News and Stories

  EON has been successfully delivering our Thriving Communities Program to 3 schools/communities in the Mid-West region of WA since 2019. ATCO’s generous support will enable the 5-year Thriving Communities Program to continue to completion at Meekatharra, Mount Magnet and Yalgoo so that students living in these communities can continue to receive the vital health, […]

Meet the awesome edible garden team at the remote Kimberley community of Yiyili in this radio interview! Our wonderful WA Operations Manager, Erika, sets the scene. And then you can listen to Gooniyan man Shorty Cox talking about how “The high school kids come out, we teach them as well as show them how to irrigate,

EON’s wonderful Project Managers deliver regular Healthy Eating classes to the kids in community – and ‘healthy eating’ for ‘healthy hearts’ was the key message during Heart Week 2022. There was lots of discussion on good fats and bad fats – and of course how to combine ‘good fats’ with lots of healthy veggies from

Meet our awesome volunteers Christie & Lewis! We appreciate them every week – but especially during National Volunteers Week! Christie and Lewis were part of a team of 4 students from Curtin University who worked with EON last year as part of a uni project. ‘Off their own bat’ they contacted us again this year, offering

Reflecting back on Dietitians Week (21-27 March), we are reminded of how much we value the work of nutrition specialists. We’d like to give a special shout-out to Lucie, one of our valued Project Managers & a qualified dietitian. Lucie delivers our Thriving Communities program at MacFarlane School in Katherine & at the remote school

 EON’s Executive Chair and Founder, Caroline de Mori, recently shared the story of EON’s beginnings for the ‘West Aussie Greats’ segment on Perth’s 6PR radio station. Caroline’s earlier career took her to remote parts of WA where she witnessed first-hand the nutritional poverty experienced by so many Aboriginal children, and learnt about the ongoing impacts this

Unwanted insects and other small pests are a challenge to all veggie gardeners, but our fearless Project Managers working in remote regions face some bigger marauders in the EON gardens- with occasional visits from kangaroos, emus, buffalo and cattle to contend with! Developing skills to manage these visitors are generally gained ‘on-the-job’, but sometimes we’re

We’re thrilled to share that Marble Bar Primary School has been nominated as one of six Western Australian primary school finalists for the 2021 Governor’s School STEM Awards- what an amazing achievement! The awards recognise and celebrate Western Australian primary and secondary schools that demonstrate excellence in leadership, advocacy, engagement and achievements in science, technology,

EON Foundation has appointed Ms Rokiyah Bin Swani to its Board of Directors. Named a ‘2021 Rising Star’ by the Australian magazine ‘The Educator’, Ms Bin Swani is currently the Indigenous Scholarship Programme Coordinator at Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC) Perth. Ms Bin Swani is a Bard woman, from the Lombadina community. With her experience as

EON Foundation is pleased to welcome Mr Jonathan Taylor and Mr Roger Martin to its Board of Directors. Mr Taylor, currently a Director in KPMG’s advisory practice in the Northern Territory, is a development economist with 20 years’ management consulting experience. His work spans the health, ageing and human services sectors, with an emphasis on