THI Australia News

  • May 7, 2020

    THI Australia Funds Paediatric Facilites in Eastern Peloponnese

    More than 8000 children will benefit annually from upgraded paediatric facilities in the regional towns of Argos and Galatas, following an AU$30,000 grant from The Hellenic Initiative Australia to Pediatric Trauma Care (Pedtrauma). The specialist equipment purchased for the Paediatric Trauma Centre at the General Hospital of Argos and the Paediatric Clinic at the Health […]

  • May 7, 2020

    Supporter Q&A: David Hill

    Author & Chairman of Australians for the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures With a personal connection to Poros and Galatas spanning almost 50 years, philhellene David Hill was delighted to support Pedtrauma’s upgrade of children’s health facilities at the Health Centre of Galatas, though a designated gift to THI Australia. When did you first visit Greece? It was 1973. A mate from […]

  • March 5, 2020

    Helping Families Through Education – The Story Of Yiannis And Petros

    Poor performance at school is often the first indicator of deeper problems children and their families are facing at home. Brothers “Yiannis” and “Petros” were both struggling at school when they first attended the newly-opened SOS Children’s Villages Learning and Education Centre in Patras in 2019. Yiannis is 16 years old, but was still in […]

  • March 4, 2020

    THI Australia renews grant to SOS Family Support Program in Patras

    The Hellenic Initiative Australia has renewed its support for SOS Children’s Villages Greece, providing children from disadvantaged families in the regional city of Patras with critical educational and nutritional support. The €20,000 grant will provide more than 200 children the opportunity to attend programs at the Learning and Education Centre at the SOS Social Centre […]

  • January 15, 2020

    Aged Care internships create special connections at St Basil’s Homes in South Australia

    Since 2017, The Hellenic Initiative Australia has collaborated with St Basil’s Homes – a provider of culturally and linguistically diverse aged care services in South Australia – to offer Aged Care internships to young graduates from Greece.  Four graduate nurses from Greece have successfully completed six-month personal care internships at St Basil’s and another three […]

  • December 5, 2019

    Volunteering Program inspiring Australian and local students

    The Hellenic Initiative Australia’s Volunteering Program is forging new bonds between Australia and Greece and also inspiring locals to become volunteers. In 2017, three Perth teenagers on a student exchange program spent an afternoon volunteering with Boroume at a farmers’ market in Athens, collecting fruit and vegetables for donation to people in need. It was […]