A report from behind the frontlines of unemployment and poverty in Australia, where Mark Mordue responds to a normal day at Addison Road Community Organisation’s Food Pantry, our food rescue and food security low-cost supermarket for people in need. Article...
At this time of increased food insecurity, please be mindful of the message from one of our partners, Foodbank: “We encourage all our agency partners to remember that every item provided to a member of the general public who has the means to purchase that...
Kim Johnston is the new director the Addison Road Early Learning Centre. She only started in the job last November, but can safely say, “It’s been really challenging times. Bushfires, floods, and now this.” As much as these things can have an impact on the children...
Coco has come down to the Addison Road Community Organisation’s Food Pantry today for the first time. She and her two friends are looking for food. “Everywhere is cleared out,” she says, “because of the panic buying at the supermarkets.” “It’s a little bit scary,...
I stand with you in a line for food. I stand with you and wait. I stand with you in measured space. I stand with you, my face masked, our eyes looking in at our hearts, our breath in our ears, while we listen out for the call. I stand with you in lines, or loose...
