Great news from two LBW graduates in Zimbabwe
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.
The LBW Trust
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
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
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

Imran Khan
Annual Golf Day 2009

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.

