Helping ACT

Mohammed Ali, founder of food relief charity Helping ACT, has been awarded an OAM in the King’s Birthday Honours this year, in recognition of his charity’s tireless efforts to ensure that “nobody sleeps hungry” in Canberra.

Since founding HelpingACT in 2018, Mr Ali and the charity’s volunteers have supported vulnerable Canberrans through food hampers, school breakfast programs, community meals and emergency support.

“Hunger has no belief, and poverty has no religion, so we cannot discriminate on the basis of colour or race when it comes to the basic need of food,” Mr Ali said.

Read more: canberradaily.com.au/mohammed-ali-oam-helpingact-founder-honoured-as-need-rises

HelpingACT JuneroCity
Annual Fund Raising Dinner 2026
6pm 16 June 2026
Taj Agra, Belconnen
Tickets sold out -sorry!

Sumptuous dinner at the reknowned Taj Agra Indian restaurant in Belconnen. Patrons will also be taken through HelpingACT's activities and achievements throughout the year and a chance to contribute to HelpingACT's ongoing efforts to help those in need throughout the ACT and beyond.

Donations to HelpingACT $2 and above are tax deductible.

HelpingACT was established in 2018 with the objective of providing benevolent support and relief without fear or favour to members of our community who are suffering from poverty, sickness, distress, destitution, misfortune, disability, or helplessness.

To learn more about HelpingACT visit www.helpingact.org
The HelpingACT Impact Report 2025-26 is available at
www.helpingact.org/about-us