Entrepreneur. Winemaker. Philanthropist.
Builder of schools.

IT DIDN'T GO
TO PLAN.

the story

From PAIN TO PURPOSE.

before 

Before the accident, Richie was already building. Businesses, adventures, a life without limits.

Richie Harkham is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-owner of Energy Alliance, The Australian College of Physical Education, and Harkham Wines.

The Moment

A near-fatal accident. a first-in-world knee transplant from a teenage donor
That moment changed everything.
 

AFTER

A four-year recovery. A complete rebuild. The founding of Hark Angels.
A charity now twelve schools deep into a mission to build one hundred, already changing the lives of over 2,000 children in developing nations.
 
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After the seventh failed operation, they suggested amputation. He refused. What followed changed everything.

From The Story

The practice that began in recovery. The foundation on which everything else was built on.

A Foundation Born from Gratitude

THE RECOVERY

Yoga found Richie during four years of chronic pain and recovery. What began as a way to hold things together became the foundation everything else was built on. ABC Compass dedicated a national feature to exploring why

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Today Richie takes everything he's lived through onto stages around the world, not just to inspire, but to give audiences a framework for what comes next.

LIFE AFTER

What came after everything changed

THE OTHER SIDE

what it became.

The Mission
Richie with a student at one of the twelve Hark Angels schools. Every school is named by the community it belongs to.
Schools Built
Outside one of nine schools built across Myanmar. 2,000+ children now supported through education.
The Communities
Community-owned. Designed, named and run by the people who live there. Built to last. Built to belong.
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Schools Built
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Children Supported
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School Mission Goal