R) 426.90

Birthing Kits 60.00

Breast Cushions 120.00

NFGM (Refund from 2016) 130.00

Total Fundraising Income 11,141.16 11,141.16

Grants

ACSO Grant #2 - AFSS 800.00

ACSO Grant #1 - AFFLIP 200.00

Total Grants Income 1,000.00 1,000.00

Total Income $24,700.53

EXPENDITURE

Administration Zonta International Fees 2,570.00

District 23 Dues 996.00

ZIF Service Donations (Incl Amelia Earhart) 3,395.00

Bank Fees 55.27

Postage & Stationery /Miscellaneous 363.29

General Administration (Incl President’s

Honorarium / Conference delegate) 1,243.57

EnterprZ 3,349.32

District Workshops - Transient (Incl Refunds) 200.00

Total Administration

Expenditure 12,172.45 12,172.45

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Financial Report (continued)

Fundraising

Entertainment Books

1,120.00

Garage Sale & Market Day 100.00

Greek Night 1,600.00

People’s Choice Lottery 2,670.00

Total Fundraising Expenditure 5,490.00 5,490.00

Grants & Projects Birthing Kits 3,078.12

Breast Cushions 1,175.07

Aboriginal Family Support Services 2,440.00

WPS Round Table 420.00

AFFLIP 1,500.00

Team Vista 1,763.00

WADVS 1,000.00

Company of Grace Vietnam 3,000.00

MHCD 4,300.00

Days for Girls 4,000.00

Migrant Women (MWSS) 284.75

Total Grants & Projects

Expenditure 22,960.94 22,960.94

Total Expenditure $40,623.39

Profit for 2017-2018 -$15,922.86

MINUS Suspense Account (01.03.18-31.03.18) $0.00

Income $0.00

Expenditure $0.00

FINAL PROFIT for 2017/18 -$15,922.86

ZONTA CLUB OF ADELAIDE TORRENS INC

Bank Transaction Reconciliation

Cash at Bank as at 1/4/2017 $27,470.37

Add Income for period 1/4/2017 to 31/3/2018 $24,700.53

Less expenditure for period 1/4/2017 to

31/3/2018 $40,623.39

Audited Total Cash at Bank as at 31/3/2018 $11,547.51

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Zonta Thanks (Author: Tricia Summerfield, Zonta Club of Perth)

Wherever your country of birth, whatever your faith or creed,

give thanks for the meal we share today in Zonta fellowship.

But remember, too, those who have had no food today;

not with guilt that we have so much,

but with hope, through Zonta service,

they too may come to share the same in peace and harmony.