Sunrise Children’s Village
Sunrise Children’s Village is an orphanage located in Cambodia and was set up back in 1993 by Australian Geraldine Cox. Geraldine has now acquired another orphanage in Siem Reap, which she has titled Sunrise Angkor Children's Village. This orphanage is home to many children whose parents or other family members have been killed or maimed by land-mines, died of hunger or disease and often targeted for murder because of their political affiliations. When these children are rendered homeless, the villagers sometimes make every effort to care for them, but more often than not, they are taken into homes and used as slave-labour in return for food and a place to sleep until their plight is brought to Sunrises attention.
How has Henley helped?
Henley’s sponsorship is equivalent to the sponsorship of 17 children who live at the orphanage. The children are between the ages of 2 and 18 and have been living with Geraldine for a large percentage of their lives. With our support the children can now live a secure life where their medical, educational and social needs are met.
Visit the Sunrise Children’s Village website.
View the Sunrise Children's Village January - March 2008 newsletter.
View the Sunrise Children's Village October - December 2007 newsletter.
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.
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