The difference we've made so far

For the people helped by these projects, the small gains in economic well-being have made a huge difference to their experience of life. See how the collective power of many individuals making tiny contributions across the globe has left a positive footprint in these communities.

Childhood Blindness Prevention, Bangladesh

Bangladesh | The Fred Hollows Foundation
Improve the delivery of and access to childhood blindness services at the Dhaka National Institute of Ophthalmology and Jamalpur District Hospital including 400 sight-saving surgeries and 3,000 pairs of children's spectacles.
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100% completed

Indigenous childhood anaemia, Northern Territory

Australia | The Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows “Sprinkles” program addresses the serious issue of early childhood anaemia by providing an easy to use dietary supplement that will significantly improve the health outcomes of Indigenous children.
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100% completed

Community food gardens, KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Oxfam Australia
Creating solutions to hunger, HIV and poverty for people in the rural district of uMkhanyakude in KwaZulu-Natal through community veggie gardens. Quality nutrition can reduce HIV-related illness and AIDS-related deaths, and is vital for breaking the poverty cycle.
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100% completed

Improving water & sanitation, Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste | WaterAid Australia
Delivery of safe water, sanitation and hygiene for approx 160 people in one village in Manufahi District including construction of gravity feed water facilities, construction of latrines and hygiene education.
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100% completed

Maternal & child health, Mentawai Islands

Indonesia | SurfAid
Support 9 communities in South Pagai, Mentawai Islands, to establish vegetable gardens to increase their nutritional status, especially for children under five and pregnant women.
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100% completed

Healthy mothers and babies, Cambodia

Cambodia | CARE Australia
CARE will work with local partners and community health workers in Koh Kong and Mondulkiri provinces to deliver a range of low cost, community based and sustainable strategies to improve reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health.
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100% completed

Women's safe home, Pune

India | Sangam World Centre
This project improves the the lives of women and children who have been found living on the streets of Pune, India through maintaining the Safe Home they live in with a new coat of paint and purchase of essential hygiene supplies.
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100% completed

Safe drinking water, Sayaboury

Lao PDR | Save The Children Australia
This project funds construction of new 53 water wells in 8 villages in Sayaboury District where the old wells were damaged through flooding and now unusable. Also, reparation of the water system and pipe replacement in Namone village.
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100% completed

Protecting Nicaragua’s sea turtles through community development

Nicaragua | SEE Turtles
This project supports community-based sea turtle conservation by hiring residents to patrol nesting beaches, improving egg hatcheries, and supporting the development of local ecotourism in 6 small rural villages along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua in the municipality of San Juan del Sur.
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100% completed

Protecting children in Vanuatu

Vanuatu | Save The Children Australia
The project will train 150 teachers in 10 communities on child rights and protection to prevent violence against children in the Efate and Santo provinces of Vanuatu.
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100% completed

Improving water access in Kilifi District schools, Kenya

Kenya | Plan Australia
This project will enhance the health and quality of life of 6,000 students in 16 underserved schools in Kilifi through improved access to safe and sustainably managed water supplies.
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100% completed

Water Facility Rehabilitation, Nias

Indonesia | SurfAid
Assessment, evaluation and repair of damaged water facilities together with coordinated activities to deliver training in repair and maintenance and community ownership of the resources.
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100% completed

HIV prevention & education, Hanoi

Viet Nam | CARE Australia
Training courses for health workers to improve health care access and enforce legal protections, supply educational materials and support hospital based services for people living with HIV/Aids in 8 hospitals in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Quang Ninh and Thanh Hoah districts.
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100% completed

Integrated water, sanitation and hygiene, Liquica

Timor-Leste | WaterAid Australia
To enhance the health and quality of life of poor remote rural people living in a village in Liquica District, through the provision of access to improved water and sanitation and by improving related hygiene practices.
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100% completed

Food security through organic farming

Philippines | Plan Australia
By converting to organic farming techniques, families are reducing expenses, increasing crop yields and income and starting to break the cycle of poverty. Includes training, the provision of farming equipment, seeds and small livestock.
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100% completed

Teacher Training Program, Solu Khumbu

Nepal | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training 380 school teachers in the Sotang region of Nepal to help improve the education of over 11,500 students in over 260 schools.
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100% completed

