The Giving Days

by Mark Mordue | Sep 30, 2021

Kim and Hannah are here from Junction Neighbourhood Centre (JNC) filling up a van load of hampers at the Addi Road Food Relief Hub. Both of them have seen a lot with COVID-19 and its impact in the community. It might seem hard to equate their brightness with the work...

Politics and Poverty

by Mark Mordue | Sep 29, 2021

Jenny Leong is down in Marrickville packing hampers at Addi Road Food Relief Hub. Only a hundred more to go from the volunteer team she has joined and they can get another pallet of food out the door. Vans and cars are waiting outside to take the hampers all over the...

Power to the People

by Mark Mordue | Sep 28, 2021

“The inner west is the boarding house capital of Australia.”So says Liz Yeo, CEO of Newtown Neighbourhood Centre. She’s down in Marrickville to pick up hampers from our Food Relief Hub. Soon enough a conversation between Yeo and Addi Road CEO Rosanna Barbero sparks...

World Peace Day

by Mina Bui Jones | Sep 25, 2021

The week past began on Monday with the International Day of Peace, a day that passed with little fanfare or official attention. Unlike the days that mark Australia’s commitment to World War One more than 100 years ago (ANZAC Day) and Australia Day...

It’s a Long Way to the Top

by Mark Mordue | Sep 22, 2021

AC/DC’s ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock n Roll)’  is pumping through the hall that Addi Road have converted into our Food Relief Hub.  About 30 volunteers step up the pace almost without thinking… canned tomatoes, lentils, baked beans, tea, noodles,...