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Charities and Foundations - Charities and Relief Organisations
Charity is the practice of benevolent giving, usually in the form of monetary
donation, or providing practical relief in the form of goods such as clothing,
furnishing or food. Charity can also be in the form of volunteering, providing
your own time, resources and services, although many volunteer services are not
necessarily charities.
Within this section are listed charities that require your donation to assist in
a variety of local and international issues and tragedies happening in Australia
and around
the world.
There are also links to other charitable appeals and organisations
that need your assistance throughout the year from local wildlife issues, to
outback services and organisations, like our very important Royal Flying Doctor
Service.
Whilst some of the Australian charities have specific missions, with some
targeting and providing services for local issues, other charities have a
national infrastructure, with branches in each state and territory, or may even
have overseas branches. There are also listed some international charities, that
may also have an Australian office.
Most of the charities have an online
presence and allow you to donate online, so check their website for full
details.
Following are some Australian specific charities that rely on your support to
continue their services:
Royal Flying Doctor
Service of Australia
• Web:
www.flyingdoctor.org.au(National) • The services provided by the RFDS to
the people in rural and remote Australia are managed on a day-to-day basis by
the RFDS operational Sections. These Sections coordinate the evacuations, plan
and deliver the health care clinics and provide the remote consultations
services. Each operational Section manages a number of bases within their
geographical area, to view the location of these bases follow the link to
Emergency Contacts, which cover the following areas:
Charity
Link • Charity Link is a collaborative
charity organisation which provides the framework for more than one hundred West
Australian charities to work together and as such, make the biggest difference
possible to thousands of disadvantaged West Australians.
Established in 2001, Charity Link is a registered charity which acts as a
central fundraising and coordinating body to provide material aid via our 110
‘member’ charities to West Australians experiencing financial hardship and/or
crisis.
By working together and using a collaborative approach, Charity Link is able to
minimise the cost of fundraising, reduce duplication and competition for funds
and therefore ensure the optimal use of resources.
Indigenous Kids Future
Pty Ltd •
Conway’s Kids Trust Fund • Indigenous Kids Future Pty Ltd as
trustee for the Conway’s Kids Fund is a not for profit organisation founded to
provide educational opportunities for Cultural Aboriginal children from remote
homelands in the Kings Canyon area of the Northern Territory, Australia.
The passion of the founders Ian and Lyn Conway has drawn to them an amazing
array of people and skills to enable their dream to become a reality. While the
depth of experience of the Board of Directors is indicative of these skills,
many more talented volunteers have come together to support and assist the
children in their collective quest for education and broader life experiences.
Through education, the cultural Aboriginal children are experiencing
opportunities unavailable to them at home and beginning to dream for their
futures.... hence the logo:
“A New Dreaming Through Education.”
SIDS and Kids • The National SIDS Council of
Australia, trading as SIDS and Kids (formerly SIDSaustralia), is a high-profile
and well-respected not-for-profit organisation that boasts an enviable history
of success. SIDS and Kids is dedicated to saving babies’ lives through the
elimination of sudden and unexpected infant deaths, and supporting bereaved
families. We deliver on our vision through world class education, research,
evidenced based intervention and advocacy.
• Australian and International Charities, Foundations and Services
Following are some charities and foundations with both Australian and International branches:
Aboriginal Benefits Foundation
• 12 McLaren St, NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2060 •
• The Aboriginal Benefits Foundation
was established in 2005 by a group of concerned individuals involved in
Indigenous art and culture. It is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee.
The objectives of the Foundation are to promote, provide or carry out
activities, facilities or projects for the benefit or welfare of Aboriginal
communities in Australia and members of those communities in particular by
reason of youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social or economic
circumstances.
Australia for
UNHCR • Australia for UNHCR was established
by UNHCR in 2000 and raises funds to support the humanitarian programs of the
United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR.
Australian Red Cross
• Ph: 1800
811 700 (call from anywhere within Australia to make a credit card donation) • Red Cross is always there for people
in need, providing relief in times of crisis and care for the most vulnerable in
Australia and around the world. In times of conflict or natural disaster our
volunteers are committed to putting our humanitarian values to work, offering
practical assistance and support at any time of the day or night - no questions
asked. With more than 100 million volunteers worldwide and 60,000 members and
volunteers in Australia we can reach people and places like nobody else.
Baptist World Aid
Australia • Baptist World Aid Australia was
formed in 1959 to help manage funds and goods for distribution amongst refugees.
Today, Baptist World Aid Australia supports SAO Child Sponsorship and community
development projects in over twelve countries across Africa and Asia. We also
contribute to relief in emergency situations around the world.
Baptist World Aid Australia is committed to the biblical principle of sharing
blessings with people in need, which is why our slogan is share an
opportunity today!
Care Australia
• Contact: see website for full list
•
Ph: 1800 020 046 (Donations within Australia) • CARE Australia is unique. We are the
largest non-political non-religious overseas aid organisation in the country,
providing humanitarian assistance across the globe. We reject discrimination on
the grounds of race, gender, age and political or religious beliefs.
We are a member of the CARE International federation and work wherever there is
a need and wherever we can assist.
