About
The Oaktree Foundation is an aid and development organisation run by young people under the age of 26. We’re young people working together to end global poverty.
We believe that education is the most powerful force we have to change the world. Oaktree takes action by partnering with developing communities to make educational opportunities reality. We do this by supporting educational projects in developing communities, as well as bringing young people together to campaign on issues of global poverty in the Australian context.
We support education projects in developing countries around the world. People of all ages donate, run events or get sponsored to help break the poverty cycle in places like East Timor, by providing life changing educational opportunities.
We advocate for change. We create and run eye catching education campaigns in Australia, raising community awareness about global poverty and our ability to end it. We then directly engage with all political leaders, calling on Australia to do our fair share to end global poverty by giving 0.7% of our Gross National Income in foreign aid.
We develop agents for change. Through engagement programs such as Schools 4 Schools and Generate, we help young people along the path to be dedicated and effective agents for the change we want to see in this world.
As young people we aren’t constrained by the cynicism, expectations or societal restrictions that can limit our ability to achieve real change. We embrace and celebrate our idealism and passion – and help young people harness those by providing the training, education and opportunities needed to end global poverty.
In a world where people often only give token responses to poverty, Oaktree believes that young people can be leaders who don’t just talk about change but create it.
Want to see where we are going?
Have a look at our publicly available three-year strategic plan for 2010-2012.
Annual Reports
Financial Year: 2007-2008
Financial Year: 2008-2009
Financial Statements
