ELES Donations Made (total to date, AUD$452,810)
As part of ELES' commitment to education, 5% of gross income (not net!) is donated to charities that make the world a better place and helping those in need. We have much admiration and gratitude to those amazing people running these charities who dedicate their lives to making other people's lives better. We welcome recommendations from our customers of charities to support.
Donations Made in 2024- $32730
| Amount | Organisation |
| $1000 | Smith Family |
| $1000 | Grace's Place |
| $1000 | Food Bank Australia |
| $2000 | Kimberley Wildlife Rehabilitation / Derby Native Wildlife |
| $1000 | Lifeline |
| $1500 | Kimberley Wildlife Rehabilitation |
| $3000 | Wayside Chapel |
| $3000 | Salvation Army |
| $2000 | Wayside Chapel |
| $1500 | Breast Cancer Trials |
| $3500 | Giant Steps |
| $1000 | Wildcat conservation centre |
| $560 | Giant Steps |
| $1020 | Redkite - families of children with cancer |
| $1020 | Cancer council |
| $1000 | Balmoral Swim for Cancer |
| $500 | Leukemia Foundation |
| $2500 | Salvos |
| $6630 | Personal donations to friends/family in need |
Donations Made in 2023- $33895
| Amount | Organisation |
| $4000 | Wayside Chapel |
| $1100 | Women's Community Shelters |
| $1020 | Stride for Stroke |
| $1000 | Blue Wren House - Camden Women's Shelter |
| $500 | Forsight Australia |
| $1300 | HeeHaw Donkey Rescue |
| $1500 | Backtrack |
| $1500 | Commando Welfare Trust |
| $2815 | Giant Steps |
| $1000 | Coastrek for Heart Health |
| $1000 | St Vincent's De Paul |
| $1000 | The Salvation Army |
| $1000 | Wayside Chapel |
| $2500 | Women's Community Shelters |
| $1000 | Heart Smart Australia |
| $2500 | Jesuit Mission Australia |
| $9160 | Personal Donations to friends / family in need |
Donations Made in 2022- $28700
| Amount | Organisation |
| $1000 | Wayside Chapel |
| $1000 | Women's Community Shelter |
| $2000 | The Smith Family |
| $2000 | Salvation Army |
| $2000 | Oz Harvest |
| $2100 | Rev Bill Crews Foundation |
| $1000 | Stride for Stroke |
| $2000 | Red Cross Flood Relief |
| $500 | Hawkesbury Pound Flood Relief |
| $1100 | Canhelp - wells in Cambodia |
| $3000 | Jesuit Mission Australia |
| $11,000 | Personal Donations to friends / family in need |
Donations Made in 2020/2021 - $33765
| Amount | Organisation |
| $515 | Stride for Stroke |
| $500 | Cut for a Cause |
| $1000 | CanHelp Cambodia |
| $1000 | World's Greatest Shave |
| $500 | Barstool Brothers |
| $250 | Dry July |
| $30,000 | Personal Donations to friends / family in need due to pandemic job losses |
Donations Made in 2019 - $27100
| Amount | Organisation |
| $1000 | Vinnies Bushfire Appeal |
| $1000 | Buy a Bale |
| $250 | Go Fund Me for a Student Sports Team |
| $1000 | NSW Rural Fire Service |
| $1000 | Koalas in Care Inc Port Macquarie |
| $1000 | Stride for Stroke |
| $500 | Indigenous Literacy Foundation |
| $600 | Nepal Relief |
| $1000 | Women's Community Shelters |
| $1000 | Gong Run to fight MS |
| $1000 | Salvos |
| $1000 | CanToo |
| $1000 | Kyle Andrews Foundation |
| $1000 | Kimberley Wildlife Rehabilitation |
| $3000 | Allambi Care |
| $3000 | Giant Steps |
| $750 | Nat Geo Conservation |
| $2000 | Salvos |
| $2000 | Matthew Talbot Hostel |
| $2000 | Oz Harvest |
| $1000 | Cancer Research |
| $1000 | Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation |
Donations Made in 2018 - $26250
| Amount | Organisation |
| $1000 | Support Association for Women of Afghanistan |
| $1000 | Barnardos Xmas Appeal |
| $5000 | CDO Welfare Trust |
| $500 | Red Shield |
| $1000 | Movember |
| $500 | Stride for Stroke |
| $500 | Shake It Up Australia Foundation |
| $2000 | Movember, Men's mental health |
| $1000 | Steptember |
| $1000 | CanHelp |
| $2250 | Rural Aid |
| $2000 | Westmead Hospital |
| $500 | Everyday Heros - for assisted swimming program |
| $1000 | Giant Steps |
| $1000 | Thread Together |
| $3000 | Cancer Council |
| $3000 | Salvos |
Donations Made in 2017 - $34315
| Amount | Organisation |
| $2000 | The Wayside Chapel Xmas Appeal |
| $1000 | Salvation Army Xmas Appeal |
| $1000 | The Smith Family Xmas Appeal |
| $1000 | Movember - Men's mental Health |
| $1000 | MS Research |
| $1000 | Ride for a Cure |
| $2000 | Children's Cancer |