Amazon Community Schools

Ecuador | Planeterra Foundation
This project will improve the education facilities and learning environment for 68 children through the construction of a new classroom in Teniete Hugo Ortiz Community School and refurbishment of a roof in Felipe Moscoso Community School.
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100% completed

Marine rescue project, East Arnhem Land Northern Australia

Australia | World Expeditions
Restoring sea country with Yolngu Aboriginal rangers in East Arnhem Land by removing and cataloging debris, the by-product of South East Asia’s fishing industry.
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100% completed

Women's small business enterprises

Sri Lanka | Oxfam Australia
The project will focus on women’s economic empowerment to support approximately 80 poor women to collectively implement small business enterprises.
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100% completed

Establish village goat banks, Saysathan district

Lao PDR | CARE Australia
Reduce rural poverty by creating sustainable incomes from a 'goat bank'
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100% completed

Integrated water, sanitation & education, Liquica

Timor-Leste | WaterAid Australia
To improve the health and quality of life among rural poor communities in 1 village in Liquica District in Timor-Leste through integrated water, sanitation and hygiene education activities, and to advocate for increased quality and quantity output of the whole rural Water and Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector.
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100% completed

Outreach Microsurgical Eye Camp, Sindhu

Nepal | The Fred Hollows Foundation
This project will fund an Outreach Microsurgical Eye Camp where patients living in remote areas of Sindhu district, Nepal will have access to screening and surgical procedures, plus support for the Sindhu Community Eye Centre.
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100% completed

Key Teacher Training Program (2009), Himalaya

Nepal | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training a group of 40 key teachers to be teacher trainers to improve the education of more than 12,000 kids in over 130 schools in the Solu Khumbu Himalayan region of Nepal.
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100% completed

Timorese youth engagement & leadership program

Timor-Leste | Plan Australia
Plan’s Youth Engagement project aims to enable youth in the Lautem and Aileu districts to realise their full potential through participatory activities which build life skills, leadership, capacity and knowledge.
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100% completed

Solar lighting for Jatoli village, Kumaon Himalaya

India | People's Environmental Awareness - Khati
PEAK aims to bring affordable, safe, healthy, efficient and environmentally responsible solar/LED home lighting systems to the village of Jatoli and the hamlets of Dhoor & Libhurghur who are without access to electricity.
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100% completed

Indigenous youth health program, Kununurra

Australia | Save The Children Australia
Informal mentoring and training activities for young Indigenous people aged 10-18 in Kununurra and surrounding communities that focuses on increasing young people’s motivation and ability to make positive life choices, through a range of activities in order to improve long-term health outcomes.
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100% completed

Outreach Microsurgical Eye Camp, Dhading

Nepal | The Fred Hollows Foundation
This project will provide funding for basic eye care services in rural and remote areas of Nepal, including day to day services and an Outreach Microsurgical Eye Clinic (OMEC) where hundreds of patients will have access to screening and surgical procedures.
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100% completed

Build a primary school, Tial village

Cambodia | Oxfam Australia
Build a concrete-wooden school with 3 rooms and a teachers house to improve education for 90 families in this remote farming village, Stung Treng Province.
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100% completed

Teacher Training Program, Solu Khumbu

Nepal | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training a group of 290 teachers that will help to improve the education of over 11,500 students in over 65 schools in the Khumbu region of Nepal in 2009/10.
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100% completed

Train 260 community eye health workers, Eastern Cape

South Africa | The Fred Hollows Foundation
Developing sustainable local capacity to strengthen blindness prevention work in the Eastern Cape of South Africa by training 12 ophthalmic nurses, 30 professional nurses and 210 community health workers
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100% completed

Improve Food Security Among Poorest Families, Chadiza

Zambia | Plan Australia
To help 180 of the poorest families improve their livelihoods and get through the yearly ‘hungry season’ through training/mentoring in new farming methods, provision of seeds, livestock and equipment.
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100% completed

Distribute food to vulnerable families

Zimbabwe | Plan Australia
This project aims to save lives through a feeding program for vulnerable people such as children who are at risk due to the severe lack of food in Zimbabwe
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100% completed

Indigenous youth health program, East Kimberley

Australia | Save The Children Australia
Running educational workshops & mentoring for indigenous kids 12-19 years to improve self esteem and increase long term positive health outcomes in Kunnunurra, East Kimberly region.
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100% completed

