Yarra Valley Water 2025

Walk For Water 2025

Why we're walking, running & riding for water this October.

703 million people in the world – almost one in ten – do not have clean water close to home. Every day, women and children walk long distances to collect and carry water for their families. Girls and boys often begin collecting water as children and girls continue to collect and carry water throughout their lives. Many girls spend hours each day collecting water, which can cause them to miss time at school. And not only that, sometimes the water they are forced to collect is dirty, carrying water borne diseases and leading to sickness in their community.

This is why we need your help – we are asking you to walk for water, so that they don’t have to.

By walking, running or riding for five days, you can raise awareness and funds so people around the world can access clean water for the first time.

Please donate to my fundraising page to contribute to WaterAid's amazing work. For just $50, WaterAid could buy water system tools to provide a rural community with clean water.

The more people that know about WaterAid, the more we can achieve together.

Please spread the word by sharing my fundraising page with your friends and family. Thank you in advance for your generosity, it means a lot!

Yarra Valley Water 2025's wonderful sponsors

$1,000

Stows Waste Management

We’re proud to support your efforts for WaterAid. Clean water changes lives, and your dedication to this cause is inspiring. Wishing you great success with the fundraiser!

$500

Robert Fittock

$420

Anonymous

This donation is for walk for water aka happy hippo suit fashion parade cheers D

$250

New Plumbing Solutions

Good luck Cait and great work raising funds for such an important initiative.

$211

Sue Mackenzie

Bravo Caitee

$211

Mitchell & Loughrey Engineers

Good one Laura!!

$115

Veronica Yang

$111

Antilla Advisory Pty Ltd

Well done Rish, it’s such a beautiful cause. We tend to take a lot of things for granted in Australia 😊. Good to remind ourselves sometime’s.

$106

Maryanne Tully

$106

Bugalugs

Joining me on the 30km walk in the hippo suit?

$106

Anonymous

$106

Paul Jackson

Go Bridie!

$106

Sally

Great cause! Jia You!

$106

Miklos Horvath

Great initiative Rish!

$106

Anonymous

A very worthy cause.

$106

Anonymous

$106

Evelyn Portek

$106

Trevor Alex

A great cause. All the best Rish.

$106

M Ichael Rose-miller

A good cause

$106

Janenne And Daniel

Go Sime!

$106

Lyn And Nick

What a great cause. Enjoy the walk

$106

Jbr

Good cause, great effort B. X J👏😊

$106

Dave Lange

Great cause Cait. Smash that target :)

$106

Anonymous

Go Cat!!!

$106

Mr

Great cause. Get cracking!

$106

Giorgianni & Liang Lawyers

Good Luck Daniel :)

$106

Nic B

$106

Anonymous

$106

Anonymous

$106

Helen Mcvean

Good on you Stephanie!

$104

Lauren Marc

$100

Tamara Arunthavanathan

Great effort Rish

$100

Nick

Good on you Bridie!

$100

Cam Smith

Go Team!

$100

Anonymous

Good on you

$100

Lara Abdulhak

So proud of you !

$80

Emily Chim

$75

Dylan Clough

$70

Effective Tax Accounting

$65

Anonymous

For the one in ten!

$65

Anonymous

we all deserve clean water! Woo

$65

Anonymous

$60

Cristian

Well done, Grace! Happy walking!

$56

Anonymous

$54

Anonymous

$54

Katheresh Jayaprakash (kj)

Best wishes

$54

Amy Crowe

Well done Ahlam!!

$54

Sue And Glenn

We are right behind you ……. In spirit of course 🤣

$54

Anonymous

$54

Carlina D

$54

Kylie Ross

Go Chrissie go! You can do it.

$54

Lucy Martiniello

Good on you Sal - great cause!

$54

Anonymous

$54

Christine Lim

Cheering you on !!!

$54

Anonymous

If you get to $2K I want to see you in an inflatable hippo ballerina suit.

$54

Tony Wang

$54

Ian Furphy

$54

Mei Soo

Good luck and have fun!

$54

Anthea Horsley

All the best for the walk Stephanie :)

$54

Thurlow Family

Cheering you on Harold!! Fighting and Add Oil please!!

$54

Christine Yong

May God bless your journey with Him 🙏🏻

$54

Yenni Hwang

Such an amazing cause, jie! Your effort will make a difference - keep shining and pushing forward 💪💖

$54

Christine Vong

$54

Emily Rose

Good luck! Xxx

$54

Mum

Well done to you & team

$54

Misko M

$54

Shankar Ganesh

$54

Matthew Parnell

Happy running, walking and riding, Marta!

