Foreign Minister Penny Wong lays flowers at ACC&C Humanitarian Aid Monument
03 Apr 2024 - by
Foreign Minister Penny Wong visited the International Humanitarian Aid Moment at the ACC&C today to lay a wreath in memorial of Australian aid worker, Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom, who was killed in a Gaza air strike, along with six of her colleagues.
Minister Wong was joined by Marc Purcell, CEO of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), as well as staff from ACFID and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
The International Humanitarian Aid Monument was erected in the Bible Garden in 2013 to recognise Australian volunteers for overseas aid organisations, particularly those who have lost their lives. An inscription on the monument reads:
IN HONOUR AND MEMORY OFALL DECEASED AUSTRALIANSAND MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIANAID ORGANISATIONS WHOSERVED IN INTERNATIONALHUMANITARIAN AID WORK