| $2000 | Donation to a grassroots organisation in India |
| $1000 | Canhelp Cambodia |
| $1000 | Dry July |
| $1000 | North Shore Mums Smiles2U http://www.northshoremumssmiles2u.com/ |
| $2000 | Giant Steps https://www.giantstepsball.net.au/ |
| $3000 | Australian Institute of Neuro-rehabilitation http://www.ain-rehab.org.au/ |
| $1000 | Variety Children's Charity https://www.variety.org.au/ |
| $2000 | Red Shield Appeal http://salvos.org.au |
| $1000 | Cancer Council http://www.cancercouncil.com.au |
| $2000 | Oz Harvest http://www.ozharvest.org/ |
| $1515 | Manly Womens Shelter http://www.manlywomensshelter.org.au/ |
| $1000 | Fred Hollows Foundation (Coast Trek) http://www.hollows.org/au/home |
| $1000 | World's Greatest Shave Leukemia Foundation https://worldsgreatestshave.com.au/ |
| $5800 | Cows for Cambodia http://www.cowsforcambodia.com/ |
Donations Made in 2016 - $27020
| Amount | Organisation |
| $1000 | Salvation Army Xmas Appeal https://www.my.salvationarmy.org.au |
| $1000 | Wesley Mission Xmas Appeal https://www.wesleymission.org.au |
| $1000 | Smith Family Xmas Appeal https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au |
| $1000 | Donation to Queensland Ambulance Service |
| $700 | Donation for the Italy Earthquake |
| $1370 | Donation for the Firemen stair climb for Murdoch Children's Research Centre |
| $300 | Money for Asylum Seeker Centre |
| $5000 | The Hills Sanctuary Shelter |
| $2450 | Giant Steps |
| $1000 | St Vincent De Paul Winter Appeal |
| $1000 | Smith Family Winter Appeal |
| $1000 | Everyday hero for children's heart research |
| $1500 | Cancer Research through Humans of New York |
| $3000 | Youth off the Streets - Father Chris Riley: http://youthoffthestreets.com.au/ |
| $500 | World's Greatest shave for Leukemia |
| $6000 | Hills Sanctuary Womens Shelter |
Donations Made in 2015 - $16,160
| Amount | Organisation |
| $1000 | Canhelp |
| $1000 | Reaching Thalia |
| $4500 | Save the Children |
| $1250 | Everyday hero, Cambodia appeal |
| $250 | Dry July for Cancer |
| $500 | Pallister-Killian Syndrome Foundation of Australia |
| $210 | City 2 Surf for brain cancer |
| $500 | Rotary for Nepal fundraiser |
| $2450 | Money to guides in Nepal to help those in need. |
| $1000 | CanHelp Nepal Appeal: http://canhelp.org.au/ |
| $1000 | Oxfam Nepal Earthquake Appeal: https://www.oxfam.org.au/ |
| $1000 | UNICEF Nepal Earthquake Children's Appeal: http://www.unicef.org.au/Donate.aspx |
| $1000 | NSW SES: https://secure.nswsesva.org.au/donations.aspx |
| $500 | Assist A Sista: |
Donations Made in 2014 - $24300
| Amount | Organisation |
| $6800 | Room to Read - to create a reading room in India. Click here for the report. http://www.roomtoread.org/ |
| $1000 | Cancer Council: http://www.cancer.org.au/ |
| $1000 | Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org.au |
| $1000 | St Vinnies: https://www.vinnies.org.au/ |
| $1000 | Smith Family Xmas Appeal: http://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/ |
| $1000 | Salvation Army Xmas Appeal: http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/ |
| $1000 | Youth off the Streets - Father Chris Riley: http://youthoffthestreets.com.au/ |
| $1000 | Exodus Foundation: http://www.exodusfoundation.org.au/ |
| $1000 | The Cambodian Children's Fund: https://www.ccf-australia.org/make-a-donation.html |
| $1000 | Canhelp: helping the impoverished in Cambodia and Nepal. 4 wells in Cambodia and each well gives clean water to at least 20 people. http://canhelp.org.au/ |
| $1000 | Assist A Sista: |
| $1000 | Starlight Foundation: http://www.starlight.org.au |
| $500 | Sydney Adventist Hospital |
| $2000 | Beehive Foundation: http://www.beehivefoundation.org.au/ |
| $500 | Cerebral Palsy Association: http://www.cpaustralia.com.au/ |
| $500 | Starlight Foundation: http://www.starlight.org.au |
| $500 | The Ocean Clean Up: https://fund.theoceancleanup.com/ |
| $1000 | St Vinnies CEO Sleepout: ceosleepout.org.au |
| $500 | Giant Steps: http://www.giantsteps.net.au/ |
| $1000 | The Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal: http://salvos.org.au/get-involved/help-us-fundraise/red-shield-appeal/ |
Donations Made in 2013 - $29625
| Amount | Organisation |
