Bio-Distributorsis a family business run by Ric and Jo Easton from their property near Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia, since 1991, following their recognition of the growing appreciation for organic food in their part of Tasmania. Rick and Jo and their company have been loyal and most generous supporters of BODHI Australia since 2008. They use the bulk of their profits (over 80% in 2013-14) to support causes and organisations which share similar philosophies to theirs. Click here for a list of the organisations they currently support.
Below is a fairly complete list of other supporters, helpers and partners, since 1989 (over 330 people or organisations as of September 18, 2021). This list excludes current committee members. Names in green are of people we know or believe have died; we still value their memory. If anyone would like to unlisted or further anonymised, e.g. with state removed, please let us know. We understand some people prefer to be anonymous. The vast majority of the people listed below have given permission to be thanked in public. (But viewpoints can change; we understand.) If you find any errors or have any suggestions, please advise.
Claudia Peter Abbott, ACT Dick Adams, Tas Drs Julie Adamson and Greg Barnes, NSW Tahsinah Ahmed, Dhaka, Bangladesh Roshi Robert Aitken(advisor) obituary Shan Ali, NSW Jhana Allan, Vic Dr Sujata Allan and Aryadharma, NSW Maxine Allan, NSW Fiona Allison, Dee Alty, Tas Shelley Anderson, Netherlands (advisor) See Shelley's essay Engaged Buddhism Anonymous (several) Dr Hans Anten, Netherlands Dr Michael Aris, England, UK obituary ARYALOKA COMPUTER EDUCATION, Nagpur, India (current partner) link Australian Tibetan Society
BAHUJAN HITAY PUNE PROJECT Pune, India (current partner) link Neil Baker, Tas Dr Peter Balram, Qld Dr Pri Bandara and Ishan Galapathy, NSW Bangladesh Buddhist Fellowship, NSW Dr Chris Barker, NSW Louise Barnes, NSW Suresh Bauddha, Mainpuri, UP, India Dr Warren Bell, Canada John Bell, Tas Dr Scott Bell, Tas Prof Solomon Benatar, South Africa, Canada (advisor) See: "Poverty eradication: not as easy as some think" Bendigo Bank, especially Launceston branch, Tas Sumitra Bhat, Karnataka, India Ven Bhimal Bhikku, Kolkata, West Bengal, India Kim Birley, Tas Wendy Birley, Tas Dr Peter Black, Qld Dr Alison Bleaney, Tas Paula Boer, Alex Bond, WA Dr Jenni Bond, Tas Annie Brennan, Tas Dr Anna Brooks, Tas Dr Bob Brown, Tas (advisor) see: introduction to his autobiography "Optimism" Simon Brown, Tas (See BODHI Times 30) Prof Val Brown, NSW Bev Buckland, Tas Dr Rod Bucknell, Qld Drs Richard and Anne Burstall, NSW Kyles Burtland, NSW Peter Bushby, Tas David and Margaret Butler, NSW Prof Julie Byles, NSW
Guy Caldwell Camerons Accountants, Tas (esp Greg Harper) Ross Campbell, Tas Dr Magnolia Cardoza Prof Bill and Wendy Castleden, WA Charles Chadwick, Tas Ajoy Chakma, NSW Dr Bagadatta Chakma, Vic Dr Bibha Chakma, NSW Dipangkar Chakma, NSW Kabita Chakma, NSW (community advisor) Krishan Chakma, Arunachal Pradesh, India (former employee) Kirti Nishan Chakma, Moanoghar, Rangamati, Bangladesh Kulottam Chakma, NSW (community advisor) Mittra Chakma, NSW Dr Mrinal Chakma, Kolkata, West Bengal, India Nabarun Chakma, Vic Nalori Chakma, New Delhi, India (former employee) Padma Chakma, ACT Pramila Chakma, NSW Susanta Chakma, SNEHA, New Delhi, India (past partner) Taposi Chakma Dr Kate Charlesworth, NSW A.K. Chaudhary, Bihar, India Swami Chandrashekharananda, Ramakrishna Mission Michael Chevalier, England, UK Dr Dhires Chowdhury, Kolkata, West Bengal, India Kuan Chuang, USA Dr Geoffrey Cohn, NSW Dr Don and Julie Clark, Tas Drs Kym Collins and Richard Boughton, NSW Dr Moira Conley, Tas Dr Bruce and Kay Coppa, NSW Prof Joan Corbett, ACT Gary Corr, Tas Sir John Crofton, Scotland, UK obituary Jenni Crump, NSW James Cummings, SA Terry Culver, NSW Sister (Dr) Cyril, Loreto School, Kolkata, WB, Inda now back in Ireland link to the most wonderful video "In India, Sister Cyril Mooney Works to Changes Lives of the Poor" Dr Phyl Dance and Prof Colin Groves, ACT obituary Dr Peter Daniels, Qld Vens Tenzin Dao and Tenzin Yeshe, ACT Sister Mila de Gimeno, The Philippines(advisor) Prof Evelyn de Leeuw, Vic Emilia Della Torre, Tas Prof Elise de Vido, USA and Taiwan Amit Dewan Debashish Dewan, NSW Tally Dewan, NSW Malcolm Dick, Tas Bronwyn Dickinson, Tas Dr Miriam Dixson-Burge, NSW DOEGULING TIBETAN RESETTLEMENT HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (DTR), MUNDGOD, India (past partner) link Prof Bob and Rosemary Douglas, AO, ACT Drs Rennie and Ron D'Souza, NSW
Rick and Jo Easton, Tas (of Biodistributors, one of our advertisers) Patricia Earhart, NSW Dr Anthony Edwards, NSW Prof Mark and Dian Elvin, UK Michelle Engelsmann, Vic Environmental Health Association (NSW)
George Farley, Vic Dr Pam Fenerty, Tas Drs Tim Flanagan and Fiona Joske, Tas Virginia Ford Henry Foster, Tas Margot Foster, ABC Radio, Vic Litsa Fragos, SA Friends School, Tas Dr Bryan (AM) and Anne Furnass, ACT obituary
Arvin Gandhi, Vic Pam Gaulke, Vic Jenny Glass, NSW PROF MELVYN GOLDSTEIN USA (past partner) link DR HALLELOHIM GHONGLAH, Meghalaya, India (past partner) link Jenny Goldie, NSW Ken Goyne, Hoechst Ag, Tas Dr Stephen Graham, Vic Dr John and Jean Gray, Tas Julian Green, Tas Fred Groenier, Tas Dr Catherine Gross, ACT Dr Mark Groves and Di Rudman, NSW Prof John Guillebaud, England, UK (advisor) (link to article in BMJ)
Leslie Hall, Tas Drs Gill Hall and Dr Chris Kenna, NSW Prof John and Dr Alison Hamilton, NSW Dr Ivan Hanigan, ACT Prof Dave Harley, Qld Greg Harper, Tas Pende Hawter, Qld Prof Judith Healey, ACT Dr Diana Helmrich, NSW HELP IN SUFFERING Jaipur, India (past partner) Dr David Hennessy, CSIRO, Vic Dr Andrew & Maryanne Heslop, NSW Prof Nick Higginbotham, NSW Prof Glen Hill, NSW Wen Le Ho, NSW Dr Simon Holliday, NSW Dr Kathy Holloway, England, UK (helped with our original survey of Tibetan camps, 1990) Claudia Holoch, SA Prof Pierre and Dr Pam Horwitz, WA Sylvia Huang, ACT Jane Hudspeth, Tas Drs Sue & Ian Hunter, Tas
Kaye Jacobs, NSW Dr Sue Jacobs, NSW Jill Jameson, Vic Prof Maggie Jamieson, Scotland, UK Dr Anne Jaumees, NSW Sukey Johnson, Tas Chris Johnston, NSW Peter Jones, Tas Dr Suzanne Johanson, SA
Karunamati (Dr Jane Stephens), England, UK and Nepal (past partner) Dr Jane Kebble-Williams, Tas Dr Chris Kelman, NSW Dr B.C. Khanna, HP, India (see BODHI Times number 4 on mental health) Dr David Kardachi, NSW Pranjal Khisa, NSW Saikat Khisa, NSW Gill King, ACT Drs David King and Gillian Eastgate, Qld Dr Maurice King, U.K.(advisor) See Karuna Knights, Tas Tassia Kolesnikow, NSW Dr Sari Kovats, England, UK Prof Claudia Kuehni and Dr Andre Witschi, Switzerland
Joies Lam, NSW Prof John and Wendy Last, Canada John, a great epidemiologist and visionary for public health obituary Dr Brian and Diana Learoyd, NSW Myrtle Leedham, Campbell Town Tas Dr David Legge, Vic Dr Pam Leishman-Fenerty, Tas Dr Giovanni Leonardi, England, UK Dr Ian Lewis, Tas Simon Lloyd, Spain Dhammachari Lokamitra,India (advisor) Jack Lomax, Tas Dr Cait Lonie David Lucas, Vic Dr Larisha Lyndhem, West Bengal, India Prof Ray Lowenthal AO, Tas Prof Robyn Lucas, ACT
Prof Lenore Manderson, Vic Senator Dee Margetts, WA Tanya Mark, ACT Dr Michiel Marlet, Netherlands Sanu Marma, NSW Scottie Marshall, Tas Dr Jenny Martinico, Vic MARY WARD SOCIAL CENTRE (Loreto) Kolkata, India (previous partner) (link to barefoot teachers training programme) Melinda Mayne, SA Andrew and Fiona McGlyn, NSW Dr Gerry and Sally McGushin, Tas Dr Ken McConnell, Tas (featured in BODHI Times 30) link Dr Dougald and Carol McLean, Tas Douglad Quaker peace activists link to obituary Prof Daniel McMichael Prof Tony McMichael AO, ACT obituary Audrey Meltzer, Vic Eoin Meades, Qld Karla Meyer, NSW Elva and Jurgis Miksevicius, NSW Drs Helena Miksevicius and Jonathan King, NSW Robert Miller, Vic Laurence Mills, Qld Senator Christine Milne, Tas MOANOGHAR, Bangladesh (partner) link MONGOLIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (partner) Dr Damien Morgan, Tas (co-director about 1992) Dr John Morris, AO, MBE, Tas obituary Dr Pat Mowbray AM, NSW obituary Diane Mullin, NSW Dr Graeme Mulvey, Vic Tanu Murang, NSW My State Credit Union, especially Launceston branch, Tas