Suspension bridge project, Po Nowan Village

Lao PDR | World Expeditions
Construction of an affordable and effective bridge to improve access to highland farmland & secure food sources, also allowing trekkers to visit the village and create eco-tourism income.
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100% completed

Teacher training and quality education program

Nepal | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training about 190 Nepalis as teachers, greatly improving teaching and education standards, that in turn increase opportunities for more than 4,000 children about 70 schools, and also providing specific mentoring, education quality, and resource assistance to those schools.
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100% completed

Build a Primary School, Pha Ao village

Cambodia | Oxfam Australia
Build a concrete-wooden school with 3 rooms and a teachers house to improve education for 102 families in this remote farming village, Stung Treng Province.
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100% completed

Water & sanitation provision, Liquica villages

Timor-Leste | WaterAid Australia
Improve the health and quality of life of women, men and children through provision of sustainable community-managed water and sanitation services and support change through hygiene education.
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100% completed

Medical supplies for remote villages, Vietnam

Viet Nam | Buffalo Tours
Medical supplies including antibiotics, antibacterials, respiratory, diarrhoea and pain relief drugs + vitamins for 1000 people in Hang Kia and Bao La villages
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100% completed

Drought & farming program, Eastern Highlands

Papua New Guinea | CARE Australia
Teach 8000 highlanders how to culture drought resistant crops, increase food security and improve nutrition.
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100% completed

Safe home program for girls, Rajbari (2009)

Bangladesh | Save The Children Australia
One year's safe accommodation, educational assistance and protection from abuse for girl children of sex workers.
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100% completed

Teacher livelihoods program, Siem Reap

Cambodia | The PEPY Ride
Teachers in rural government schools make below a living wage, leading them to have low rates of attendance. The Teacher Livelihoods program supplements monthly salaries with rice and food support in exchange for high attendance.
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100% completed

Mini Market and Bus Shelter

Timor-Leste | CARE Australia
Develop rural transportation and market infrastructure to encourage entrepreneurship and link rural communities with essential services in two sub-districts of Bobonaro.
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100% completed

Repair the Balang Village School, Siem Reap

Cambodia | World Expeditions
Repairs, painting and minor construction work to improve the learning environment for 90 students, plus a teacher's salary for one year.
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100% completed

Repair the Jambha Village School, Rajasthan

India | World Expeditions
Repairs, painting and minor construction work to improve the learning environment for 175 students
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100% completed

2008 Key Teacher Training Program, Himalaya

Nepal | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training a group of 45 Key teachers to be teacher trainers to improve and lengthening the education of more than 8,000 kids in 120 schools in the Solu Khumbu Himalayan Region.
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100% completed

Children’s Safe Home Program, Rajbari 2008

Bangladesh | Save The Children Australia
Safe accommodation, educational assistance and protection from abuse for girl children of sex workers.
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100% completed

Water and sanitation provision, Liquica villages

Timor-Leste | WaterAid Australia
Improve the health and quality of life of women, men and children in 67 households through provision of sustainable community-managed water and sanitation services and support change through hygiene education.
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100% completed

Key Teacher Training Program, Himalaya

Nepal | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training 30 Nepali “Key Teachers” to be teacher-trainers and mentors themselves to 300 teachers, to improve teaching and learning levels, improve retention rates and lengthen the education of more than 4,100 kids .
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100% completed

Indigenous Education program, Katherine

Australia | The Fred Hollows Foundation
Improve health outcomes by facilitating learning and literacy opportunities through music. The project will provide musical instruments/equipment for an after-hours music program for remote Indigenous youth.
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100% completed

Capture Fog Nets for drinking water, Tiactac village

Guatemala | Round Square
Building capture fog nets to generate a new clean drinking water supply for 300 people, Tiactac village, Western Highlands, Guatemala.
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100% completed

Teacher Training Program (Phase 3), Himalaya

Nepal | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training, refresher course, and supervising (throughout the year) of a group of approximately 300 teachers: to greatly improve teaching and learning levels and skills, improve retention rates, and lengthen the education of nearly 4,000 kids in about 70 schools.
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100% completed

Solar lighting for Khati village, Kumaon Himalaya

India | People's Environmental Awareness - Khati
Provide affordable, safe, healthy, efficient and environmentally responsible solar/LED home lighting systems to the 58 homes in Khati who are without access to electricity.
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100% completed

Orphan Care, KwaZulu-Natal province

South Africa | Oxfam Australia
Feeding orphans and other vulnerable people, and providing them with everyday care and sustainable food security.
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100% completed

