Chappell brothers form 'The Chappell Foundation' as a relief for homeless Australians

Former Australian cricketers, Ian, Trevor and Greg Chappell have decided to do some good to humanity as they opened a new foundation for the homeless Australians. The ‘trio’ who are also brothers, have named the foundation as the Chappell foundation. The beautiful initiative will provide the deprived youths of the nation with food and shelter which will somewhat decrease the number of homeless people living on the roads of Australia.

The Chappell brothers joined hands with some other dignitaries of the country which include Dennis Lillee, Alyssa Healy and tennis star Patrick Rafter to form the organisation. Former Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard has also been included among the honorary patrons.]

Greg Chappell mentioned that he was shocked to see the number of people who slept in a garden in East Melbourne and that is what triggered him to take up this initiative. Chappell came across the poor state of these homeless Australians during his time in East Melbourne.

The reason behind the formation:

“I’ve always had in the back of my mind that there’s a lot to be done here. While it’s great to support charities overseas … there’s a lot of good causes here in Australia. What really brought (the issue of homelessness) home to me was when I was living in Melbourne. Living in East Melbourne, just over the road from where we lived was Fitzroy Gardens, I used to go over into the Gardens at 6.30 every morning and do some exercise. I was staggered at the number of people who slept in there.” Said Chappell speaking to cricket.com.au.

“There’s a couple of electricity booster stations in the Gardens and they would sleep around them because there was a bit of warmth coming off those buildings.That got me thinking about homeless people, particularly young people. When I looked at the research, it was something like of the 100,000 people who sleep rough every night, 40 per cent of them are under 25.” added the former India coach.

Greg Chappell mentioned that this kind of a situation in the country of Australia cannot be left alone. He said that if the foundation can bring a little portion of the homeless people on the right track it will of great benefit to the nation.

“I thought, in a country like ours, that’s unacceptable. And there’s a whole raft of stuff that emanates from that. A lot of the people who are in this situation, they’re on various spectrums and they’re quite intelligent people, and if somehow we could help point one, two, a dozen or a hundred of them in the right direction, that would be worthwhile,” he added.