THI Australia News

The Hellenic Initiative Australia is pleased to announce a AU$500,000 donation from leading Western Australian property investor, academic and philanthropist, Con Berbatis. The donation will be directed to health-related initiatives in Greece, where health programs and services have been severely affected by the economic crisis and austerity measures over the past decade. The President of […]

The Hellenic Initiative Australia hosted a special event in Darwin on Saturday 10 November 2018 featuring global business leader Andrew Liveris AO, former Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company, in conversation with journalist and TV presenter John Mangos. Held in the new Charles Darwin Centre, the landmark 21-level Paspaley headquarters, the event was […]

A national, innovative educational program promoting volunteering, solidarity and active citizenship among school children in Greece is being supported for a second year by The Hellenic Initiative Australia. I Care & Act (Nοιάζομαι και Δρω) – which launched its 2018-19 program in Athens on 6 November 2018 – aims to create active, responsible citizens through […]

The Hellenic Initiative Australia has welcomed the opening of the upgraded Paediatric Department at the Ioannina hospital – the second regional hospital in Greece funded through a grant to Paediatric Trauma Care (Pedtrauma). More than 9,000 children will benefit annually from the new paediatric facilities at the General Hospital of Ioannina “G.Hatzikosta”, which treats patients […]

The Hellenic Initiative Australia has funded preventive and specialised medical care for people living in the remote and isolated areas of the eastern Aegean islands through a grant to Axion Hellas. The AU$50,000 grant supported Axion Hellas’ September mission to the remote island of Psara and the Volissos region of Northern Chios, which have limited […]

The Hellenic Initiative Australia has upgraded two Paediatric Trauma Centres in regional hospitals in Greece through a new partnership with Paediatric Trauma Care (Pedtrauma). The first centre was officially opened on Friday 7 September in the northern city of Kastoria, at a ceremony attended by Dr Helen Zorbas AO, CEO of Cancer Australia and Board […]