School equipment, Xom Van Village Primary

Viet Nam | World Expeditions
To purchase chairs, desks and books as well as technology equipment for the recently renovated village primary school in the Mai Chau district.
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100% completed

School Sanitation Project, Biratnagar

Nepal | WaterAid Australia
Provide appropriate sanitation facilities for 1,339 students at Janapatha Secondary School and support hygiene education activities.
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100% completed

Teacher Training Program, Himalaya

Nepal | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training of a group of 160-180 teachers to greatly improve teaching and learning skills, boost retention rates, and expand the education of nearly 4,000 kids in 65 schools across the Solukhumbu Himalaya region, Nepal.
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100% completed

Provide two sign language interpreters for deaf students

Fiji | Fiji Association of the Deaf
Provide two sign language interpreters to work full time at the Gospel School High School in Suva, to allow students to complete schooling.
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100% completed

Repair a community primary school

Bhutan | Save The Children Australia
Rehabilitate a primary school in the Wangdiphodrang District, Bhutan.
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100% completed

Provide potable water & hygiene education, Khati School

India | People's Environmental Awareness - Khati
Improve the health status of school children in Khati, through the provision and use of safe drinking and hand washing water, and hygiene education.
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100% completed

Blindness prevention program

Viet Nam | The Fred Hollows Foundation
Setting up an eye care unit to train local doctors, providing examination and surgical equipment and subsidising 100 cataract surgeries in Tien Phuoc mountainous district.
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100% completed

Medicines for child stonebreakers, Siliguri

India | The Silk Route Project
Revisiting the two communities of stone-breakers from 2006 in Siliguri, the project will deliver basic first aid for one week and then purchase the communities a 12 month supply of basic medicines.
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100% completed

Orphan health checks, Pokhara

Nepal | Global Hands Charity
Eye and dental check-ups for 30 orphans at The Destitute Children’s Home (Pokhara, Nepal) plus purchase of a first-aid kit.
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100% completed

Educational Supplies for Kumaon village schools, Himalaya

India | People's Environmental Awareness - Khati
To provide stationary and educational resources to approx.105 Class 1-5 children and teachers in the Kumaon Himalayan villages of Khati and Jatoli.
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100% completed

School Aid to Wat Thmei Orphange, Cambodia

Cambodia | World Nomads
Provide desks, chairs and educational materials to approximately 50 HIV affected orphans in the Wat Thmei Orphange, Siem Reap.
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100% completed

Provide water & sanitation for a school, PNG

Papua New Guinea | WaterAid Australia
Improve the health status of children in a community school in the Daulu District PNG, through the provision and use of safe drinking and hand washing water, sanitation facilities and hygiene education.
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100% completed

Provide Water to Qelqanqa Village, Peru

Peru | World Expeditions
Provide clean drinking water to the remote Qelqanqa Village in Peru
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100% completed

Repair the Kiwanje Ndege Primary School, Kenya

Kenya | World Expeditions
Build desks, refurbish classrooms and install water tanks and guttering at Kiwanje Ndege Primary School in Kenya.
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100% completed

Key Teacher Training Program, Himalaya

Nepal | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training of 20 key teachers a year to become teacher trainers/mentors to greatly improve teaching, learning levels and retention rates in primary schools, Solukhumbu Region, Nepal.
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100% completed

Blindness prevention program, Cambodia

Cambodia | The Fred Hollows Foundation
Restore sight to 100 people who are needlessly blind in Cambodia, most of whom suffer from cataracts which can be easily cured.
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100% completed

Orphan Care, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Oxfam Australia
Provide educational support and care to 30 Orphans affected by HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
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100% completed

Educational supplies for Infant School, The Gambia

Gambia | Global Hands Charity
Provide box of educational books & stationery for 2-8 year olds in remote Primary School, Brikama Region, The Gambia
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100% completed

Medicines for Orphanages, Ukraine

Ukraine | The Silk Route Project
Delivering basic medicines to two Orphanages in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
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100% completed

Medicine for Child Stone-breakers, India

India | The Silk Route Project
Supplying basic, essential medicines to 3 communities of child stone-breakers in Siliguri, India.
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100% completed

Medicines for Orphanages, Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan | The Silk Route Project
Delivering basic medicines to three Orphanages in Kyrgyzstan.
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100% completed



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