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Author: Margaret Louey

I am a GSK Pulse volunteer for 2017 and will be working with Save the Children in Melbourne, Australia. I am working on organizational-level process improvements to enable the Australian Programs staff members to provide programs and services to the most vulnerable individuals, families and communities throughout Australia.

Ending and New Beginnings

February 4, 2018 Margaret Louey

“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and

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Stolen Generations

December 13, 2017 Margaret Louey

Between 1910 – 1970, over 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were forcibly removed from their families by the Australian government. These children are

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Pump Hard and Fast

November 30, 2017 Margaret Louey

Typically 10% of people who suffer from cardiac arrests outside a hospital will survive.  The survival rate is improved to 35% if a bystander witnesses the event,

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Yes!

November 16, 2017 Margaret Louey

The moment of 10am on November 15th in 2017 will be permanently etched into my mind for the rest of my life.  That was the

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See Yup Temple

October 26, 2017 Margaret Louey

There have been many times when I wished my knowledge in Chinese traditions matched my physical appearance.  However, truth is that I grew up in

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Eat ’em Alive

September 30, 2017 Margaret Louey

It’s been a huge day for Tiger supporters. We’ve finally won the premiership after a 37 year hiatus.  I managed to obtain a grand final

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Play group, Bush Medicine and Aunty Joy

September 24, 2017 Margaret Louey

Last week, I visited two Save the Children offices in South Australia.  Most of the week was spent at the state office in Adelaide, but

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Go Tiges!

September 7, 2017 Margaret Louey

I have been a Richmond (Tigers) fan ever since I was a little kid. I was brain-washed by my older cousins after the 1974 premiership. 

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Hook Turns

September 4, 2017 Margaret Louey

Nearly all interstate and international visitors driving in Melbourne central business district (CBD) are completely bewildered by and utterly fearful of performing a hook turn,

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What is a Plebiscite?

August 10, 2017 Margaret Louey

Same-sex marriage is legal in the following countries: Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Spain, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Iceland, Argentina, Denmark, Uruguay, New Zealand, France, Brazil,

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First Impressions

July 23, 2017 Margaret Louey

It’s been an intense first week on my PULSE assignment. I started in the Australian Programs department of Save the Children Australia (SCA)* on Monday. 

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Homecoming Rituals and Jetlagged Ramblings

July 13, 2017 Margaret Louey

There are so many places that I’ve called “home”; the most significant ones include: Warrnambool (where I was born and lived for the first 17

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Before the Beginning

June 10, 2017 Margaret Louey

“Each beginning is the end of a waiting. We are each given exactly one chance to be.  Each of us is both impossible and inevitable. 

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