$54

Marta Frasca

Good on you good luck you doing a very good thing

$54

Kate Lowe

Always inspiring me girl, pls give us future water content 💙

$54

Arthur Chim

$54

Emily Chim

$54

Tim

Onya Caity xx

$54

Anonymous

Prada you <3

$54

Haibin Zheng

Well done Rish, thanks for doing this for our kids!

$54

Joanna Cooper

$54

Derheta Wagenaar

$54

Edward Mackenzie

Go Cait! Ed xx

$54

Vinny And Jayne

What a great cause Sim

$54

Kirsty Bortolin

Go you good thing

$54

Felicity Gould

$54

Anonymous

Hip Hip(po) Horay for WaterAid!!!

$54

Peter Murphy

$54

Cindy Kozel

$54

Samantha Phelps

Let's go Jacqui!!!

$54

Lesley Ryall

$54

David Zropf

Well done Bridie! Go for it!

$54

Peter Murphy

$54

Peter Murphy

$54

Denham Melder

I will pay more if run and don't walk :)

$54

Peter Murphy

$54

Julie Mouka

$54

Anonymous

$54

Ash Hamer

$54

Bridie Fennessy

Go you good thing. Looking forward to seeing you flipping a flipper again very soon. 🦈

$54

Anonymous

Good on you, Ahlam!

$54

Kimjan Achilles

$54

Anonymous

$54

Mary Cox

So good, enjoy it and well done 😊

$54

Alberto Vela

Go, go, go Charisse!!

$54

Liz Cosham

Lets GO!!!!!!!

$54

Nadine Kadi

Well done Ahlam 🙌🏼

$54

Tas Khanam

$54

David Johnston

Walk strong you wonderful woman

$54

Emilya Umashankar

$54

Anonymous

If you get to $2k I want to see you in an inflatable hippo ballerina suit.

$54

Anonymous

If you get to $2k I want to see you in an inflatable hippo ballerina suit.

$54

Anonymous

If you get to $2k I want to see you in the inflatable hippo ballerina suit

$53

Anonymous

$53

Anonymous

$53

Anonymous

$53

Leisa

$53

Alice S

Well done Grace and team - happy walking this week!

$53

Anonymous

Sweaty

$53

Anonymous

$50

Jess

Go Lozzlepops!!

$50

Statewide Air And Noise

Good luck with your walk Charisse

$50

Rob

Woo! Go Team!

$50

Rob

Woo! Go Team!

$50

Rob

Woo! Go Team!

$50

Rob

Woo! Go Team!

$50

Shah Choudhury

$50

Anna Cummins

$50

Nicole Karidis

$50

Robert Fittock

$50

Anonymous

$50

Rob

Woo! Go Team!

$50

Rob

Woo! Go Team!

$50

Anonymous

All the best Marcus

$50

Marc Warshall

Good luck, Tony.

$50

Tony Citera

$50

Sally Crook

$50

Shahadat Khan

Abbu, proud of this great idea. Abbu

$50

Anwara Happy

Dear Rish, I appreciate your delightful initiative 🎉♥️. It is of course a well deserved approach👏👏👏. Thank you, Anwara

$50

Rish Khan

$50

Badia Naoufal

Gooooooo Ahlam 🩷

$50

Jody Altmann

$50

Priyanka Kaur

$50

Marz Raul.

$47

Sarah Vogels

Go Cat !!

$33

Ashley Crook

You got this!

$33

Chi Thurlow

Thank you Harold for raising awareness for such a great cause!!

$33

Katrina Theophanous

Great cause

$33

Ajit Shiwakoti

$33

Anonymous

$33

Ellen Vitis

All the best Paisley, im sure youll reach both your goals. Ellen

$33

Anonymous

$32

Ervina

$32

Poppy

Good luck Chloe :))

$30

Jenny Crook

You go Sal!!

$30

Jenny Klingler

Good on you Cait.

$30

Rishiram

Thank you Agit ji for your great contribution and initiation

$29

Niamh Fitzpatrick

$28

Emily Moss

You go girl!

$28

Joseph Tran

$28

Jerzy Zywicki

$28

Anne

Go Sal!

$28

Sarah D

Goodluck Sal!

$28

Denham Melder

$28

Denham Melder

$28

Nicole

Smash it, Sal!! Xxxx

$28

Liz Gordon

Nothing watered down about this effort 💙💙💙💙

$28

Lily Zahiri

$28

Tony Wise

$28

Chloe Webb

Keep on walking!

$28

Paul Golsworthy

Let's go Jaws!

$28

Paul Golsworthy

$28

Paul Golsworthy

$28

Paul Golsworthy

$28

Amber Pyke

$28

Paul Golsworthy

$28

Paul Golsworthy

$28

Tony Wise

$28

Paul Golsworthy

$28

Paul Golsworthy

$28

Anonymous

$28

Sarah Webb

Go kick water!

