Causes & Fundraising
The work I love most.
Helping the people, organisations, and projects I believe in find the support they need.
A Long Quiet Habit
A long thread of small, consequential efforts.
Over many years, I've supported fundraising projects across Australasia, raising approximately USD $50,000 across multiple causes. Most have been small grassroots scale where one phone call changes a person's circumstances.
I served as treasurer on the board of Tara Institute, an FPMT Buddhist centre in Melbourne, for two years.
I'm also known for connecting people where money isn't involved — quietly making introductions, extending help, and watching it be reciprocated. Not everything that needs supporting is supported by money.
And the Ones Who Can't Ask
“There are far-flung monasteries and nunneries, deep in the mountains, that may not even have internet access. They are, in many ways, the organisations I would most love to help promote — alongside the nuns whose handicrafts sustain their communities. Thrangu Tara Abbey, with the incenses made by the nuns there, is one example. There are many others. If you know of one, I'd love to hear about it.”
Current Campaigns
Projects of different sizes.
The 21 Taras Thangka.
A 50 foot (15m) hand-painted thangka of the 21 Taras by Swiss artist Peter Iseli, commissioned by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and currently held at Tara Institute in Melbourne. A long-held wish is to help honour Lama Zopa Rinpoche's vision by bringing this remarkable work to audiences worldwide. If you can help this wish in any way, I or Tara Institute would love to hear from you.
Visit the campaign site →Translator Ngödrup Tsering Burkhar.
Supporting Ngödrup, a Tibetan translator, story teller and cultural bridge, whose touch brings the Buddhist view into real life that allow them to drive home further. Translation is foundational, often invisible work; the people who do it deserve direct support. “We stand firmly against sxeual abuse”.
Tergar Mandala's various projects.
Tergar Mandala is the worldwide community founded by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Its various projects — including the rebuilding of Tergar Oseling Monastery in Kathmandu, schools, clinics, and retreat centres — are an ongoing focus.
Helping single mothers.
A long-standing personal commitment, a tradition carried on from my mother. Sometimes the best fundraising is structural — supporting the people who in turn support others.
A Note on Tergar Oseling
“In May 2026, I travelled with my parents to Kathmandu for the grand opening of the rebuilt Tergar Oseling Monastery. The original monastery collapsed in the 2018 Nepal earthquakes, and the global Tergar community has been planning, fundraising, and building a new and better one — with schools, clinics, and a retreat centre — ever since.”
It is one of the projects I am most quietly proud to have supported.