Ryder-Cheshire

Vale Bill Dagg 14/12/1935 – 23/11/2023

Vale Bill Dagg 14/12/1935 – 23/11/2023

Vale Bill Dagg 14/12/1935 – 23/11/2023 Bill joined Rotary after a career in the Australian military with service in Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. He was well known to many in Ryder-Cheshire in his role as the person in charge of the Rotary Donations in Kind store at West Footscray.  Many containers carrying much needed […]

Lending more than our hands

Lending more than our hands

The veranda on the farm is drenched in sunshine, drying any trace of the crisp morning that needed the kitchen fire to be lit before I could enjoy my breakfast. This time last year I was living among palm trees, waking to the glorious warmth of Timor-Leste, one hour’s flight north of Darwin. I was […]

Raphael Reflections

Raphael Reflections

Back in 2012 I took a year sabbatical from work and life in London and through a twist of fate was fortunate enough to find myself at Raphael volunteering for two months. I can honestly say it changed my whole outlook on life and I’ve returned there, bar covid times, every year since. Arriving for […]

Klibur Domin Reflections

Klibur Domin Reflections

Volunteering is about showing our commitment to our Timorese partners at Klibur Domin (KD) by contributing our most valuable commodities, our time and presence. Time spent volunteering raises our awareness and helps bring us closer together through real world experience, strengthening our commitment to support KD’s work. Part of Ryder-Cheshire Australia’s function is to support […]

Joanne Sunnex many times Raphael volunteer

Joanne Sunnex many times Raphael volunteer

‘We make a living by what we do, but make a life by what we give.’ Winston Churchill. Volunteering can be an exciting, growing, enjoyable experience. It is truly gratifying to serve a cause, practice one’s ideals, work with people, solve problems, see benefits and know one had a hand in them. The moral test […]

First Klibur Domin Volunteers

First Klibur Domin Volunteers

  Joao Martire, a Timorese, was the first Klibur Domin volunteer and was closely followed by Aida de Jesus with Robert Clancy all in September 2000, very early days of the home. Joao had lived in Australia since the mid 1970’s. He expressed an interest in volunteering at Klibur Domin for four weeks. Aida de […]

Pamela Harrison (nee Breslin) First Australian Ryder-Cheshire Volunteer

Pamela Harrison (nee Breslin) First Australian Ryder-Cheshire Volunteer

My mum, Pamela Breslin volunteered as a teacher for two years at Raphael when Raphael first opened. She volunteered after hearing Sue Ryder and Leonard Cheshire talk while they were in Sydney in the late 1950s about the new home they were wanted to set up in India. She signed up to volunteer. Mum had […]

How to Contact the Ryder-Cheshire Australia Volunteers’ Co-ordinator

How to Contact the Ryder-Cheshire Australia Volunteers’ Co-ordinator

To volunteer in either Raphael in India or Klibur Domin in Timor-Leste, I would suggest you start by doing a walk through video. You will find these videos on the RCA website’s home page on RHS called Latest News. Viewing these will give you an idea of what is happening in each of the homes […]