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Page Last Updated:
Wed, 22 August 2007
Articles
The following are various articles and items in the press
about JEF from the past few years. If you have come across
any articles that we haven't included here or have information
on anything we have missed, we would love to hear from you.
Please let us know the publication, date and preferrably the
name and author of the piece. In fact, if you can drop off
a copy of the publication at Rozelle, that would be even better.
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page for contact and location details.
| Article/Documentary |
Publication |
Date |
| Farm tours for Sydney girls |
Deniliquin Pastoral Times |
Fri, 3 Aug 2007 |
| Opinion: Team Effort |
Deniliquin Pastoral Times |
Fri, 3 Aug 2007 |
| Christmas in July |
Deniliquin Pastoral Times |
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 |
| Thousands celebrate Christmas in July |
Deniliquin Pastoral Times |
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 |
| Couple's quick response pays off |
The Glebe |
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 |
| Everyday Saviours/Miracle Workers |
Wentworth Courier |
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 |
| Helping Themselves |
Australian Good Taste |
Dec 2004 |
| Community Spirit |
Qantas: The Australian Way |
Jan 2004 |
| Streetwise Santa/Cooking for 450
every night |
The Inner City Courier |
Mon, 22 Dec 2003 |
| Award for Hero of the Homeless |
Wentworth Courier |
Wed, 3 Dec 2003 |
| Five-star feed sets the homeless
on a new course |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 |
| The
Rising: From Soup Kitchen to Top of the Town |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 |
| Callan Park home for the Faithful |
Village Voice |
July 2003 |
| Jeff Helps the Homeless |
Woman's Day |
Mon, 3 Feb 2003 |
| The Great Divide |
The Australian Women's Weekly |
Dec 2002 |
| A Good Deed in a Naughty World |
Sunday Life (The Sun-Herald Magazine) |
Sun, 21 July 2002 |
| Just
Enough Faith |
Compass on ABC (Transcript) |
Sun, 2 Sept 2001 |
| Just
Enough Faith |
Money on Ch 9 (Fact Sheet) |
Wed, 22 Aug 2001 |
| Heroes:
Jeff Gambin |
A Current Affair on Ch 9 |
Fri, 17 Aug 2001 |
| Everyday Heroes |
Reader's Digest |
Sept 2000 |
| Planting Seeds of Hope Far from
the Mean Streets |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Mon, 21 Feb 2000 |
| Couple
Hits the Streets to Help Homeless |
7:30 Report on ABC (Transcript) |
Thur, 24 Feb 2000 |
| Nourishing hope for those who have
little |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Thur, 20 Jan 2000 |
| The
Feature Story: Turning Lives Around |
Sydney University Alumni News |
Early 2000 |
| Homeless Economics |
Good Weekend Magazine (SMH) |
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| Award for Faith in the Homeless |
Wentworth Courier |
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| Worthy Praise for Unsung Hero |
Wentworth Courier |
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| A
Simple Act (Towards bottom of page) |
World Environmental Protection Institute |
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A short video of Jeff speaking about JEFF:
(Mpeg: 3,754 KB)
An audio snippet where Jeff talks about how it all began and
the ways in which JEFF helps the homeless.
(Mp3 Audio: 2,353 KB)
Here are some snippets from some of the above articles (in
no particular order):
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...ON A CHILLY AUTUMN NIGHT a
big white van turns into a driveway beside Cook and
Phillip Park near Sydney's CBD. Within seconds of pulling
up, the first of up to 500 homeless people queues for
a feed. It's a miracle that's carried out every night
of the year, thanks to the vision and dedication of
Jeff Gambin and his volunteers...
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...Not only do Gambin and wife Alina
feed the homeless, they also assist in arranging housing and
drug councelling, and securing education and employment opportunities.
Just Enough Faith relies on donations and Gambin's private
assets, which he has been selling off over the past nine years...
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here for full article
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...The
former businessman and restaurateur cooks the food,
ensuring it's tasty and nourishing. He's inspired
many, from famous footballers to author Bryce Courtenay,
to help out at his food van near the city's St Mary's
Cathedral...
..."I love
it", he shrugs. "Who else gets to have a
dinner party with friends every night? We feed people
from age three to 90, including professors, doctors,
lawyers... We have some very lively discussions!"...
...The Mercedes
and other luxuries have long gone and Jeff's poured
$4.5 million into caring for Sydney's needy. "I'll
still give what I can," he says, "although
it's starting to hurt."...
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here for full article
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...Last January, Gambin received a Compaq Community Stars
Award, jointly sponsored by the National Trust, Sydney
Opera House and Compaq. The resulting publicity led the
trustee of a ten-hectare farm in Sydney's outskirts to
ask Gambin if he could use it. Since then, Gambin has
been working at the farm alongside the homeless, planting
fruit trees and vegetables as well as building accommodation.
His dream is that one day his project - called Just Enough
Faith - will be self-sufficient, and that the homeless
will feed the homeless...
Click here for full article
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...He is a man of boundless enthusiasm and ambition. He
says he is going to make this work ... Mr Gambin is not
motivated by any religious fervour, and is not attached
to any church, but started feeding and helping the homeless
after an offer of help to him from a homeless man when
he was down on his luck...
Click here for full article
...He and his wife scan the papers for job advertisements,
they get their protégés clean clothes, they
pick them up and take them for the interview - Mr Gambin
goes in first, explaining their situation, vouching for
them and pleading they be given a go. They buy them a
fortnightly train pass to make sure they get to work in
the first two weeks...
Click here for full article
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...A
recent study based on the 1996 census found more than
one hundred thousand people in Australia without a regular
place to stay, for a range of reasons which defy some
of the easy stereotypes. As you'll see people have come
upon a series of crises in their lives which have sent
them on a bewildering downward spiral towards the streets...
...Ironically as the economy
flourishes in the cities, poorer people are being priced
out. Increased rents, and tougher welfare tests all
contribute to the growing number of people who find
themselves homeless...
...A lot of people have a misconception
as soon as they see the word faith. They believe or
tend to believe, oh this is another religious group.
We have no affiliation at all with any religious group,
political or otherwise...
...I like to think that I am
a spiritual person, not a religious person. If you ask
me if I believe in a god, I'll have to say yes. It's
just a feeling from within...
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