THE LBW TRUST

The LBW Trust Annual Dinner 2010 – Photos

Thanks to all who helped make our 2010 Annual Dinner on February 22nd at the SCG a huge success, especially our wonderful guest speakers, Joel Garner and Greg Chappell. It [...]

Live Auction Items at the Annual Dinner on Monday

The following money-can’t-buy opportunities are our live auction items at the LBW Trust Annual Dinner next Monday, February 22 at the SCG.
If you are interested in bidding or for [...]

Congratulations to our student

Congratulations to our student Tinashe Ruswa who has just received a terrific and well-deserved honour.
Tinashe graduated from the University of Western Cape late last year and he has been awarded the [...]

Distribution of LBW cheques to students in Orissa, India

S C Choudhury, who works with our NGO partners the Vikash Educational Charitable Trust (VECT) in India, sends these pictures of students receiving their scholarship cheques from LBW in October.

He writes: [...]

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Great news from two LBW graduates in Zimbabwe

Published on January 10th, 2010no comments

electrician We are delighted to hear this week that two of the first students the LBW Trust supported when it started in 2006 are now directors of a company in Zimbabwe. Pride Mafede (Electrical Engineering) and Miraculous Simanga Elisha (Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) in Entrepreneurship) completed their degrees in South Africa with the LBW Trust’s financial support. Now their company, T.F. Holdings Zimbabwe, is fulfilling a contract secured by tender to wire 10 houses built for workers at a gold mine.

Published on December 18th, 2009one comment

The LBW Trust is now supporting the tertiary education of nearly 70 students in South Africa, India and Pakistan. Our hope is that when they graduate, these young men and women will play an important part in improving the future of their communities and nations.

VECT, Orissa

Published on December 8th, 2009no comments

orissa The LBW Trust has linked up with the Vikash Educational Charitable Trust (VECT) as our NGO partner in Orissa, India. VECT is assisting the Trust by recommending impoverished and disadvantaged students for educational support. We are now supporting 26 students from VECT. VECT will also monitor their progress jointly with the LBW Trust.

Donation of George Gittoes painting

Published on December 8th, 2009no comments

Well-known Australian war artist George Gittoes has most generously donated one of his paintings, ‘Two Dogs’, to The LBW Trust. ‘Two Dogs’ by Mr Gittoes will be auctioned by The LBW Trust to raise money for the support of our students. If you are interested in purchasing the painting, please call the LBW Trust on 0425 207 258

Mr Gittoes has also referred the Trust to the Sustainable Peace and Development Organization (SPADO) – an NGO in Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, where he has extensive links and has visited often. After discussions with Mr Gittoes, the LBW Trust has agreed to educate young women from this troubled area as well as the Swat Valley

Students in Pakistan and Imran Khan

Published on December 8th, 2009no comments

Imran Khan

The LBW Trust, through our Peshawar based NGO Partner SPADO, is supporting the education of five young women in the North West Frontier Provinces of Pakistan, (near the Afghanistan border) and in the SWAT valley – both troubled regions.

There are significant gender gaps in terms of education and job opportunities in that area and we hope the LBW Trust’s support of these girls is a modest start at attempting to redress these.

The LBW Trust is also collaborating closely with Namal College in Mianwali. Namal College, an Associate College of the University of Bradford in the UK, was founded by former Pakistan Cricket Captain and political leader Imran Khan (Chancellor of the University of Bradford, pictured). It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2008. We are supporting 19 Namal College students.

Annual Golf Day 2009

Published on December 8th, 2009no comments

Annual Golf Day

We almost had to put up the “house full” signs on Tuesday, September 29th – our 4th Annual Golf Day.

It was a beautiful day and of course the setting was simply stunning. The NSW Golf Club at La Perouse was in wonderful nick ahead of the 2009 Australian Open in December.

Amongst the 90 odd golfers were former Australian Test Cricketers David Sincock, Gordon Rorke, Ian Davis and our Patron, Greg Chappell. They were interviewed at lunchtime by LBW Trust Director Mike Coward.

Ian Davis of Dunlop Slazenger kindly donated the golfing prizes.

The Defence Minister (and LBW Trust Patron) Senator John Faulkner joined us at lunch.

The Golf Day was generously supported by leading Australian companies such as NAB (our bankers), Pacific Dunlop, Commonwealth Bank, Woolworths, Rebel Sports.

This was our most successful Golf Day ever, helped by the generous donation from Golf Australia (thanks to the efforts of LBW Trust Patron, Malcolm Speed) of a Pro Am spot at the Australian Open, for which we were able to realise $4000. Special thanks to Patrick Gallagher, Chairman of Book Publishers, Allen and Unwin and one of The LBW Trust’s strongest supporters. Our thanks also to the New South Wales Golf Club for their kind consideration and generosity.