Think you know what Rotary Peace Fellow do? You're wrong.

 
I could not have been more wrong. I assumed that Rotary peace fellows were involved with Policy and Procedure matters. Graduate from college (we have one at UQ) Then Yolanda came to the club on Friday morning and started talking about her experiences since graduating as a Rotary Peace Fellow in France.
 
The club members were blown away. 
 
How did this Sunshine Coast mum come to be one of the first Australians in Haiti after their disaster? How come she was in Liberia when the African drought and famine hit, why was she sent to North Queensland to work with General Peter Cosgrave on tropical cyclone Larry and also Yasi recovery, and how did she end up helping our Kiwi mates on the ground after the Christchurch earthquake, and how did being on the front line, living in a tent surrounded by rubble and distraught communities affect her outlook on life, and what is she doing now ....apart from bring up two young kids here on the coast?
 
Well I guess you just had to meet a young woman with a passion for helping others and just know that here is a very special woman who is well.......amazing......an often misused word...... but not in Yolanda's case.