Sifiso Dalmini is a Senior Peer Educator (Year 11) at Siqongweni Secondary School which is located near Pietermaritzburg. He is 20 years old. Sifiso is known in his school community for being a respectful, committed and hard working student.
Sifiso strongly believes that everyone has the power to change their own lives. He knows many young people around him who have many challenges to overcome in their lives, but he always encourages them to work through their problems and strive for a better future. Read More
August 9 is National Women’s Day in South Africa. On the 9th of August 1956 over 20,000 women of all walks of life in South Africa marched together to protest against the “pass” laws. Having a pass was the only way that African persons were allowed to enter areas reserved for white people only. Women who were protesting were at risk of arrest, detention and further sanctions on their freedom. Read More
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Counting down to 2015, what will it take to halve extreme poverty??
Be here next month, same time, same place, to grapple with the Millennium Development Goals on – the oaktree eXchange
Conversations in the last few weeks have spent little time focusing on Australia’s level of commitment to international aid and development. There has also been a lot of detail about nothing when it comes to a tangible timeline and our solid commitment to alleviate the impacts of climate change on the world’s poor.
Every minute 17 children die of preventable diseases, but it appears there have been more important issues in the minds of politicians. Read More
What are your thoughts on the Liberal Party’s call to create a Minister in charge of a Department for International Development? What will this mean for AusAid’s effectiveness, and more importantly, the world’s poor? Is a Minister enough, or will it take more to deliver outcomes for people in desperate need?
Paul Ronalds, former Deputy CEO of World Vision and Senior Adviser to the PM, will be right here online talking about exactly that on Tuesday August 17 from 4pm onwards. Jump onto The oaktree eXchange and have your say on aid effectiveness!
Image courtesy of the National Press Club
On Thursday afternoon at a debate with Foreign Minister Stephen Smith at the National Press Club, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Julie Bishop committed to appointing a Minister for International Development if elected.
We’ve been calling for this all year – it’s a massive win for the campaign. Read More
Have you heard anything from our political leaders about the world’s poorest people this election? We haven’t, and yet we know that the policies of our government can make an enormous difference in the fight to end global poverty.
In 20 years we’ve halved extreme poverty and our leaders have helped make this happen. This election, let’s ask our politicians the poverty question: “will you remember the world’s poorest people this election?”
The ten volunteers clambered on board with a few others and some massive bags of rice. Several were quite sceptical of our chances of success while skimming the rugged highlands in a machine comparable to a Barina –chances only worsened by one of the other passengers being on their mobile phone the entire trip. The view, however, was a great distraction. Particularly seeing the recently reopened school from the air as we circled to land in Yangis.
