by Preshni Pillay | May 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Did you know gifts pledged in wills, account for 25% of all charity revenue? For Karuna, the gifts we receive in wills help us to provide specialised, home-based palliative care to patients and families through our clinical and spiritual care, service navigation, as...
by Preshni Pillay | May 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
This week we proudly celebrate National Palliative Care Week. When Karuna was founded in 1992 by Venerable Pende Hawter, he had a vision to offer the local community a specialist palliative care service based on Buddhist principles.Over the years Karuna has evolved...
by Preshni Pillay | May 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Today (9 May) is the start of Saka Dawa, the most important month in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar. Concluding on 6 June, this is known as the month of merits, where all actions of body, speech and mind are multiplied hundreds of thousands of times. 🫶...
by Preshni Pillay | May 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Spiritual wellbeing has been a pillar of Karuna’s care since its conception in 1992. Venerable Pende Hawter’s vision was to provide community palliative care at home at no cost, to help alleviate the fear and suffering that comes with dying. When spiritual care is...
by Preshni Pillay | Apr 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Quilting Queens Handmade are back this Saturday for their 2024 Mother’s Day Stall! They have a range of beautiful items which they hand crafted including quilts, table décor, bags of all sizes, hand towels and much more. Every dollar spent on the Quilting Queen’s...
by Preshni Pillay | Apr 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
On Saturday, a group of Karuna staff and their families visited Chenrezig Institute in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Chenrezig is one of the oldest Tibetan Buddhist Centres in the west and the first in Australia. Since its foundation in 1974, it has grown into a...
