doTERRA Healing Hands: Empowering Australian Communities Through Compassion and Essential Oils

doTERRA Healing Hands: Empowering Australian Communities Through Compassion and Essential Oils

Donna Smith

At the heart of doTERRA’s mission lies a profound commitment to humanitarian efforts. The doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation Australia and New Zealand (AUNZ) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering communities, improving health and wellness, and making a tangible impact through essential oil philanthropy. This foundation focuses on alleviating poverty, enhancing quality of life, and ensuring basic human rights across Australia and New Zealand.

What is the doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation AUNZ?

The doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation AUNZ is registered with the Australian Charities and Non-Profit Commission as a Public Benevolent Institution (PBI) with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status. This means all donations over $2 are eligible for tax-deductible receipts in Australia. The foundation collaborates with various charity partners to support causes and initiatives that create sustainable change and uplift communities in need.

Current Australian Projects and Supported Charities

1. Friends with Dignity

Friends with Dignity is a national not-for-profit organisation that provides practical programs to assist survivors of domestic violence in collaboration with refuge and crisis centres. Through support from the doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation AUNZ, Friends with Dignity has awarded over 50 scholarships, impacting families across Australia. These scholarships help individuals and families move forward and achieve their goals after experiencing domestic violence.

2. Dismantle

By joining forces with the Perth-based charity Dismantle, the foundation mentors and supports vulnerable youth. Dismantle's programs are designed to engage at-risk young people, helping them develop practical skills and build confidence. This partnership aims to guide youth towards positive pathways by understanding their aspirations and providing the necessary support to achieve them.

3. Children's Ground

In collaboration with Children's Ground, the doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation AUNZ supports First Nations communities. This partnership focuses on creating long-term, community-led solutions that ensure children and families have access to quality education, health services, and cultural development opportunities.

4. Women's Refuge Shielded Site Program

The doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation AUNZ has been supporting Women's Refuge to expand their Shielded Site Program, a tool for victims of abuse to seek help without fear of an abusive partner discovering it. The foundation has helped enhance and grow the reach of Shielded Site to more than 600 websites across New Zealand.

How Can You Support doTERRA Healing Hands AUNZ?

1. Purchase Charitable doTERRA Products

2. Donate Directly

As a Public Benevolent Institution with Deductible Gift Recipient status, all donations over $2 are tax-deductible in Australia. Your contributions directly support initiatives that empower communities and create sustainable change.

3. Participate in the Match Program

The foundation's Match Program empowers Wellness Advocates by supporting their philanthropic efforts within the community. By participating, you can develop and implement service projects, with the foundation matching the funds you raise, amplifying the impact of your efforts.

Watch the Impact of doTERRA Healing Hands

For a deeper insight into how doTERRA Healing Hands is transforming lives, watch this inspiring video:

The Power of Essential Oils for Good

doTERRA is more than just essential oils—it’s a movement towards healing, empowerment, and sustainable change. doTERRA Corporate pay all expenses relating to the running of the Foundation and the production of Hope and Rose Hand Lotion.  Essential Oils Queensland also does not make a profit or keep any portion from sales of Hope and Rose Hand Lotion.  Consequently, you can be sure that 100% of your purchase price or donation goes to the Charities and Programs supported by the Healing Hands Foundation.   

Whether you contribute by purchasing a charitable product or making a direct donation, you are playing a role in transforming lives across Australia and New Zealand.

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