In February 2009 the Australian state of Victoria was devastated by a series of bush fires that claimed the lives of 173 people and left many more injured and thousands homeless. A single firestorm on February 7th claimed 120 of those lives and led to the day being named Black Saturday.
Below: The road to Kinglake after the Black Saturday bushfires.
 One of the worst affected areas was the town of Kinglake, and it is here that kinesiologists and senior ICPKP students at Kinesiology Connection, Rebecca McAuley and Tina Binding, have been playing their part to ease the suffering of survivors and help them return to normality.
They have been working with Rhonda McGiveney of the Kinglake Health and Wellbeing Centre to provide kinesiology balances and distribute GNLD Vitality dietary supplement packs to the hundreds of people who have been coming to the centre. Rebecca says,
"The phone never stops and people are coming in and out all the time. [Rhonda] runs the centre 7 days a week and people come at all times of day and night for treatments and often to sit in her hydrotherapy spa or just in the garden with a cup of tea and have a chat. The stress levels are high and people are desperate for anything to help them with this."
Rebecca and Tina are seeing immediate results with the people they are working with:
"I did a kinesiology session on a 6 year old boy, he lost his best friend in the fires, 4 other young friends and 5 adults he knew. He also lost his school and his grandparents lost their home. Since the fires he doesnt want to go to bed, cant sleep and is angry all the time. By the end of the session, he was feeling much better and didnt want to leave.
"I am hearing great reports from people that they are certainly noticing the difference with the GNLD Vitality packs. Some people noticing more energy, general sense of improvement in wellbeing, improvements with bowel movements etc."
Dr Bruce and Joan Dewe and the staff of ICPKP are very proud of Tina and Rebecca's selfless work among the people of Kinglake and hope it will set an example for other PKP Students and Practitioners to follow in years to come.
Below: Rhonda McGiveney (left) and Rebecca McAuley at the Kinglake Health and Wellbeing Centre
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