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 […]
Our Uni Placement
We arrived in Timor-Leste on 4th June. We were four Australian Catholic University (ACU) students undertaking our placement at Klibur Domin (KD). Not one of us had ever been to Timor-Leste. We were very excited for what the next four weeks would have in store. We had our first day at KD on 5th June. […]
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
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
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 […]
Raphael, as Magical as Ever
My first visit to Raphael was in 1992, as a nineteen year old gap year student and the experience was so impactful for me I vowed that one day I would return. Maybe it was the shock of eating Indian food for the first time or perhaps it was simply that Raphael and the people […]
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
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
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
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 […]