Australia

The Hellenic Initiative (THI) Australia announced earlier in the week that it is committing its support to two new projects in Greece to help the country deal with the coronavirus crisis. The charity announced a grant of $10,000 to the...

The Hellenic Initiative Australia has increased its support for "I Care & Act," a visionary education program which cultivates the values of volunteerism, charity, solidarity and active citizenship among school children in Greece. The I Care & Act (Nοιάζομαι και...

The Hellenic Initiative Australia has funded preventive and specialised medical care for people living in the remote and isolated areas of the eastern Aegean islands through a grant to Axion Hellas. The AU$50,000 grant supported Axion Hellas’ September mission to...

  The Hellenic Initiative Australia has upgraded two Pediatric Trauma Centers in Kastoria and Ioannina, in northwestern Greece, through a new partnership with Pediatric Trauma Care (Pedtrauma). The $48,000 grant to Pedtrauma covered the purchase of key medical equipment for the...

The Hellenic Initiative Australia’s One Greece 2017 national philanthropic endeavour has raised more than $1.1 million in a spectacular show of support for Greece during successful events in five cities across Australia. More than 1,300 people attended events held over...

More than 150 leaders of the Greek-Australian community met in Sydney last week to discuss how to mobilize Australian support for The Hellenic Initiative. Representatives from every state and the two mainland territories attended a dinner event at the Hellenic...

“The Hellenic Initiative,” the organization created in the U.S. by Greek-Australian entrepreneur Andrew Liveris and four other businessmen to support Greece and strengthen its global reputation, is to be expanded to Australia. The official introductory ceremony of the initiative to...

Greece’s financial and social crisis made many Greek Diaspora communities worried about their homeland, but also about their relatives who still live in the country. Greek-Australians have been trying to find a way to aid people in Greece, either financially or...

The Hellenic Democratic Initiative raised more than $10,000 at its fundraising dinner on Sunday, July 8. The collected sum will be used to purchase food and other necessary household items for Greek families living below the poverty line in...

The Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd was moved by the Greek Community’s gesture of gifting a $100,000 check to support the flood victims of Queensland, who have been going through harsh times since earlier this year. The money was...

In the framework of the anniversary for the one year since the foundation of the Hellenic-Australian Business Council (HABC), the Ambassador of Australia in Greece, Jennifer Polyxeni Bloomberg hosted a dinner in her house. In her speech to the attendees,...

Almost 10 years ago, the Greek Orthodox Community of Northern Australia donated 10,000 dollars to the Charles Darwin University, in order to promote Hellenic Studies abroad. President of the Community John Nikolakis stated that this was an initiative, which began with...

Scientists and young people of the Greek Diaspora in Melbourne have established the HELLENIC DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVE for Hellenism, Transparency and Social Justice in 2010 as a global Hellenic non-profit organisation aimed at supporting the reconstruction of debt-ridden Greece. The organization...

The leader of the organization of this year games was the World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) in Oceania. Next Pan-Hellenic Games will be held in Canberra, as it has been announced in Darwin, where this year games...

Every two years in Australia, the Pan-Hellenic Athletic Games of Oceania occur. This year the event will take place in Darwin, Australia from the 29th of September until the 2nd of October 2011 with the participation of over 400...