Since March 2020 WA has been in a state of isolation from the rest of the country and world with our state borders sealed off. Now, as government officially opens the state border on March 3, the highly contagious Omicron variant is bringing it down from within and presenting new challenges.
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The wonderful Royal Australasian College of Surgeons raised funds for Earbus Foundation at their WA Surgeons Ball. Through auctions of some amazing items and donations made on the night, the WA Surgeons Ball has made an important difference to the work of Earbus across our state.
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We have welcomed new and returning staff – two in Kalgoorlie where Earbus has been working hard to reduce the incidence of middle ear infection in the community.
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Our office and Perth clinic is now based in the City of Vincent, having previously resided in the City of Perth, and we were delighted to recently welcome Vincent Deputy-Mayor Sue Gontaszewski and provide her a tour.
The Deputy Mayor said she was “very happy to welcome Earbus to Vincent alongside the many community, social and health services that call the City home”.
Commonwealth Minister for Government Services and Senator for Western Australia, Linda Reynolds, visited Lockridge Primary School recently to see Earbus in action.
Minister Reynolds said she was "delighted to visit one of the seven Earbus clinical services and meet the team delivering important ear screening and treatment services to thousands of Aboriginal and at-risk children across WA".
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On 10 December our new Kwinana clinic - that will deliver vital ear checks and health care to children in the community - opened at the Institute of Indigenous Wellbeing & Sports Offices.
Earbus Foundation Patron, Professor Harvey Coates AO, marked the opening of the Earbus Kwinana Clinic by leading an ENT and audiology clinic.
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The McCusker Charitable Foundation once again made a generous annual contribution to the work of Earbus Foundation, and we would like to thank them for their ongoing support
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Donna Faragher MLC, Member for the East Metropolitan region and Shadow Minister for Community Services; Early Childhood Learning; Youth; Seniors and Ageing, was very interested in an opinion piece by our CEO Paul Higginbotham which appeared in The West Australian recently and visited Earbus Foundation headquarters to find out more about our work.
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It is a real honour for the work of Earbus Foundation to be acknowledged as a winner in the Outstanding Achievement category of The Australian Charity Awards 2021, which was announced on 28 October.
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Hello! My name is James Mapaye. I was born in the Philippines and spent most of my childhood there. My family migrated to Western Australia in 2012 to follow my dad who was working here from three years prior. I came across Earbus while looking for volunteer work in 2019 and since then I have been supporting the Northbridge staff with any admin work they need help with.
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AngloGold Ashanti, our longest running sponsor, has generously committed to sponsoring a special Goldfields visit to Kalgoorlie Boulder Community High School. The visit from our Clinical Team in October will assess Clontarf Academy enrollees similar to the work we have done with the SE Clontarf Academy in Esperance since 2015.
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After 3 years in our Northbridge offices our original lease is due to expire in mid-December, so Earbus Foundation has secured new premises in central Perth. Our transition will take place between now and mid-November as we move staff, equipment and our Audiology clinic into the new home.
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