$28

Ken

Let's go team!!!

$28

Emily Chim

$28

Davi De Leon

$28

Meg O'brien

$28

Jacqui Phelps

$28

Alex Forsyth

$28

Skye

$28

James Box

$28

Rhiannon Matthews

Walk, run, ride Paul!

$28

Rhiannon Matthews

Keep hustling Steph!

$27

Bridget Lansell

Go Chloe!

$26

Nicole

Go Yola :)

$25

Robert Mladenis

$25

Robert Mladenis

$25

Anonymous

Good luck with the walk hishanee

$25

Shantanu Bendre

$25

Nichola Tranter

$25

Alison Miller

$25

Adrianna And Mathew

$25

Anonymous

$23

Anonymous

Great to be funding a hippo parade as part of Walk for Water!

$23

Li Guanhui

$23

Jodi Tran

Let’s goooo Harold! 🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️

$23

Chi & Jo

Full support and blessings!

$23

Anonymous

If you get to $2k I want to see you in an inflatable hippo ballerina suit.

$23

Catia Cardamone

Go chlo xx

$23

Naresh Singh

$23

Raju Subedi

$23

Anonymous

$23

Tony Wise

$23

Anonymous

$23

Bee Kum Ong

$23

Tony Wise

$23

Anonymous

$23

Cindy

$23

Ange Clark

Go Cat!! 🏃🏻‍♀️

$23

Leslie Timm

Go Cat!!!

$23

Daniel Hanratty

We’re right behind you Hannie 😜

$23

Sarah Furnell

Go Marta!

$23

Mary Kipouridis

Good luck Cait! An amazing effort and great cause.

$22

Lydia Eastwell

$21

Anish Sedhai

Happy to donate for a cause

$20

Marta Malchevski

$20

Meep Moop

Woohooo

$20

Mark Edwardson

Hippo suit here you come!

$20

Ajanta Kadam

Go for it Ervina

$20

Theary Yorn

Good on ya Ervina!

$20

Suzana Mouneimne

$20

Mohita Sahni

Love ya, Sal! Be sure to carb load at the end 🍔

$20

Lily R

$20

Umesh B C

Thank you Ajit for suggesting me to make a small contribution to the WaterAid Australia Overseas Aid Fund. I really appreciate your thoughtful encouragement.

$20

Jill Jonkers

Go Hannah

$20

Henry Ridgway

Better get walking butt face. These dollars don’t walk themselves 🤑💸💰

$20

Anonymous

$20

Fineberg Migration Services

Well done Daniel!

$20

Samantha Doumtses

$17

Patricia Vaz

$15

Helen

This is a great cause

$12

Anonymous

If you get to $2k I want to see you in the inflatable hippo ballerina suit)

$12

Sophy Chia

Good job!

$12

Shirley Hon

$12

Hippidy Hippo

$12

F G

Happy to support!

$12

Amy Yang

Go Jacqui!!!

$12

Fiona Tran

$12

Anonymous

$12

Lisian Teh

$12

Anonymous

$12

Eliza Fazackerley

Thanks for the sweet treat Grace (for a good cause)!

$12

Michelle Dyason

$12

Hayley Hirkins

$12

Tuaha Shakir

$11

Henry

Go Kamalesh! Best of luck mate :)

$11

Abi Sia

$10

Asoka Jayaratne

$10

Henry Nguyen

Hard to resist a cookie for a good cause!

$10

Robert Fittock

$7

Ollie

Good work mum 👍🏻🤩

$6

Anonymous

$6

Helen Roberts-ferguson

Can’t resist your baking, grace!

$6

Sameer Sreenivas

Good luck!

$5

Elvis Yow

$5

Josh

Go mum! I'll walk too!

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Our Team Members

Keith McCarthy

Dilshan Perera

Ankita Batra

Ryan George

Keerthana Muhunthan

Alex Forsyth

Raised so far:

$28

Tuaha Shakir

Raised so far:

$12

Gerry Lukman

David Wong

Raised so far:

$53

Adam Anthony

Raised so far:

$79

Ravinder Nautiyal

Raised so far:

