W HAT WE DO CHILD SAFETY SUPPORT 465,000 children’s books 10,000 safety education packs
PHYSICAL + EMOTIONAL WELLBEING
INDIVIDUALISED SUPPORT
70 Intergenerational programs
1,100 support hours
2,800 aged care and young child participants
One-on-one and focus groups
My survivor story began when I was 12 months old, my birth mum held me in a bath of boiling water. My injuries were so severe I died a few times on my way to hospital in the fixed wing aircraft, and was brought back to life. Once I arrived at the hospital and my injuries were assessed, I needed some of my toes and fingers amputated, as they were so badly burnt. To this day I’ve had 100+ operations from skin grafts to skin releases. Living as a burns survivor hasn’t been easy. There’s been bullying, judgement and the stares just to name a few. The thing that makes me annoyed most is when people just see me as a burns victim. I don’t want them to feel bad for me, I am on this earth for a reason and live my life to the fullest. Without sounding corny, if I didn’t sustain these injuries I wouldn’t have been able to be a mentor and been able to find the KIDS Foundation.
something we wanted to achieve, and she would try and help us make it happen. I believe everyone had their wish granted but I was waiting until my partner of 5 years, Bec, and I moved and got our own place. My wish was for a miniature dachshund and on January 30, I got my wish, we picked up our puppy, Ollie. The KIDS Foundation, through the Carol Mayer Trust, bought Ollie for us. He is so, so cute and we love him so much, he’s so cheeky and gives the best puppy kisses and cuddles.
The Foundation to me is more of a family than a foundation, we all know what the other members have been through and are one strong united family. One evening at a camp we all designed a vision board and Susie asked us to write down something we wished for or
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Kel, Bec & Ollie
