The HSP Research Foundation Inc www.hspersunite.org.au was created in 2005 to facilitate and fund research towards a cure for HSP (hereditary spastic paraplegia) an inherited, degenerative disease affecting mainly the legs, causing muscle weakness, spasticity and severely impairing walking. The Foundation is an incorporated, registered Australian charity, the community hub for people with HSP in Australia, providing support and education and promoting public awareness.
With first hand experience volunteering in Cambodia the founding trustees set up HOPE to give the underprivileged children and young adults in Cambodia a chance to have a childhood and/or permanently improve their lives. HOPE intends to seek and support existing programs in Cambodia assisting young people with their education and social development where there is a need for further funding to expand either the variety of their activities (eg. provision of English classes or computer classes) or increase the number of young people they can support, where we strongly believe it will make a permanent difference/improvement to the young people in the programs, and where we can monitor the progress and results of the program. For further information please see www.hopeforcambodia.org.uk