$25

Ab Haseeb

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$25

Flora Huang

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$25

Rish Khan

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$910

Ornella Onofrio

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$25

Alex Tu

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Raaga Laasya Kondamudi

Liran Podolsky

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Tony Citera

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Marta Malchevski

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$226

Anna Cummins

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Ahlam El Halabi

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Erika Ashton

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Michael Coulthard

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$25

Sandy Hung

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Simon Eastwell

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Caillan Smith

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Zinab Al-Khaleefa

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Tristan Rennick

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Sutejo Tan

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Ervina Shin

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Jerzy Zywicki

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Lauren Marc

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Laura Barstow

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Kimjan Achilles

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Shervi Susanto

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Henry Nguyen

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Rebecca King

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Amber Moore

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aaron taing

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Vaibhav Kotnala

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Jess Staaf

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Lynsey Bates

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Evan Grosvenor

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Cindy Kozel

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Jimmy Strack

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Marcus Bleechmore

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Nichola Tranter

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Kate Ashley-Griffiths

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Youri Casselein

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Christine Ng

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Sandeep Tomar

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Ken Singh

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Josee Picard

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Ben Martial

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Larriana Morgan

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Nick Sund

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Christina Kalathas

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Rachael Errington

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Daniel Verberne

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Rebecca Rees

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Divyansh Sharma

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Antoinette Servos

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Hannah Wilson

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Chloe Merbis

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$399

Daniel Jarin

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Matt Mullens

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$25

Hannah Hanratty

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$68

Turan Kilderry

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$25

Shantanu Bendre

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$50

Eliza Negus

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Themba Pasi

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Waqas Muhammad

Simon Willis

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Boden Hurst

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Jocelyn Jaocb

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Amber Pyke

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$53

Nancy Rawat

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Gary Griffin

Sarah Marsh

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Caitlin Petersen

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Dylan Clough

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$100

Jacqui Phelps

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Daniel Fonseca

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Paisley Wight

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Adrianna Beharry

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Kenneth Liu

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Leo Lazarus

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Zoe Larkin

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Nicole Kolze

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Ash Hamer

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Diwakar Pokharel

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Virginia Cairns

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Natalie Foeng

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Tess Ellett

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chris farrow

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Sona Parashar

Chung Li

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Ryan Jamieson

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Lara Eastwell

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Harold Yow

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christie margin

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Lisa Ehrenfried

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Brenda

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Yuanchao Cheng

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Michelle Lowry

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Keedan Rigney

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Nancy ZHAO

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Ewa Chlipala

Ann Phan

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Cat Nicolas

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Arthur Chim

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$105

Carlina Doumtses

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Yunal Kumar

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Alex Tarulli

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leisa brough

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Ajit Shiwakoti

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Julie Bright

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Suniti Ruparelia

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Jesika Hayes

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Laura Mahoney

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Ava Cole

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Jason Lim

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Nura Y

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Nina Braid

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William Baker

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Andre Dana

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Shankar Ganesh

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Neelesh Joshi

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Jacqui Patterson

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Felix Edwards

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$25

Cynthia Wong

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Patricia Vaz

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Matthew Read

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$25

Aurora Villanueva

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Thessa Barut

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Skye Handley

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$53

Paris Pollock

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$53

Fergus McKittrick

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$25

Felicity Gould

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$102

Davi de Leon

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$53

Cait Doyle

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$25

Nicole Bradley

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$25

Lydia Eastwell

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$47

Daniela Mazzini

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$25

Niamh Fitzpatrick

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$54

John Ryan

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$25

Nikko Chan

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$25

Nova Irawati

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$25

Meg O'Brien

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$53

Emily Chim

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$107

Jen Sweatman

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$25

Kristen Knight

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$131

Jarrad Legg

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$25

Chris Ennab

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$138

Eliza Fazackerley

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$25

Alison Miller

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$50

Penny Reid

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$25

cameron preston

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$25

Stephanie Salinas

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$1,527

JOANNA MIDDLETON

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$53

Steph Low

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$25

Adam Smith

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$25

Jess Brooks

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$25

venkat kandregula

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$25

Mathew Clements

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$25

James Box

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$53

Monique Galloway

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$25

Sally Crook

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$350

Ryan Chaffey

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$25

Corali Duncan

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$78

Alice Yuen

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$25

Shilpi Jain

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$25

Robert Fittock

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$553

Michelle Dyason

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$79

Cait Mackenzie

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$857

Leanne McKinley

Raised so far:

$25

Julia Boyle

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$25

Paul Golsworthy

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$53

Charisse

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$129

Luke Curran

Raised so far:

$25

Nicole Freiberg

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$25

Veronica Imbuido

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$131

Bridie Fennessy

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$1,629

Georgia Brown

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$100

Grace Rose-Miller

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$610

Ugyen Choden

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$25

Ry Parrott

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$25

Alice Greenhill

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$75

Joanna Cooper

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$79

Priya Elangovan

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$54

Fiona Byrne

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$25

Natalia Quinn

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$75

Rhiannon Matthews

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$53

Mary Ioannidis

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$25

Helen Roberts-Ferguson

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$25

Trevin Nimaladasa

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$25