| $22000 | Room to Read, funding the construction of a 2 room school in Bardiya in Nepal. http://www.roomtoread.org/. Click here to see the first progress report. |
| $2000 | Salvos Bushfire Relief Fund. https://salvos.org.au/donate/secure-online-donations/?appeal=relief |
| $150 | The Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation. http://www.jdrf.org.au/ |
| $200 | Sponsorship 40 Hour Famine http://www.worldvision.com.au/40hourfamine.aspx |
| $500 | Sponsorships: Dry July au.dryjuly.com and Katoke Trust for Overseas Education |
| $2500 | Giant Steps http://www.giantsteps.net.au/ Giant Steps was founded to help educate children and families experiencing autism. |
| $1000 | Kids 2 Kids http://kids2kids.com.au/ An amazing charity set up by a teenager from the south coast NSW. |
| $1000 | The Cambodian Children's Fund - for a new bakery oven! http://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/ Founded to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia's children. |
| $275 | CanHelp - http://canhelp.org.au/ building wells for Cambodians. "It is with great pleasure that I share with you photos of your Cambodian well. You have just made life so much easier for about 20 people. There are several benefits for such a well, the biggest is that the beneficiaries of your well will have less chance of being sick. It is surprising how many Cambodian children die of diarrhoea each year." See Pic below: |
Donations Made in 2012 - $24300
| Amount | Organisation |
| $1000 | Exodus Foundation www.exodusfoundation.net |
| $1000 | Smith Family Xmas Appeal http://www.thesmithfamily.com.au?u=633 |
| $1000 | Salvation Army Xmas Appeal http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/ |
| $1000 | Daniel Morcombe Foundation http://www.danielmorcombe.com.au/donations.html |
| $1000 | Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta Donations - Mercy Tree Gift Fund http://www.olmc.nsw.edu.au/school/about/mercy-tree |
| $2000
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The Cambodian Children's Fund http://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/ Founded to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia's children. |
| $300 | St Peter's Maitland Science and Engineering Challenge. Go Michael Almond! |
| $500 | CanToo http://www.cantoo.org.au/ |
| $500 | The Cambodian Children's Fund http://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/ Founded to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia's children. |
| $15500 | Sponsoring book publishing in local language for Room to Read with distribution of 10000 copies to local school libraries in Asia once published. http://www.roomtoread.org/ |
| $500 | Photojournalism project for India orphanages https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/115710225217640/ |
Donations Made in 2011 - $12750
| Amount | Organisation |
| $2000 | QLD Flood appeal http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html |
| $2000 | Red Cross Japan Earthquake Appeal http://www.redcross.org.au |
| $500 | Cambodia charities: orphanage at Cham Chao in Phnom Penh and for PovertyAid4Cambodia. |
| $500 | Dry July Foundation (Support for Cancer Units in Hospitals) http://www.dryjuly.com/ |
| $250 | Splash for Cash (Support for Royal Institute Deaf and Blind Children) http://event.splashforcash.com.au/ |
| $500 | Forty Hour Famine (World Vision) http://www.worldvision.com.au/40HourFamine.aspx |
| $5000 | Room to Read's Girls' Education Program http://www.roomtoread.org/page.aspx?pid=284 |
| $2000 | Red Shield Appeal http://salvos.org.au/about-us/red-shield-appeal/ |
Donations Made in 2010 - $25,000
| Amount | Organisation |
| $3000 | Smith Family Xmas Appeal http://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/ |
| $3000 | Salvation Army Xmas Appeal http://salvos.org.au/ |
| $500 | Day of Difference Foundation: to help provide facilities and care to critically injured kids and their families. http://www.entoure.com.au/ |
| $1000 | Contribution towards costs for Daniel Comber-Todd, a Year 12 student in Sydney, to represent Australia at the Research Science Institute in Boston this year hosted by MIT. His interest is in Physics, in sonoluminescence. Is great to see young Australian minds striving to succeed. To read about Daniel click here |
