Community Contribution

Life Education Van

Life Education New South Wales is a community-based, independent organisation at the front line of positive and preventative drug and health education. Approximately 350,000 children and 30,000 families take part in the preschool, primary and secondary programs each year. Helping young people make informed decisions about drugs and their health is at the heart of the program, which is driven by the popular Life Education mascot Harold the giraffe.

www.lifeeducation.org.au

Irene Gleeson Foundation

Transforming, Liberating, and Empowering Uganda Communities to Care for their children, providing a future and a hope through Christ.

In 1991, Mama Irene Gleeson sold her beachside home in Australia and founded a school for orphans and destitute children. She bought a caravan and towed it into a warzone in north Uganda. She began to teach 50 war-traumatised children under a tree. Twenty years later, 7000+ children are daily educated, fed, and medicated in IGF schools. 400 Ugandan staff, many IGF graduates, are building a new generation, rescuing destitute children from the ashes of war.

www.irenegleesonfoundation.com

Dindima Aboriginal Football Club

Dindima Aboriginal Football Club Incorporated was established in 2016 by a group of driven and respected local community members from Wagga Wagga. They came together to create a platform for the best Aboriginal Rugby League players throughout the Riverina to showcase their talents at the biggest stage for Aboriginal players at the Annual Rugby League Koori Knockout. Dindima comes from the Wiradjuri language, meaning a group of stars. Beginning with just a men's team, they have grown in numbers, previously fielding a under 13's, now a under 15's and 17's team.

Dindima recognise the First Nation Peoples of the lands of New South Wales, the Aboriginal people, the traditional owners of the land and recognises the Torres Strait Islanders living amongst the many Nations and Tribes across NSW. We pay our respect to all Elders past and present.

Dindima Aboriginal Football Club