Love Mercy

Read all about the brains and the beauty of this girl... We can't wait to have you back in Sydney Cassi! Q & A – Cassi Jenkins 1.     How did you get involved with Love Mercy? Africa has always held a special place in my heart. I can’t explain why, it just has. In 2010, I was part of the first Love Mercy Foundation (LMF) observation trip to Uganda. A team of ten of us travelled to Lira to identify the most pressing needs of the community. It was on this trip that we began discussing the construction of the Kristina Health Centre. Since that time, I have always been an LMF supporter and have volunteered in whatever capacity I am needed. In late 2013, Caitlin took maternity leave and I had just started a new part-time job. I offered to help LMF while she was away and have just stayed on! 2.     When did you decide you wanted to pursue a career in charity work? Since I was 16 years old, it has been my dream to be a human rights...

Continuing with our Mother's Day theme, Caitlin Barrett shares her experiences with us when it comes to balancing motherhood, study, and directing the operations of Love Mercy full time. 1. How did you get involved with Love Mercy and for how long have you been CEO? I was the CEO from the day we started Love Mercy. Only now after 6 years have I started using the title and feel comfortable with it. It still makes me giggle… Eloise and I met in 2008 and both shared an interest in Uganda. I had been volunteering for Invisible Children, a U.S based organisation working to help rescue child soldiers. When I met Eloise, she told me she had a dear friend who was a child soldier himself. Later that year I met Julius and instantly knew that I needed to be involved in Eloise’s vision. She wanted to establish a formal way to help Julius in his dream to bring restoration to his home village of Awake. We met with a few other close friends and family members and formed...

In the lead up to Mother's Day this week, we wanted to showcase our very own super-mum Eloise Wellings. Eloise is a professional athlete. She juggles training, is a mother to an energetic toddler, and still finds the time to inspire the vision and passion behind Love Mercy. Today we get a sneak peak into her daily life, and how she manages to pack it all in! 1. Tell us what goes into a typical training day for an Olympic runner. My alarm goes off at 5.25am and I'll get up and do some stretching and have a coffee. I'm normally out the door for training at 6am. Depending on what is scheduled for that day, I will run anywhere between 7km and 24km in the morning and then usually a second run in the evening and a gym session somewhere in between. Generally I run anywhere from 15-27km per day and spend about 4 hours in the gym per week. I try and use my home gym whilst Indi, my 2 year old daughter is asleep in the middle of the day. I usually crash out at ab...