Opportunity International - India
Opportunity provides a business approach to poverty alleviation. Instead of distributing hand-outs, Opportunity works alongside the poor – helping them establish small businesses by providing financial services, training and support. Henley’s partnership with Opportunity Australia will provide the hand-up so desperately needed by hard working families in India striving to provide a bright future for their children.
How is Henley helping?
Henley’s support is assisting opportunity International achieve their following goals in India:
• Serve five million poor entrepreneurs
• Raise 1.5 million people from poverty
• Invest $100 million in the microfinance industry
Opportunity International aim to achieve these goals before the year 2012.
Visit the Opportunity International website.
Indeed a Good Friday for The Royal Children's Hospital with Villawood Properties and Henley Homes raising a whopping $635,000 for their Good Friday Charity Home Auction today.
Fierce bidding saw a flurry of hands raised in order to secure the Charity Auction Home at the Alamanda estate all as part of the Good Friday Appeal 2010.
A long standing fundraising project for the Good Friday Appeal, with the fantastic result bringing the grand total of funds raised over the past 17 years, to $9,574,840.75 – all of which goes to The Royal Children's Hospital.
The house, a part of our brand new Kube luxury collection of homes, included numerous luxury inclusions and attracted some keen bidding on the day. This year saw Henley building and auctioning its 25th Home and Land package for the Good Friday Appeal. The Directors of Henley have now been supporting the Appeal for 17 years, a truly amazing feat and something the company is proud to be apart of.
Once again many thanks are in order here... firstly to all of the trades who donate much of their time, many of these guys are small business owners who really are giving up their wages to assist the cause and its these guys who are the real heroes. A big thanks to our many suppliers who have donated, as you can see, some big ticket items this year making the house a true stand out from many on the market today. To Villawood who have donated the block, to the Henley Construction, Design and production team who really worked wonders to have this house completed. Stay tuned for next year.
www.goodfridayappeal.com.au