Oxfam

This goat is doing funky things to help out those who need it most. Communities in Mozambique can start with one and end up with a herd.

They can then be sold to raise cash for school fees, or tools. As part of Oxfam Australia’s commitment to the environment, goats are only provided to communities where goat keeping is a traditional way of life.

Oxfam also provide training in keeping animals, vaccination and de-worming. Goats are also groovy because in rural communities they eat household waste – getting rid of rubbish and unwanted scraps – and provide milk and manure as a bonus. “The distribution of goats through a revolving fund to orphans and other vulnerable children provides a source of income to allow them greater economic independence.”
- Charmaine Cônsul Gonçalves, Mozambique Program Coordinator, Oxfam Australia

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www.oxfam.org

Sports Without Borders

Sports Without Borders is a not for profit organisation which is dedicated to providing support for young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds who are involved or want to get involved in sport.

Sport has played a vital role in multicultural Australia, empowering many newly-arrived Australians to develop an identity and sense of active belonging. Sports Without Borders will foster this process by providing funding and services to young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

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sportswithoutborders.org

Opportunity International Australia

We exist to provide opportunities for people living in poverty to transform their lives. With over 35 years’ experience in microfinance and support services, we use a business approach to solve poverty.

Rather than a hand-out, we provide our clients with a loan as small as $100 (microfinance) to help grow their small business.This enables them to earn an income and afford food, water, shelter and an education for their children.

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www.opportunity.org.au

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is a world leader in cancer treatment, research and education.

At Peter Mac we treat more cancer patients each year than any other hospital and our highly skilled medical, nursing and allied health team is backed by the largest cancer research group in Australia.

This website is intended to provide an introduction to Peter Mac - our services, our people and our commitment to Excellence, Innovation and Compassion. The people you will see on this website are all Peter Mac patients and staff - current and former.

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RIP: For the last seven years SCTs beautiful friend and bookkeeper Michele battled cancer. On 30 October 2009, she lost that fight. Peter MacCallum were there for Mish all the way.

www.petermac.org

SurfAid

In 1999, physician and surfer Dr. Dave Jenkins went on a surf charter to the Mentawai Islands with one goal in mind: to find perfect waves. The surf proved to be everything he had hoped for. What he also found, though, were the Mentawai people - mostly women and children - suffering and dying from the ravages of malaria and other preventable diseases.

Troubled by the inequity of lifestyles and moved by compassion, Dr. Jenkins went on to establish SurfAid International, a non-profit organization dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering through community-based health programs. With the support of the New Zealand and Australian governments, the global surfing community, and most importantly the Mentawai people of the affected areas themselves, SurfAid has come to exemplify the healing power of cross-cultural partnerships.

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Braddo: "In February I was in Padang, Sumatra, chasing the impossibly perfect waves of the nearby Menawai Islands. Six months later the city was flattened by an epic earthquake."

www.surfaidinternational.org

CERES

CERES (the Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies, pronounced 'series') is an internationally recognised model of a sustainable society located in Melbourne, Australia. CERES shares its name with the Roman Goddess for agriculture.

CERES is located on 4.5 hectares (10 acres) on the banks of the Merri Creek, in East Brunswick, close to the centre of Melbourne. CERES runs on renewable energy, is a 55 tonne carbon sink, conserves and recycles its water and waste, grows organic food; and teaches diverse audiences about more than just environmentally friendly ways of living. What makes the CERES concept particularly compelling is that sustainability initiatives are located in a participatory social setting which, over time, has created a village-like environment, made up of a melting pot of different audiences.

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www.ceres.org