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ACA gets a Domestic Blitz makeover

A Current Affair helps out five kids whose parents died of cancer, by renovating a new home.

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aca logoA Current Affair gets all Domestic Blitz-y on Monday and Tuesday as it delves into a home renovation rescue.

The Hanna family was first introduced to viewers in May when parents Shartha and Jamal were both in the final stages of terminal cancer. Their dying wish was for their children to have a house of their own.

They died six days apart, leaving behind five orphans whose plight has touched the lives of people right across the country.

ACA launched an appeal which raised $600,000,  used to purchase a house for the children:  aged 5 – 18.

Local tradespeople and suppliers contributed a further $400,000 of products and labour towards the home.

The house in Wakeley, in Sydney’s south-west still needed a lot of work, which presumably comprises the two episodes.

Not sure if there are any shonky tradesmen involved….

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  2. T-Mac what are you on about!!!! the hanna’s were a very respected arabic/assyrian family and i happened to be at their funeral…. the suggestion that you just made is just horrid!!! had you have been there and saw the traumatic faces of these kids then you may have changed your mind!!! by the way they are buried at pinegrove which is located in minchinbury nsw sydney!!!

  3. Nine’s publicity department are at it again.
    SOme of the promos for this have the catchcry –
    Must see , TV event of the year.
    Flaming heck, how many times can Nine use same line…and how many TV events of the year do they have..

  4. I believe Leonie and Jason from homeMADE are in this – they are designing the new house. No doubt it’s going to look amazing. But on a serious note, there are thousands of kids in places like Africa who don’t have a mum or dad, or siblings, or an education or food or clean drinking water. How come we don’t see ACA or TT doing anything about that?

  7. Having watching this story, ACA is doing a good job. I read somewhere that ACA did put some money for the kids so they can have a good life. It is nice to have a story that that grab you instead something involving violence.

  8. Of course if Seven had done this rather than Nine it would be praised as a heart-warming and inspiring example of good corporate citizenship. Obviously they’re going for ratings, but if some orphaned kids are benefiting then it’s a bit ungenerous to criticise ACA for doing it. At least it’s more constructive and positive than the stuff the commercial current affairs shows spend most of their time doing.

    (But I can’t help but be reminded of the Frontline ep where they sent up Angry Anderson’s 24-hour challenge specials. Everything old is new again, apparently.)

  11. Had the kids been involved in a scandal then ACA would have opened their chequebook, instead they ask for handouts from their dwindling audience.

    Nine always claimed they were “still the one”, more like a steaming pile of number two.

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