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A volunteer wearing a Paalam T-shirt walking arm in arm with an older man using a walking stick

Bridging Humanity Through Compassion

Paalam - The Bridge to Humanity (PBH) is built by volunteer health professionals and like-minded individuals, carrying compassionate palliative care, awareness and dignity to the people the system reaches last.

  • ACNC Registered Charity
  • Donations $2+ tax deductible in Australia
Our vision
Our vision

A world where everyone living with a life-limiting illness has access to compassionate, culturally sensitive palliative care - regardless of geography, culture, background or belief.

Our mission

Where we focus

Everything PBH does sits within one of these four areas - chosen because they are where the gaps are widest, and where a small, skilled volunteer team can achieve measurable change.

Palliative care - Australia

Palliative care in Australia

CALD education, awareness, advance care planning and access to services.

Palliative care - International

Palliative care beyond Australia

Sri Lanka, regional India and other developing countries - infrastructure, training and service development.

Stem cell registration - Australia

Stem cell registration

Building awareness and encouraging CALD communities to register as potential stem cell donors.

Emerging First Nations & youth - Australia

Reaching further at home

Extending our work to First Nations communities in genuine partnership, and building health literacy among young people.

See our work in detail

Flagship project · Sri Lanka

ARAVANAI

A Place of Care, Comfort and Dignity

The much-awaited End-of-Life Care Unit at Base Hospital Tellipalai, Jaffna

More than a ward, ARAVANAI is a promise of dignity, comfort and care - and the beginning of a wider movement to transform palliative care services across the region.

ARAVANAI means "embrace" in Tamil - an embrace of care for patients and their families at one of life's most difficult moments.

Guests, staff and PBH representatives at the opening of the ARAVANAI End-of-Life Care Unit, Base Hospital Tellipalai, Jaffna
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