About the H-ELP FoundationOur PeopleGoodwill AmbassadorsWhat We've Achieved

H-ELP is honoured to have goodwill ambassadors who care about the welfare of captive Asian elephants. They, like you, want to see a kinder world for elephants.

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Carmen Marton OLY

Carmen Marton OLY is Australia's first and only World Taekwondo Champion, winning the women's lightweight gold medal at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships and becoming the first female athlete to compete in ten consecutive world championships. A three time Olympian, she is an athlete ambassador for the Australian Olympic Committee.

Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser AC MBE OLY

Dawn Fraser AC MBE OLY is amongst the world's greatest swimmers of all time. She is one of only three swimmers to win the same event in three Olympic Games, the 100m freestyle in 1956, 1960 and 1964. She held 41 world records during her 15 year swimming career. In November 1999 she was awarded World Athlete of the Century at the World Sport Awards in Vienna and in the same year, Athlete of the Century by the Australia Sports Hall of Fame.

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Philippa McDonald

Philippa McDonald is a 30-year veteran of ABC News and one of the most respected and trusted faces in Australian journalism.
She has been the recipient of multiple awards including a team Walkley award for the ABC’s coverage of a major news event for the bushfires (2019 / 2020) and the United Nations Media Peace Prize for TV Current Affairs covering the plight of Myanmar’s refugees.