
Therese Rein is the new patron of the Indigenous Literacy Project. The Prime Minister’s wife says the project offers an opportunity to get involved in a simple and effective community activity.

The Fred Hollows Foundation has been named as ‘Best Practice not-for-profit’ at the Givewell Good Giving Australian Charity Awards, held in Melbourne recently.

The Fred Hollows Foundation almost doubled the amount of people it helped last year, carrying out 143,759 eye operations in 2007, up from 73,838 in 2006.
