This awesome young bloke came into us through the Work For The Dole program. He was a scruffy young fella who had lost his way a bit and he didn’t want to be here. Over the next 6 months he came to like the place. Once his time was up he asked if he could volunteer. As we journeyed
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Meet Scotty! Scotty first started showing up at the Madcow breakfast every Tuesday morning. He’s been homeless for the past year and has become part of the Madcow family at Life Essentials. Over the last 6 months or so Scotty has been able to access a hot shower, meals and taste some of
Lucy is a true champion and gives us great confidence that our future is bright. Lucy and her Mum regularly drop off boxes of high quality food to give to the needy. She recently raised $200 through a stall and gave it to us to support our charity work. Just last week Lucy brought us a be
Ko Lo Mo and his family were forced out of their peaceful village in Burma by the Junta military and made their way over the mountains into Thailand. They spent the next 15 years in the Mae Surin refugee camp. In 2011 Ko Lo Mo with his wife and new baby finally received a visa to some to
Here is a picture of Naw Mie with Ko Lo Mo. Naw Mie was our first employee with Eleven41 and shares a similar story. Naw Mie now does most of our documents translation and has been an integral part of the success of Eleven41 Cleaning Enterprise as well as helping us connect better with th
Here’s a lady who loves children and was a regular shopper in at Life Essentials community centre. As we got to know Robyn we realised that she had a real heart for children and their toys. In fact Robyn was buying toys from our shop and other op-shops and them packaging them beautifull
In January 2014 Colleen Hastings walks into Life Essentials and says, “I am a trained EOL (English as Another Language) teacher, could I be of use in your community centre?” As we work with the CALD community and understand some of the barriers associated with language, we thank God f
A young man with a difference! Mathias loves to dress up and perform but was never given the opportunity to participate in a professional environment. Mathias was a 2013 ‘Nexus Grants A Dream’ recipient. Here you see him at the curtain call of the 2013 production of Annie. Mathias h
