Check back each week to see more short documentaries of Helping Hands from across Australia.
For Australians, freedom is something we rarely think about. However, millions in the world are slaves to poverty, slaves to the sex trade, and slaves to unfair work practices. For them, freedom is something they may only ever dream of. Is there an answer to this overwhelming problem?
Yes. Fair trade.
For Australians, freedom is something we rarely think about. However, millions in the world are slaves to poverty, slaves to the sex trade, and slaves to unfair work practices. For them, freedom is something they may only ever dream of. Is there an answer to this overwhelming problem?
Yes. Fair trade.
Novale Bathrooms provide design-driven, dream bathroom renovations for clients. With Pro Purpose, the success of their business enables them to sponsor children in developing countries, provide micro business start-up loans, and provide 231 nights of accommodation to families who are experiencing homelessness.
Limcora is a large plumbing and drainage company. Through the one truck, one child initiative Pro Purpose helped them implement, they sponsor children through World Vision.
This week, we join the team at CBM Australia to find out more about the work they do coming alongside people with disabilities living in the world’s poorest places. Through interventions like the gift of eye surgery and other eye health services, the CBM team fight poverty and exclusion, and transform the lives of individuals, families and communities.
This week, we see Part 2 of our story on Thornleigh Community Garden. Even in the hustle and bustle of suburbia, we see that a therapeutic oasis is created to nurture friendship, purpose and dementia support through a connection to nature.
This week, we see Part 1 of our story on Thornleigh Community Garden and see how the garden provides a beneficial space for its members to share time together through a common interest.
The Darlinghurst Theatre Company, who run the Eternity Playhouse Theatre, opened its doors to support the production of a cultural and historical documentary called Written in Chalk: the echo of Arthur Stace.
This week, we see Part 2 of our story about Wesley Mission's Aunties and Uncles team as they collect over $10 000 of toys and redistribute them to children and families doing it tough. A small act of anonymous generosity can go a long way.
This week, we see Part 1 of our story about Wesley Mission's Aunties and Uncles team as they collect over $10 000 of toys and redistribute them to children and families doing it tough. A small act of anonymous generosity can go a long way.
This week, we join Aduk Dau at her Women's Afternoon Tea fundraiser and see the inspiring story about her passion to provide secondary school education to vulnerable South Sudanese youth, displaced by civil war and living as refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya.
This week, we step into the lives of Brad and Rich to see how their lives are enriched through Wesley Mission's housing and community.
This week, we see Part 2 of our Wesley Mission's Edward Eager Centre story. See the impact the centre makes by providing short-term crisis accommodation and support to men and women experiencing homelessness.
This week, we see Wesley Mission's Edward Eager Centre - who dedicate their work to those less fortunate than most of us, offering a helping hand to people so they can get their lives back on track.
This week, we see Part 2 of our Inner West Tool Library story and find out more about how the tool library is bringing huge benefits financially and environmentally.
This week, we see Part 1 of our Inner West Tool Library story. See how one person's need, combined with a spark of innovation, creates an initiative that serves the whole community.