Archives for 2016

Day 5 & 6 in Bangladesh

Author: adminOn: Mar 27Categories: Blog No Comments

Sunday 20/3/16 – Day 5 A day off! In Australia, a day off can mean having a sleep in, doing household chores we don’t get to do through the week, watching a favourite TV show or movie or perhaps catching up with friends. Here, sleeping till...

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Day 3 and 4 in Bangladesh

Author: adminOn: Mar 26Categories: Blog No Comments

Friday 17/3/16 – Day 3 Bangla Belly has hit! We all woke up with tummy pains and diarrhoea. We’d visited some physician friends of the Dr the night before and had supper with them. The tap water they served we probably could have dealt with,...

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Continuing work in Bangladesh

Author: adminOn: Mar 24Categories: Blog No Comments

Thursday 16/3/16 The day dawned much brighter, with sunshine and blue sky today. Our first breakfast arrived late as everyone likes to sleep in. Then we went to the clinic by tuk-tuk. What a wild ride (with some near misses) through the streets and markets...

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First days in Bangladesh

Author: adminOn: Mar 23Categories: Blog No Comments

First days in Bangladesh

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When we arrived in Bangladesh yesterday, it seemed rather surreal that we had finally made it. I was so unsure of what was to come. I knew we would be ok, though I asked myself if I could really fulfill this role completely, or would there be some children...

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Culture Shock

Author: adminOn: Mar 17Categories: Blog 1 Comment

15/03/2016 Colleen, Micheal and I went to bed quite late after packing all clothes, supplements and first aid supplies.  I think I was too excited to sleep.  I was still working out what I needed to do the next morning to complete the admin for the...

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Embarking on the Bangladesh Journey

Author: adminOn: Mar 14Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

Embarking on the Bangladesh Journey

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Over half of Bangladesh’s children (70 million or 44 percent of the total population of 160 million) are living in poverty and there is widespread deprivation amongst them in the basic areas of food, sanitation and shelter, with limited ability to escape...

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Eleni’s interview with 612ABC Brisbane for International Women’s Day

Author: adminOn: Mar 08Categories: Blog No Comments

Eleni’s interview with 612ABC Brisbane for International Women’s Day

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On the weekend Eleni spoke at a Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) event for International Women’s Day. After the even she was interviewed by journalist Tasneem Zavery.  You can download and listen to her interview here.

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Working with the blind and disabled children in Thailand

Author: adminOn: Mar 07Categories: Blog No Comments

Help Eleni take her team of Therapists to Bangkok, Thailand, to work with the Christian Foundation for the Blind to heal over 4000 blind and disabled children.  Please visit our project site for more info at https://www.chuffed.org/project/working-with-the-blind-and-disabled-children-in-thailand.

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New review of our Bangladesh Project as we are gearing up to head off!!

Author: adminOn: Mar 03Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

Just as we are preparing to make our way to Bangladesh, I am happy to announce a new review of our project. Please do take a look! http://crowdfundingreviews.co/blind-walk-for-the-children-in-bangladesh/

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Energy, regeneration and purpose…

Author: adminOn: Jan 12Categories: Uncategorized 1 Comment

Energy, regeneration and purpose…

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Now that it’s been just over a week since I completed the long walk from Brisbane to Byron, my body is becoming re-energised again. I though I was Superwoman and that I’d be back to my usual routine and high energy levels the day after, with...

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