Kathleen Keegel Children's Fund Limited (KKCF) is an Australian based, charitable organization committed to helping the local community in Sri Lanka. We have a children's home in Hewadiwela near Kegalle and also an agricultural training project in Balangoda near Ratnapura.
A new multilingual cookbook with sumptuous Sri Lankan recipes was launched Saturday 19th July at the Blue Elephant Restaurant in Pennant Hills by the NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (MHCS) with funding from the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service.
Following the success of the Ethnic Cook Off in 2009 resulting from the Chinese, Filipino, Italian, Samoan, Sri Lankan Sinhalese and Tamil Healthy and Tasty Challenge Recipe Competitions, MHCS launched the compilation of all the winning and top finalists’ recipes in a multilingual cookbook, a new tool aimed at encouraging members of all multicultural communities to increase their daily serves of fruit and vegetables and make the call to the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service, a free, personal and confidential service that offers participants to access their own qualified health coach who will help them set healthy lifestyle goals and support them by maintaining motivation to achieve results.
The St George Migrant Resource Centre is a community-based organisation which receives funding from various government sources. The Centre has recently received a grant from the Office for Women’s Policy, Department of Premier and Cabinet for a Domestic Violence PASS Project. The project shall provide information and referral service for women and children impacted by domestic violence in St George and Hurstville LACs.
