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Update: Young People for Development There have been some amazing developments already in the Young People for Development (YPfD) project that we’ve just got up and running. On the ground in Cambodia, the teams from our partner organization (The Puthi Komar Organisation, PKO) have been busy completing the final stages of building and administration before [...]

Once a gang member, Atoy has changed his life and is now a facilitator of conflict resolution and human rights education in Timor-Leste. Ba Futuru, the Oaktree Foundation’s partner organisation in Timor-Leste, reached out to Atoy as an at-risk youth when he was 22 years old. Since then, he has overcome a violent and insecure [...]

My name’s Sara and I am writing to update you on our Girls’ Education Initiative (GEI) project in Cambodia. The project is run through our partner KAPE. It provides 368 scholarships to students in rural Cambodia, with a priority on girls who are particularly vulnerable to not receiving a high school education. In April, we [...]

TUESDAY, 7 MAY. 5.15pm. It’s already starting to get dark and Tassie winter is kicking in. However, this does not deter us Generators! Our room has ‘homely’ feel about it. We have comfy seats and the walls surrounding us are plastered with Live Below the Line and Roadtrip posters, as well as our ‘gracious space’ poster. [...]

Written by the official Generate blogger for Live Below the Line, Alice Marquand from Victoria. You have no idea how good it feels to wake up and know that today will be the last time you have to suffer through eating rolled oats and water for at least the next 12 months. So, with that thought [...]

In our monthly guest exploration of everything development, guest blogger Paul Ronands (former Deputy CEO of World Vision) looks at Aid Effectiveness. [pro-player width='530' height='295' type='video']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suFB9IqJdwY[/pro-player] Paul Ronalds says: As Peter Versegi’s Youtube clip argues, Australia’s aid program can be assessed at three levels: the program level, the country level and the international institutional level. [...]

Michael Sheldrick answers your questions and comments on the proposed submission by Oaktree to the Independent Review on Aid Effectiveness.

As we speak, the Oaktree team are over in Timor visiting 8 of the 15 small business groups, meeting the people and learning about their successes and challenges! Driving from village to village in some the most remote parts of timor, they are witnessing incredible changes and the project in action!Catch the FIRST VIDEO CLIP [...]

This month: PNG Country Manager Celia Boyd fields your questions and comments about selection of a new project in PNG.

Kathryn James of the CBM Australia-Nossal Institute Partnership for Disability Inclusive Development answers your questions on disability inclusion.