Sally Hetherington - Page 3 of 25 - Championing for Sustainable Development in Cambodia

In May this year, I journeyed back to Cambodia, a country I had lived in for five years. Sixteen months had gone by, and living back in Australia, the land of clean water and relatively good health care, had made me forget numerous aspects of Cambodian life. I stayed there for two and a half weeks and every day had flashbacks to my past, experiences that I relived during my time there. Some good, some not-so-good and some just plain irritating. Constant blackouts – On the morning I ...

Human and Hope Association are excited to be screening a private session of the newly released Ocean’s 8 film. Help us raise much-needed funds to transform the lives of Cambodians and empower them to create sustainable futures for themselves. For this event, we are aiming to raise enough funds to put at least one lady through the Human and Hope Association sewing program, and help them to break the cycle of poverty for good. Date: Wed. 27 June 2018 Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm AEST ...

Not Everyone Can Be Helped

By: supergirlsally
April 8

As a general rule, you shouldn’t become attached to the people you are trying to help. Sometimes, it is difficult not to. You tend to take a vested interest in someone because you see the situation they are living in, and know they deserve better. This is how I felt about three siblings, who I will call A, B and C. These siblings lived near Human and Hope Association and we would see them collecting trash on a daily basis. Aged between four and thirteen, the two brothers and sisters were ...