PROSH Charities 2010

Detailed Charity Information

[ MNDAWA Website ]

Motor Neurone Disease Association of WA (MNDAWA)

MNDAWA provides a care advisory service and equipment pool for people living with MND. Critical to our service is timely advice, emotional support, referrals and living aids to maintain quality of life as long as possible for sufferers and their carers coping with the devastating diagnosis of MND.

[ The Grey Man (TGM) Website ]

The Grey Man (TGM)

The Grey Man is an International organisation dedicated to fighting child-trafficking and the exploitation of children, currently focussing on Thailand/Cambodia/Laos. Underlying causes of trafficking are also addressed via education and infrastructure projects. UNICEF estimates around 1.2 million people are sold into slavery annually. Trafficking is the second largest illegal money earner after drugs and weapons and growing worldwide.

[ Humour Foundation Website ]

Clown Doctors (The Humour Foundation)

The Humour Foundation’s core project is the Clown Doctor program and we provide this service free of charge to 20 hospitals throughout Australia. Clown Doctors work in partnership with health professionals. They divert children during painful procedures, help calm distressed children in emergency and encourage children in physiotherapy, or just brighten their day.

“Clown Rounds” are conducted through all wards including neonatal, intensive care, burns, oncology and emergency. The whole hospital community benefits — patients, family and staff. Clown Doctors parody the hospital routine and treat children with medicine of a different kind — doses of fun and laughter!

Clown Doctors touch the lives of over 100,000 people every year. Everyone knows that ‘Laughter is the best medicine’

The Humour Foundation was the vision of Jean-Paul Bell, a performer who wanted to use his talents to give back to the community, and General Practitioner Dr Peter Spitzer. They had often talked about the ‘art of medicine.’

They were inspired by meeting Patch Adams, through research on the benefits of humour, the work of Swiss-based Theodora Foundation and Big Apple Clown Care Unit in New York. Six founding members began the work of setting up the Humour Foundation in 1996, with the aim of promoting the health benefits of humour, primarily through the Clown Doctor project.

A short pilot project was undertaken in 1996 at Royal Hobart Hospital, not long after the Port Arthur massacre. In January 1997, Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick became the first hospital to host Clown Doctors.

[ Heart Foundation Website ]

The Heart Foundation

Jump Rope for Heart is Australia's leading physical activity and fundraising program. Not only does the program allow children to reap the benefits of being physically active, but also educates about the importance of heart health while raising vital funds to support the Heart Foundation's life-saving work.

Past Charities

Since 1931 PROSH has supported some extremely worthwhile charities. Following are just some of the many amazing charities that PROSH has been able to help.

• RSPCA
• Holyoake Foundation
• Dyslexia Speld Foundation
• Down Syndrome Association of Western Australia
• Oaktree Foundation
• Epilepsy Association of Western Australia, Inc.
• Foodbank of WA, Inc.
• Fremantle Volunteer Sea Rescue Group
• GROW (WA)
• Huntington’s Disease Awareness Ride
• The Resource Unit for Children with Special Needs
• The Amanda Young Foundation
• Motor Neurone Disease Association of WA Inc
• Leukaemia Foundation of WA
• Senses Foundation (Inc)
• The Cystic Fibrosis Association of WA (Inc)
• Camp Quality
• The Dyslexia –Speld Foundation of WA (Inc)
• Royal Life Saving Society WA
• Holyoake
• Royal Flying Doctor Service
• The Cancer Foundation of Western Australia
• The Australian Kidney Foundation Western Australian Branch
• Australian Red Cross WA Division
• The Humour Foundation: Clown Doctors
• Youth Focus
• Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Australia
• Canteen
• Activ Foundation
• The Perth Inner City Youth Service
• Amnesty International
• St John Ambulance
• Royal Perth Rehabilitation Hospital
• Muscular Dystrophy Research Association
• Teen Challenge
• The Save the Children Fund
• Princess Margaret Hospital
• The Maimed and Limbless Ex Servicemen’s Association
• The University Camp for Children (Uni Camp for Kids)
• Blankets for the Aged Appeal
• The Samaritans
• Alzheimer’s Australia
• The Palmerston Association
• And so very many more...