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ACT Dr Mark Newton (Siladasa), Vic Dr Ajay and Preeti Niranjane, ACT Dr Mark Noden, Tas Doug Nichols, Tas
Ina Obleis, Tas Drs Anna Olsen and Ashwin Swaminathan, ACT
Aswin Pereis, ACT Dr Elise Perry, Vic Thilo Pfennig, Germany Dr Warwick Pitt Margie Pledger, Vic Catherine Pleteshner, Vic Peg Putt, Tas
Dr Christopher Queen, USA(advisor)
Gaynor Ralph, Tas Carolyn Ralston (Nagasuri), NSW Prof P.K. Ramakrishnan, New Delhi, India Prof Shanti Raman (community advisor) and Dr John Napier, NSW Graeme Ranft and Angela Douglas, ACT Prof David Rapport, Canada(advisor) Dr Megan Rathbone, Tas Elizabeth Rawnsley, Vic David Reid, Taiwan Dr Quentin Reilly, Qld Joan Relke, NSW Luiz Ribeiro and Jeanne Chapman, ACT Drs Dan Rikleen and Kristen Lobo, India Dr Martin Rice, NSW Dr Tony Richardson, NSW Conrad Richter, Canada Prof Jan Ritchie, Qld Margaret and Bill Robertson, ACT Bob Roden, NSW Dr Gilles Rohan and Virginia Proust, ACT Dr Anne Roiko, Qld Dr Marty and Gail Rubin, USA Jacqueline Rutland, NSW
Dr A.K. Saha, Tas Prof Indira Samarawickrema and Dr Kamil Peiris, ACT Prof Geoffrey Samuel, NSW Dr John and Janet Sands, Tas Tony Scavone, Tas Prof Frank Schofield, Qld obituary Dr Greg Schwarz, Tas Crissi Schmidt, Qld Dr Alan and Maggie Scott, WA Biddy Searl, Tas Dr Sam-Ang Seubsman, Thailand Prof David and Clare Shearman, SA SHISHU KORUNA SANGHA, Kolkata India (previous partner) link Greg Shuttlewood, Tas Vijai Singhal, NSW Sulak Sivaraksa, Siam (advisor) see Prof Adrian Sleigh, ACT SNEHA, Delhi and Arunachal Pradesh, India (previous partner) link Dr Tuck Meng Soo, ACT Prof Colin Soskolne, Canada Jan and Emily Spanka, Tas Iven Spicer reading group, ACT The Happy Stitch 'n' Bitch Girls, Tas Dr Colin Syndall and Prof Jane Dixon, Vic
Giovanni Tagliaferi, SA Dr Peter and Wendy Tait, ACT Mittra Talukder, NSW Joya Tanchangya, NSW DR ARUNRAT TANGMUNKONGVORAKU, Thailand (previous partner) DR KO TAR, Myanmar (previous partner) Prof Alice Tay, NSW John Bigelow Taylor, USA Dr Roscoe Taylor, Tas TEACH, Kollegal, Karnataka India (previous partner) Deepak Thakur, New Delhi, India Most Ven Prof Lê Manh Thát, Vietnam Susan Thomas Dr Philip Thomson Baron "Heini" Thyssen-Bornemisza, Switzerland obituary TRAILOKYA BAUDDHA MAHASANGA SAHAYAKA GANA, Pune India (current partner) (link) Tzu Chi Australia, NSW
UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES (BANGLADESH) past partner link
Alex von Hildrebrand, formerly WHO (SEARO), India Drs Richard & Victoria von Witt, Tas
Prof Yoland Wadsworth, Vic Dr John Wakerman, NT Anthony Walsh, Qld Dr John Ward, NSW Dr Sue Wareham, OAM, ACT Brian and Gerry Warren, NSW Sygma Warren, NSW Donald Watson and Dr Rosemary Korda, ACT Senator John Watson, Tas Dr Bryan and Amy West, Qld (for many years, the company they founded (Fortress Learning) supported BODHI as an advertiser). Amy and Bryan have followed the work of BODHI since about 2001; they still do today (April 2021). Both originally school teachers, and with an interest in issues of development and social justice, they are keen for their own business and work to support BODHI's educational initiatives. Amy and Bryan, with their children Charlotte and Thomas, have featured periodically in BODHI Times over the years. Pamela Whitehead, NSW Dr John Wettenhall, Tas Pamela Whitehead, NSW Dr Annie Whybourne, NT Prof Malcolm Whyte AO, ACT Alison Wild, Tas Annie Willock and Bart Wisse, Tas Gina Woodhill and her yoga group, ACT Margaret Woodward, Tas (for designing our logo) Murray Wright, New Zealand
Youth Buddhist Society, Uttar Pradesh, India ( a previous partner)