THI Australia News

  • September 23, 2020

    Family Support Program resumes at SOS Patras Centre

    School was back this week for children attending the daily after-school program at the SOS Learning and Education Centre in Patras, which is adapting to new COVID conditions. When Greece’s first COVID-19 outbreak occurred in the city of Patras in March, the Family Support Program run by SOS Children’s Villages Greece was suspended, as schools […]

  • September 23, 2020

    Supporter Q&A: Theo G Kailis, Executive Director, Austral Fisheries

    The Kailis family from Western Australia have been pioneers of the Australian fishing industry, building extraordinary family businesses that span four generations. They have supported The Hellenic Initiative Australia’s programs in Greece from the beginning and Theo G Kailis’ Austral Fisheries is a major sponsor of our recent Vision 2020 campaign. When did your family […]

  • September 21, 2020

    THI Australia supports Tipping Point Program in 10 regional Greek schools

    As students across Greece went back to school, The Hellenic Initiative Australia has announced a grant to supporting 10 regional Greek schools to participate in The Tipping Point, more than tripling its support for the innovative education and youth empowerment program. Following a successful pilot program with three schools last year, THI Australia is supporting […]

  • July 30, 2020

    From the farmers markets to the soup kitchen – how Boroume supports people in need.

    In the three years that The Hellenic Initiative Australia has been supporting the Boroume Farmers Market Program, more than 379 tonnes of food has been collected from markets in Athens and Thessaloniki and donated to local charities and soup kitchens. Every Thursday afternoon for the past four years, 74-year-old Dimitra Kolliakou has waited at soup […]

  • July 15, 2020

    Q&A: Dr Constantine Berbatis

    Perth-based property investor, academic and philanthropist, Dr Constantine Berbatis, and his family have pledged $500,000 over five years to support public health initiatives in Greece. When did you first visit Greece? I first visited Greece in 1977 as the final stop on a Winston Churchill Fellowship international study tour, which involved meetings and conferences on […]

  • July 15, 2020

    The Tipping Point: Zooming the world into the classroom

    As a computer science teacher in a small regional town, Ioannis Savvidis was naturally excited by The Tipping Point’s use of technology to connect schools with professionals across Greece and around the world. But he could also see the life-changing potential of the innovative career mentoring program for his students. “Tipping Point fills a major […]