| $1000 | Contributing to funding a proper plumbed toilet and an extra room for a Cambodian family. |
| $1000 | Mother's Day Classic - Breast Cancer Research www.mothersdayclassic.org |
| $13500 | Room to Read - to convert and equip 3 reading rooms for schools in Nepal. http://www.roomtoread.org/ You can read about one of the completed rooms here.  |
| $2000 | The Cambodian Children's Fund http://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/ Founded to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia's children. |
Donations Made in 2009 - $16,500
| Amount | Organisation | |
| $1500 | Salvation Army Christmas Appeal http://www.salvos.org.au/ |
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| $1500 | St Vincent de Paul Society Christmas Appeal http://www.vinnies.org.au/home-act |
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| $1500 | Smith Family Christmas Appeal http://www.thesmithfamily.com.au |
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| $2200 | Blue Light Street Smart Handbook http://www.bluelight.com.au A Police initiative - a free book given to students re issues like drugs, violence etc. |
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| $2000 | The Cambodian Children's Fund http://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/ Founded to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia's children. |
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| $2000 | Nepcam http://www.nepcam.org.au/ Changing children's lives in Nepal and Cambodia through education. |
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| $2200 | The Maitreya Universal Education Project Benefiting students in Northern India. |
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| $500 | Kidney Health Foundation |
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| $2000 | Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal |
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| $1000 | Cancer Council |
Donations Made in 2008 - $23,000
| Amount | Organisation |
| US$10,000 | Room to Read - to build a library for a school in Cambodia. http://www.roomtoread.org/ Click here to read the completed report and view photos. |
| US$1500 | The Maitreya Universal Education Project Benefiting students in Northern India. |
| US$1500 | The Cambodian Children's Fund http://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/ Founded to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia's children. |
| AUD$2000 | Nepcam http://www.nepcam.org.au/ Changing children's lives in Nepal and Cambodia through education. |
| AUD$2000 | 96 year old Jesuit Priest in Macau working in Macau since 1950s now working with children in leper colonies (yes leper colonies do still exist) http://www.jesuit.org.au/ |
On a trip recently, I bought a book in the airport 'Leaving Microsoft to Change the World' by John Wood ( http://www.leavingmicrosoftbook.com/ ). I could not put it down. It is about a guy who while on holiday in Nepal is appalled at the lack of resources in schools, the low attendance rate and literacy levels and sets about making a difference in a big way. He started a group called Room to Read ( http://www.roomtoread.org/ ). Room to Read partners with local communities throughout the developing world to establish schools, libraries, and other educational infrastructure as well as educational scholarships.
So I had to get involved. I have paid $10,000 US for the establishment of a free-standing library at the Wat Chi Kreng Primary School in the Siem Reap province of Cambodia. The library will be built in the traditional Khmer style, and will include child friendly furniture, flooring, shelving, maps, puzzles, games, and of course, books. Room to Read will stock the library with English and Khmer books totalling 500-1,000 over 3 years, and will provide 3 years of library management training to a designated teacher. Wat Chi Kreng Primary School is located in a poor rural area in Siem Reap where families rely on subsistence farming for their livelihood. After this library is built 664 children (in a 6 room school!) will have access to a new colorful and engaging reading room. If you'd like to see photos and more info about the school click here .
