These are the people and organisations who are making the world a better place.
Check back each week to see more Helping Hands across Australia.
Dads4Kids Foundation
Dads4Kids Foundation works to promote excellence in fathering through Community Service Announcements on TV, Social Media, Radio, and Print Media. Dads4Kids also hosts fatherhood success seminars, conferences and national summits, has developed the online Courageous Fathering Course, and the high-level Good to Great Fathering Course. Dads4Kids has campaigned against child sexual abuse, and in 2008 helped pioneer a National Men’s Health Policy in government. Through their efforts, the lives of over 2,500 men have been saved.
Miracles Day 2023 - CBM Australia
CBM Australia works alongside people with disabilities living in the world’s poorest places to fight poverty and exclusion, and transform lives. For 115 years, CBM has been creating a living legacy of providing life-changing eye health services - now to more than 300,000 individuals. Each year in August, they hold Miracles Day, and throughout the month, everyday Australians are invited to change a life through the provision of eye surgery, made possible through a donation of just $33. Click on the link below to visit their website and help CBM reach their target of 40,000 donated eye surgeries.
Lost Children of Jonglei Scholarships
Lost Children of Jonglei Scholarships is a project run by founder, Aduk Dau. It provides secondary school education to vulnerable South Sudanese youth displaced by civil war and living as refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. Click on the link to find out more through the Anglican Aid website.
KYUP! Project
KYUP! Project is an initiative led by founder and CEO, Mel Thomas. Through her school, community and corporate workshops, Mel teaches girls and women how to recognise the signs of domestic violence and empowers them to know how to defend themselves should the unexpected happen. Click on the link to find out more at their website.
Thornleigh Community Garden
Thornleigh Community Garden is a volunteer-based member-run garden for the community in and around Thornleigh. It is one of several listed on the Hornsby Shire Council website. To find out more about this community initiative and to seek advice about how you can create a community garden in your local area, click on the link:
Inner West Tool Library
Inner West Tool Library is a tool-lending service to Sydney's inner-west. To find out more about the library and about how to become a member, click on the link:
Wesley Mission
Wesley Mission dedicate their work to many and varied needs, offering a wide variety of social and humanitarian services. To find out more visit their website by clicking on this link:
Wentworthville Op Shop
The Wentworthville Op Shop is run by volunteers at Wentworthville Uniting Church, 115 Station St, Wentworthville, NSW. They are open 9.30am - 1pm every Friday and Saturday morning.
Teapot Women's Retreat
The Teapot Women's Retreat has been running for over 20 years, giving women a weekend away from their everyday lives to relax, work on their hobbies and craft, and get some much needed 'me time'.
Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand
The Fair Trade Association works with businesses, community groups, and individuals to alleviate poverty amongst producers, their families and communities through sustainable fair trade practice.
Darlinghurst Theatre Company
The Darlinghurst Theatre Company is the tenant of the Eternity Playhouse Theatre (formerly the Burton St Baptist Tabernacle) and opened its doors to host the red-carpet screening of Written in Chalk: the echo of Arthur Stace.
