In Australia on any given night, 116, 000 people are homeless. Families are faced with additional complexities when navigating the challenges associated with homelessness.

This project focuses on early intervention and prevention of homelessness, as well as health, wellbeing and educational support services along the journey. Through this project, Australian families are provided with safe housing and empowered with the skills to reshape their future, paving the way towards real and lasting change.

In Australia, the devastating effects of domestic violence in the First Nations community is widespread. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 35 times more likely to be hospitalised due to family violence than other Australian women. These women are twice as likely to die as an outcome of family violence and 5 times more likely to be victims of homicide. More than 55% of these homicides are related to family violence.

With many agencies delivering response services which are reactive to domestic violence, this project focuses on practical and culturally sensitive ‘healing journey’ workshops with women who have experienced domestic violence - equipping them with knowledge and tools to prevent future reoccurrences and therefore breaking the cycle.

In Uganda only 27% of school-age children are enrolled in school. Instead of starting their first day of school, most young children in Uganda would be heading to work – most likely in fields, herding animals or digging for food. 

Without an investment in education and without funding for schools and teachers, many children will be left behind and may never see the inside of a classroom. This project changes the future of children living in poverty through the power of education - ensuring they are attending a local school in their remote village while being provided with 3 meals a day, clean water, resources and teacher support.

In Northern Uganda, repairing broken water wells improves the livelihood of an entire community. Urgent repairs are needed to many water wells that have been broken for months, if not years.

How does access to clean water reduce poverty? In Africa, many women and children walk 5-10km, 3 times per day to collect water. In most cases the water is not clean. The time that it takes to collect water is preventing girls from accessing an education. While for women, as the primary caretakers of land and family, time spent walking for water takes them away from tending to their crop and caring for their families. 

By repairing water wells, this project give people in the communities of Northern Uganda access to safe and clean water for drinking and hygiene – sanitation and hand washing. With these basic needs met, entire communities, especially women and children, have a greater opportunity to overcome poverty.