Sifiso Dlamini 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 [...]
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The Girl Effect
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 [...]
Combating Timor Leste’s economic problems, one business at a time
[popeye]Overall economic or GDP growth is not by itself an accurate depiction of economic recovery and stability in Timor Leste. On the one hand, a burgeoning ‘petroleum’ economy that solely gains revenue from the oil- and gas-rich Timor Sea to the south presents an overwhelmingly positive picture. On the other, the precarious ‘non-petroleum’ economy displays [...]
oaktree eXchange: Aid Effectiveness
In our monthly guest exploration of everything development, guest blogger Paul Ronands (former Deputy CEO of World Vision) looks at Aid Effectiveness.
Election 2010: An Overview of Each Party’s Commitment to the MDGs
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 [...]
Securing Young Women's Livelihoods in Cambodia
[popeye] The garment industry in Cambodia employs over 300 000 women and is a pillar of the Cambodian economy. The dramatic impacts of the Global Financial Crisis means that, today, textiles is viewed by many as a sunset industry and despite some growth in 2010, too many women are having to turn to the sex industry [...]
Breaking News: a Minister for International Development
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.
The Poverty Question
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 [...]
Our Generation's Challenge Trip
[popeye] Anyone wanting to travel to Yangis, PNG has two options: one is a week-long walk through the jungle, the other is on this plane. Being pressed for time (and fitness) the 2010 OGC team naturally opted for the plane. The ten volunteers clambered on board with a few others and some massive bags of rice. Several [...]
extreme+hunger
Hunger Bites The extreme+hunger portal provides you with an opportunity to have your voice heard on the Millennium Development Goals. The initiative is run by a group of year 10 students from Hornsby Girls High School. The aim is to get at least 10,000 young Australian voices to comment on and show that they care [...]
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