Lighting Up The Night

Lighting Up The Night

    Wednesday Night Lights is underway again at Addi Road in Marrickville. Each week our community gathers to enjoy a free hot meal and host of wraparound services. The event has grown astronomically over the last year to meet community needs as well as sheer...
Sharing the Light

Sharing the Light

  We’ve heard our friend Richard Weeks is not well at the moment as he takes a little time out to deal with an eye operation. It’s hard to imagine anything stopping him for long.   The founder and chairperson of the Waterloo Public Housing Action Group...
Share the Dignity at Addi Road

Share the Dignity at Addi Road

  Therese pulls up in her car right beside Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville. She hops out and flips open the boot.   Inside, she has bags and bags of sanitary products that have been donated to Share the Dignity, the organisation she volunteers for.   Soon Addi...
Every Day is Women’s Day

Every Day is Women’s Day

Gurwinder Kaur is the PA to Addi Road’s CEO Rosanna Barbero. She’s also our Office and Venues Manager. Any problems, communications, uncertainties, promises or needs… from a broken tap to a visit from the Prime Minister, the thinking in the office usually boils down...
The Black Days Will Finish

The Black Days Will Finish

  Marwa Moeen came to Addi Road in September 2021. Across that difficult month we had become closely involved with helping her and fourteen other young women flee Afghanistan as the Taliban moved into the capital of Kabul and seized power.   Marwa was our link:...