Who We Are
Friends of The Children Foundation Inc (FOTCF) is an Australian charity organisation registered with the Australian Governments official ‘Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission’.
We have been doing some outstanding community work including assisting Children Hospitals to buy critical equipments. We also help other charity organisations and refugee houses by providing food, essential items & other relief work for distribution to the poor and homeless people to relieve poverty or distress of people in need. We work with primary schools for inculcating environmental awareness amongst the school children and becoming more informed citizens for tomorrow.
FOTCF Stories
Read how FOTCF successfully raised a large sum for The Royal Children Hospital in Melbourne
1 st Endoscopy Trainer to the Royal Children Hospital Endoscopy Department donated by FOTCF. Read more about this & what more to be done.
Receiving donation of Face Masks & a load of Toilet Rolls for Cornerstone Contact Centre who would distribute these among the disadvantaged community. Read here what else is urgently needed & how you can help.
A MESSAGE FROM THE FOTCF PRESIDENT, Mr. SHASHI KOCHHAR
FOTCF as a not-for-profit organisation has come together to nurture our environment, to improve our CHILDREN’S HEALTH and to educate them on leading a healthy lifestyle. Through this, we strive towards Building a Better World for Our Future Generations. We started this journey of continuous improvement in 1998 when as a group, we realised that the best investment towards the future is in our children.
We raise funds to purchase better training and equipment’s for Children Hospitals around us. We also tackle environmental education issues by joining and working with the ‘Clean up the World’ and ‘Clean Up Australia Day’ foundations and take part in tree plantation activities. We save Food from going to land fill and taking it to needy through our Bread Brigade initiative. We support local Primary schools to promote the sense of Belonging, working together, respect for others and care for environment. We donate all of our raised funds towards pursuing these activities and also support other charities, groups & centres, which aligns with our objectives.
Let us all salute to the pride and success of our Nation. Convey our thanks and show our Gratitude to All Mighty for transplanting our tree of life on this Lucky Country and this fertile Land where our tree of life is flourishing, flowering, and giving fruits of happiness and fulfilment.
Let us take a pledge and promise each other to work together and support each other in our happiness, sorrow, hard times during initial settling period in making each other journey a memorable and outstanding one and at the same time making this Lucky Country luckier country for our future generations.
Care comes, when we feel we BELONG
Trust comes, when we feel we BELONG
Love comes, when we feel we BELONG
We all are Humans first, so we must understand each other, help, work, and respect each other and spread the message of Love, Empathy and Humanity in the community. When we all are looking for same outcome of better tomorrow, then we all must work together sow the seeds of Happiness and Goodwill for future generations to harvest prosperity. Thank You.
LATEST NEWS
An old Supporter and friend of FOTCF, Mr. Puru Kanodia of Silk World donated some beautiful fabric.
A group of volunteers converted them into colourful gifts and multipurpose bags for donations.
We are now looking for outlets to sell these bags and help raise much needed fund for our charity work
Naomi, CEO of Cornerstone Contact Centre presenting Letter of Appreciation to FOTCF in recognition os our ongoing support to Cornerstone.
FOTCF delivers free bread, three days a week to Cornerstone, which is utilised to prepare breakfast & meals for the homeless & other disadvantaged. Apart from bread we recently delivered Pasta, Bags and Plastic Food Containers.
The supply of 1000 containers and 50 packets of Penle Pasta will last for 3-4 weeks and then Cornerstone will need more supplies. You can help us here.
Congratulations
to our founder
Mr. Shashi Kochhar OAM
for being awarded
“Lifeblood Legend”
by Australian Red Cross Society
175 times !!!
blood donations.
How We Can Help You
Children’s Hospitals
Helping Children’s Hospitals is our core activity. If you are looking for any assistance to acquire equipment or goods for your patients, please let us know.
Community Centres
We are happy to discuss how we can help you. Please contact us.
Church Groups
We are happy to discuss how we can help you. Please contact us.
Refugee Houses
If you a Refugee House supporting the disadvantaged & needy community then we can help you with regular bread supply or packaged non-perishable food items. Please let us know.
Food Distribution for Disadvantaged
If you are managing a food distribution contact centre for the disadvantaged community then we can help you with regular bread supply or packaged non-perishable food items. Please get in touch with us.
Counselling
We do have some experienced counsellors in our team. Please contact us for any counselling needs.
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