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Carley Mchome pictured in 2025 with residents of the Ujamaa children’s home.

It started with one orphan. Now dozens call this Aussie expat ‘auntie’

The Melbourne-born leader of a charity helping destitute children in Tanzania has come home for Christmas.

  • Carolyn Webb

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Wednesday Night Lights at Addison Road Community Organisation, Marrickville.

This long table dinner in Marrickville tackles a hidden crisis that affects 1 in 3 Aussie homes

As demand soars up to 300 per cent for food support this Christmas, this Sydney organisation takes a different, dignified approach.

  • Bianca Hrovat

A charity-shop worker took my donated marbles for her kid. Is that OK?

Sorting donations – using bare hands in the dank, fetid stew that used to be someone’s old clothes and bedsheets – isn’t easy, says our Modern Guru.

  • Danny Katz
Celtic Club president Patrick McGorry pictured opposite its The Wild Geese Hotel in Brunswick.

Must have been good craic: Celtic Club loses $1 million

The club insists that things are all going to plan, but it’s got some work ahead to get out of the red.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
RMHC Ball 2025 - Nicole Reina & Senen Cruz.
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Gala glam takes over Crown Perth for Ronald McDonald House Charities ball

The hallmark event in the Ronald McDonald House Charities WA calendar brought together famous faces, business heavyweights and Perth’s social scene for a night of fundraising.

Michelle McLaughlin started a not-for-profit targeting child road trauma in busy areas, including holiday towns, following the death of her son, Tom.

After Michelle’s son Tom, 4, was killed, she began a life-saving mission

A ‘split-second’ incident turned a family holiday into a tragedy.

  • Dilvin Yasa
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A volunteer loads a box of food into the car of a furloughed federal worker at a Capital Area Food Bank in Virginia.

Hundreds are lining up at food banks near Washington. They’re not homeless

Three times the US government has shut down and denied Rhee Andersen her weekly pay. And the longer this one goes on, the harder it gets.

  • Michael Koziol
Andrew Regan (pictured with Nedd Brockmann) has been walking 100 metres with assistance every day since October 20 to raise money for the fight against homelessness.

A rugby tackle gone wrong paralysed Andrew instantly. That hasn’t stopped him from walking a full field

The father-of-one spent more than 10 months in hospital recovering from that fateful game. Then, he stood up – and it was on.

  • Bronte Gossling
Westpac Rescue balls are extravagant affairs held in front of vintage fighter planes, with celebrity MCs, dance troupes, acrobats, live portraiture and stacks of faux gold bullion.

‘Every dollar counts’: Westpac Rescue spends big on high teas, golf days, lavish balls

The service, which has announced an investigation into allegations of a toxic and unsafe workplace, splashes more on fundraising and events than other agencies.

  • Eryk Bagshaw, Patrick Begley and Laura Sparkes
Reverend Bill Crew talks to staff at the Reverend Bill Crews Foundation’s Health and Wellbeing Clinic in Blacktown.

‘It takes a certain breed of doctor’: The Sydney clinic that can’t find a GP

Demand for this brand-new Sydney clinic couldn’t be higher. The problem is, there’s no GP to run it.

  • Kate Aubusson

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