Donations Made in 2007 - $12,000
(minimum donation amount to each organisation $1000)
| 2007 | Organisation |
| Dec | The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal http://www.salvos.org.au |
| Nov | The Smith Family http://www.thesmithfamily.com.au |
| Oct | The Cambodian Children's Fund http://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/ Founded to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia’s children. |
| Sept | Starlight Foundation http://www.starlight.org.au/ |
| August | Oasis Youth Services http://salvos.org.au/oasis/ |
| July | Youth off the Streets - Father Chris Riley http://youthoffthestreets.com.au/ |
| June | Childwise http://www.childwise.org.au/ |
| May | MS Society of Australia http://www.msaustralia.org.au/ |
| April | Oxfam Community Aid Abroad Walk Against Want http://www.oxfam.org.au/walk/ |
| March | Red Cross Calling Appeal 2007 http://www.redcross.org.au/default.asp |
| February | Reach Out http://www.reachout.com.au a fantastic resource to support students in need, run by http://www.inspire.org.au |
| January | World Vision http://www.worldvision.com.au |
Donations Made in 2006 - $8,400
(minimum donation amount to each organisation $700)
| 2006 | Organisation |
| December | Starlight Foundation http://www.starlight.org.au |
| November | The Cambodian Children's Fund http://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/ Founded to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia’s children. |
| October | The National Breast Councer Foundation http://www.nbcf.org.au/ I know this isn't exactly a charity that helps children but it does indirectly by helping the women and carers in children's lives. |
| September | The Australian Crohn's & Colitis Association http://www.acca.net.au |
| August | SIDS and KIDS, The National SIDS Council of Australia http://www.sidsandkids.org/ |
| July | Lasallian Foundation http://www.lasallianfoundation.org/ The Lasallian Foundation supports projects throughout the Asia-Pacific region that provide poor and disadvantaged children an opportunity to break the poverty cycle. (suggestion for this charity from Oakhill College, Castle Hill) |
| June | The Cambodian Children's Fund http://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/ Founded to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia’s children. |
| May | The Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal http://www.salvos.org.au |
| April | Starlight Foundation http://www.starlight.org.au/ |
| March | Margaret House, Respite Care for the Disabled This charity operated by the St Vincent de Paul Society in Gymea offers respite care to disabled children and adults so that carers can have a break. Phone 9540 1762 (suggestion for this charity from St Patrick's College Sutherland) |
| February | Tabitha Foundation Australia http://tabithaaustralia.org.au/ Students from SCECGS Redlands are traveling to Cambodia to help build housing for homeless Cambodians |
| January | World Vision Australia https://www.worldvision.com.au/ |
Donations Made in 2005 - $6000
(minimum donation amount to each organisation $500)
| 2005 | Organisation |
| December | Donation to SCEGGS Darlinghurst Antipodeans Team 1 to take to India to their community project http://www.antipodeans.com.au/ |
| November | Donation to SCEGGS Darlinghurst Antipodeans Team 2 to take to India to their community project http://www.antipodeans.com.au/ |
| October | Leukaemia Foundation, Australia http://www.leukaemia.org.au/ (suggestion for this charity from MacMahan's Beach State School) |
| September | The Smith Family: Wallace Family Appeal |
| August | The Spastic Centre http://www.thespasticcentre.org.au/ |
| July | Camp Goodtime |
| June | Bear Cottage http://www.bearcottage.chw.edu.au/ |
| May | First Chance Program Newcastle Uni |
| April | Starlight Foundation http://www.starlight.org.au |
| March | Sydney Children's Hospital Cancer Unit http://www.sch.edu.au/ |
| February | Sydney Children's Hospital Burns Unit http://www.sch.edu.au/ |
| January | Tsunami Disaster: Red Cross, CARE, World Vision |
Donations Made in 2004 - $6000
(minimum donation amount to each organisation $500)
| 2004 | Organisation |
| December | Donation to a disadvantaged school for academic prizes for prize night. |
| November | Salvation Army http://www.salvos.org.au/ |
| October | Camp Quality http://www.campquality.org.au |
| September | CARE Australia http://www.careaustralia.org.au/ |
| August | Autism Association of NSW Autism NSW |
| July | Kids Help Line http://www.kidshelp.com.au/ |
| June | Royal Blind Society http://www.rbs.org.au/ |
| May | Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal http://www.salvos.org.au/ |
| April | Tabitha Foundation Australia http://tabithaaustralia.org.au/ |
| March | In Cambodia, many children are denied an education simply because they have no transport to school. Many families cannot afford a bicycle, even though two or three children can travel on the same bicycle. Tabitha has arranged with local schools to waive any fees if they provide children with transport. ELES purchased 17 bicycles which means 51 children will be able to have an education that otherwise would have been denied them. |
| February | Kids First Foundation (KFF): a national collaborative enterprise of child abuse organisations providing therapeutic services for abused, neglected and at-risk children and their families nationally. http://www.kidsfirst.com.au |
| January | Huntington's Disease Association http://www.ahdansw.asn.au/association/helping.html |
Donations Made in 2003 - $5000
(minimum donation amount to each organisation $500)
| 2003 | Organisation |
| December | Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation http://www.christopherreeve.org/ |
| November | Medecins Sans Frontieres https://www.msf.org.au |
| October | Unicef http://www.unicef.com.au/ |
| September | Youth off the Streets - Father Chris Riley http://youthoffthestreets.com.au/ |
| August | Australian Heart/Lung Transplants Association http://www.redcross.org.au |
| July | Fred Hollows Foundation http://www.hollows.org |
| June | Royal Society for Deaf and Blind Children http://www.visionaustralia.org/ |
| May | Salvation Army http://www.salvos.org.au/ |
| April | Barnardos Australia http://www.barnardos.org.au/ |
| March | 90 year old Jesuit Priest in Macau working with children in leper colonies (yes leper colonies do still exist) http://www.jesuit.org.au/ |