National Youth Science Forum

​Saturday 30 September, 2023
Dear Rotary Clubs across Australia, 
Rotary is a Founding Partner of the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF), and every year Rotarians join our program as volunteers to support the program. 
We are really excited to be able to move back to our residential NYSF Year 12 Program in January 2024, and we need your help to ensure that our students have the most amazing time!
The NYSF is seeking interest from volunteers who would like to share their time with the staff and students during the NYSF Year 12 Program in January 2024.
Volunteers with the NYSF derive a great sense of fulfilment and satisfaction from their work and NYSF is certainly very much enhanced by their generous efforts. You will get to meet and spend time with the next generation of STEM experts, while visiting some of Australia's most cutting edge STEM facilities.
Every January six to eight Rotary volunteers spend their time with us committing to:

• Supporting the NYSF Staff and our Student Staff by being the part of the supervisory team, and
• Providing pastoral care and first aid to the students.

You can read a position description for this volunteer role by clicking on this link. 
If you would like to discuss this opportunity, here is the list of Rotary NYSF District Chairs who work closely with NYSF. 
To find out more about the NYSF and what we do for our STEM students, please visit our website. 

To Express your Interest to volunteer with us at the NYSF January Year 12 program and to let us know what dates you are available, please click on this button.

Volunteer Registration

Please contact us on programs@nysf.edu.au if you have any questions or concerns. Please note that we work remotely, and that email is the most efficient way to contact us.
We are currently updating the contact details for Rotary Clubs. If there is a more appropriate email address for your Club, please let us know.

Can you support a student in need?
January's NYSF participants may still approach your Rotary Club with requests for funding. Students have until 1 November 2023 to pay their program invoice. Thank you to all Clubs who are supporting students!
Haven't had a student approach your Club, but you have funding? Consider contacting your Rotary NYSF District Chair to see if there is a student in need elsewhere in your District, or donate to the NYSF Access & Equity Scholarship Fund. 

Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE)

Rotary's Youth Exchange is one of the most popular programs to promote international understanding and develop lifelong friendships.  In recent years, more than 7,000 young people have participated annually in rotary club- and district-sponsored exchange programs.

The values of Rotary Youth Exchange are experienced not only by the high-school-age students involved but also by the host families, sponsoring clubs, receiving high schools, and the entire community. Youth Exchange participants usually provide their fellow students in their host schools with excellent opportunities to learn about customs, languages, traditions, and family life in another country.

Rotary Youth Exchange offers young people interesting opportunities and rich experiences to see another part of the world. Students usually spend a full academic year abroad.

Rotary Youth Exchange is a practical activity for the enhancement of international understanding and goodwill.

Mikaela Love our current outbound student is in Denmark.  This photo shows Mikaela presenting to the club in July 2017.

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Larissa Marcossi is our Inbound Student from Brazil..

Larissa has been in Australia for some weeks now. She is currently living with John T and his family. She attends Cherrybrook Technology High School and is on Exchange from Brazil.

​I will give you further updates after the Youth Night of 19th February.
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Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN)

Larisa Isakov

During an intensive residential weekend, young people aged approximately 15 to 16 years will develop increased motivation, improved life skills, better self-image, pride in themselves and an understanding of setting and achieving goals.  At the same time, participants are interacting with peers from different backgrounds, and different parts of our district, improving their teamwork skills and having fun!!  All this done in an informal atmosphere, where questions and debates are encouraged.

This  year the Club sponsored Marcos Morales  to the RYPEN winter camp in the Blue Mountains.
​He was at first anxious about attending however soon realised the huge benefits of attending, namely working with different people in the projects they were given, being independent but part of a group, working productively together to achieve an aim, new friendships and a new outlook on life.
He told us he was speechless as to the many many benefits of attending such a camp.

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