A lifetime of compassion
Joyce Bruce’s support for World Vision Australia began in 1979. For almost 40 years, she contributed to six community projects and sponsored 12 children. When she passed away in 2017, she left a generous gift to World Vision in her Will that continues to provide children and communities with clean water, education, healthcare and protection.
Throughout her life, Joyce gave back to her family, her community through her work as a speech pathologist, and the wider world through her generosity. She gained many academic and professional accolades as the co-founder of Speech Pathology Australia and was the recipient of an Order of Australia medal in 2003, but Joyce’s patients remember her most for her compassion.
One of her former patients, Shane, spoke of her “lifelong tireless and loving service to speech-impaired children … [whose] labour of love has changed the course of our lives.”
Joyce’s bequest to World Vision will continue her work to transform the lives of children around the world.