As you will know, our district hosts one of the 6 Rotary peace centres worldwide, and there is a contingent of 18 new peace felows arriving in July. 
 
One of our Peace Fellows is a very impressive (they are all very impressive) gentleman from Afghanistan. However, for safety reasons he does not feel able to leave his wife and child at home while he completes his Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies in Brisbane. The problem is, the Rotary scholarship covers adequate accommodation for a single person but ion the current rental environment will not stretch to a 2-bedroom accomodation. If there is any Rotarian in the district who could help in any way with accommodation could they contact either the 2022-23 Host area coordinator Leslie Smith leslie@geminiaccounting.com.au or our Peace Fellow's host counsellor Mark Williams (webmaster@rotary9620.org). We are looking at ways to start a crowdfunding project for this, but also, if you have a granny flat available within commuting distance of the University of Queensland, that could be a vital part of the solution.
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