ACMA Foundation supports The Advertiser Foundation Blanket Appeal for eighth consecutive year

A group of dedicated medicos refuses to allow themselves to become desensitised to the plight of those experiencing homelessness in Adelaide.

A group of dedicated medicos refuse to allow themselves to become desensitised to the plight of those experiencing homelessness in Adelaide – in fact, their empathy only grows.

For the eighth consecutive year, the ACMA Foundation is generously supporting The Advertiser Foundation Blanket Appeal.

In 2025 the group, whose members include GPs, specialists, medical officers and students, is again among the first major donors to start the appeal, contributing $10,000.

Dr Francis Ghan (left) and Dr Lap Kwong Han from the ACMA Foundation at Hutt St Centre, to help support this year’s Blanket Appeal. Picture: Dean Martin

Foundation chairman Francis Ghan, an orthopaedic surgeon, said he remained shocked and saddened by the sheer number of South Australians facing homelessness and that it was impossible not to be moved by the many stories of hardship.

“It is total devastation for a person to lose their home,” he said.

Friend and fellow face of the ACMA Foundation Lap Kwong Han agreed.

“We feel we have some form of responsibility towards the less privileged … in particular the homeless people,” he said.

Hutt St Centre chief executive Chris Burns welcomed the support and said every dollar donated helped in real and practical ways, allowing his service to provide toiletries, clothing and bedding as well “a warm meal in the morning”.

Originally published as ACMA Foundation supports The Advertiser Foundation Blanket Appeal for eighth consecutive year