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Philip Wollen
Born 1950 (age 73–74)
Nationality Australian Known for Australian philanthropist, Animal rights activist Spouse Trix Wollen Website Winsome Constance Kindness Trust
Australian of the Year (Victoria) – 2007
Philip Wollen OAM (born 1950) is an Australian philanthropist , environmentalist and animal rights activist . He is a former Vice-President of Citibank and was also General Manager at Citicorp. Wollen is a vegan and funds projects that protect children, animals and the environment.[1] [2] At the age of 34, the Australian Business Magazine named him in the "Brightest and Best" top 40 headhunted executives in Australia.[1] In 2005 he received the Medal of the Order of Australia [3] and in 2007 he won the Australian of the Year (Victoria) award.[3] [4]
Wollen went to school at the Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore . He delivered the General Thimayya Memorial Lecture at Bangalore, India in 2008. He lives with his wife Trix in Melbourne , Victoria .
Winsome Constance Kindness
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Wollen's main project, Winsome Constance Kindness, is a global initiative whose mission statement is "to promote kindness towards all other living beings and enshrine it as a recognisable trait in the Australian character and culture."[5] The initiative emphasises ethics , compassion and co-operation , and opposes cruelty to humans and non-human animals. In 2020 it had initiatives in 40 countries.[6]
Wollen awards the annual Kindness Gold Medal and $20,000 cash prize to people who have devoted their lives in the service of others. Past recipients include Sir David Attenborough , UK; Dame Jane Goodall , UK; Smt Maneka Gandhi , India; Captain Paul Watson , USA; Dr Professor Andrew Linzey , UK; Dr Jill Robinson , China; Dr Christine Townend , Australia; Professor T. Colin Campbell , USA; Captain Peter Hammarstedt , Sweden; Sri Pradeep Nath , India; Christopher DeRose , USA; Damien Mander , Zimbabwe; Dr Chinny Krishna , India, Dr Sailesh Rao, USA; Dr Neal Barnard USA.[7]
Kindness House
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"Kindness House," an "incubator" for growing NGOs, provides free use of heavily-subsidized serviced office facilities to activist groups. It is located in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy .[8]
References
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^ a b "Philip Wollen's profile on the Wheeler Centre" . Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2012 .
^ "National Australia Day Council" . Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2007 .
^ Winsome Constance Kindness Trust homepage
^ "About Us - Winsome Constance Kindness" . www.kindnesstrust.com . Retrieved 17 March 2023 .
^ "Winsome Constance Kindness Australia - Winsome Constance Kindness" . www.kindnesstrust.com . Retrieved 17 March 2023 .
^ "Kindness House Campus - Winsome Constance Kindness" . www.kindnesstrust.com . Retrieved 25 September 2019 .
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Wollen&oldid=1185347971 "
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