OUR WHY At JLF the ‘why’ was never solely about money – it was about doing some good. Helping people to improve their lives is proudly at the core of our ‘why’ and where better to start than our future generations. When Sydney clinical psychologists Ron and Suwanti Farmer received a late-night phone call from a young John Fitzgerald back in 1987 they didn’t realise how life changing it would be – not only for them, but for more than 1500 teenage boys in the decades to come.
As Ron recounts ‘this young bloke called and said he had a fair bit of money and wanted to help street kids. I thought he’s either crazy or he’s a very wise, but I don’t which’. That phone call was followed by a pivotal meeting on the Gold Coast which sent the trio on their more than 30-year ‘spiritual journey’ together. “John said to me, ‘I would like you to be my navigator and make this dream a reality’,” Suwanti said. And with that, the dream became something of which all three are still incredibly 35
