AHEPA Youth have broken their own fundraising records, amassing more than $4,000 for Father Themis’ West African mission and the charity, Paradise 4 Kids.

“The generosity of all present must be commended,” AHEPA youth president John Papaemmanouil said after the event. “We all had a wonderful time and the presence of those present made the event a success.”

The sell out event saw 140 people gather to help the worthy cause. Father Themis couldn’t attend the Father’s Day event because of the growing Ebola outbreak, but appeared via video link.

Father Themis’ sister, Mary Adamopoulos, took her brother’s place after just returning from Sierra Leone herself. She spoke to the guests to give a first hand account of the desperate need of funds to supply quarantine services in Sierra Leone. The mission is also in desperate need of funds to provide prosthetics, developed by 3D printing technology, for amputees affected during the civil war of the 1990s, and to train teachers to improve the educational system, both priorities for humanitarian relief.

All the funds raised will go to assist the charity in its relief projects including getting supplies to the medical clinic, canteen and educational facilities the charity looks after.

To donate, visit paradise4kids.org/how-to-donate/how-to-donate-australia/