Caritas Australia • Caritas Australia helps people help
themselves - regardless of race, religion or political beliefs. Our work is
founded on the principles of Catholic Social Teaching (CST): Preferential option
for the poor; Human dignity, Solidarity; Subsidiarity; Stewardhip of the earths
resources.
Caritas Australia belongs to one of the largest international aid and
development networks in the world - Caritas Internationalis (
www.caritas.org ) - a
network of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations
working to build a better world, in over 200 countries and territories.
Caritas Australia also supports programs in Indigenous Australia, as Indigenous
communities are amongst the most marginalised within our country.
The Fred Hollows Foundation is inspired by work of the late Professor Fred
Hollows, whose vision was for a world where no one was needlessly blind.
Working to continue Fred's vision, The Fred Hollows Foundation in Australia, New
Zealand and the United Kingdom, have come together to form a global network to
increase our collective impact in eradicating avoidable blindness around the
world.
Mission Australia • Mission Australia is an empowering
and compassionate community service organisation. We have been helping to
transform the lives of Australians in need for almost 150 years.
Arising historically from various City Missions, including Sydney City Mission,
our founding purpose is to meet human need and to give expression to the love of
God. We believe in helping Australians in need get back on their feet. We are
committed to eliminating disadvantage and creating a fairer Australia.
National Assembly • The National Council of the Uniting Church in Australia.
The Uniting Church in Australia was formed on June 22, 1977, as a union of three
churches: the Congregational Union of Australia, the Methodist Church of
Australasia and the Presbyterian Church of Australia.
The Uniting Church's commitment to love of God and neighbour has sometimes drawn
it into controversial situations. It has long taken a role in the political
arena, encouraging moral, social and ethical integrity. The Uniting Church has
been at the forefront of Aboriginal rights issues including the Native Title
debate and reconciliation. It has taken a stand on environmental issues, and
supports the equality and dignity of marginalised people such as ethnic
minorities, disabled people and homosexual people.
It is a multicultural church, striving to treat people on an equal basis and
seeking to give a voice to the poor, outcast and needy.
Oxfam Australia
• Oxfam International
• Ph: 1800 088 110 • Oxfam Australia is an Australian,
independent, not-for-profit, secular, community-based aid and development
organisation. Our vision is of a fair world in which people control their own
lives, their basic rights are achieved and the environment is sustained.
Rotary in
Australia
• Rotary International • ROTARY is a worldwide organisation of
more than 1.2 million business and professional men and women who are
acknowledged leaders in their communities and who put the ideal of service into
action. Rotarians are pledged to maintain high ethical standards in their
vocations and to serve their own communities as they advance international
understanding and peace.
ROTARY is an organisation of business and professional leaders united worldwide
who provide humanitarian service encourage high ethical standards in all
vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
Rotary Down Under
• rotarnet.com.au •
rotarydownunder.com.au • ROTARNET is the Official website for
Rotary Down Under. It links to information about Rotary, and Rotary Down Under,
the Rotary Down Under magazine, the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund - a
Rotary down Under project, Probus, The Australian Youth Exchange Program, the
Rotary merchandise online catalogue. District websites and Club websites are
found by post code, alphabetically and through the District index. Rotary Down
Under offer hosting for Rotary clubs and District sites on the Rotary Down Under
servers.
Rotarnet is linked to as many Rotary web sites as possible - including all
District and Club web sites we know of. Many Rotary Down Under club and District
web sites are hosted on Rotarnet.
Rotarnet aims to aid communication and provide information for Rotarians and
their communities.
The Salvation Army
(Australia)
• The Salvation Army • The international mission statement
of The Salvation Army is as follows:
‘The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the
universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is
motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus
Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.’
The Australian branch of The Salvation Army, known locally as the ‘Salvos’
provide many community services and fund raisers, including the well known the
‘Red Shield Appeal’.
World Vision Australia
• Ph: 13 32 40 (from within Australia) • Originally founded in the USA in the
1950s, World Vision quickly expanded its operations with World Vision Australia
beginning in 1966. From its original start it broadened its focus from not only
helping the individual child and family but into community development - helping
the poor, marginalised people and communities work with World Vision to improve
their lives and take control of their future.
As a Christian organisation, World Vision is Australia’s largest overseas aid
and humanitarian organisation. As well as providing relief in emergency
situations, we work on long-term development projects with local communities to
address the causes of poverty and help them become self-sufficient.
United Nations Children's Fund •
UNICEF • UNICEF is the driving force that
helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the
global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at
grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us
unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.
We believe that nurturing and caring for children are the cornerstones of human
progress. UNICEF was created with this purpose in mind – to work with others to
overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place
in a child’s path. We believe that we can, together, advance the cause of
humanity.
Médecins Sans
Frontières - International •
Médecins Sans
Frontières Australia
• Doctors without borders • Médecins Sans Frontières is the
world’s leading independent organisation for medical-humanitarian aid. Annually,
more than 3,000 volunteer doctors, nurses and support staff work in trouble
spots around the world helping those living on the edge of human tolerance.
Médecins Sans Frontières teams are currently in over 60 countries, working with
more than 25,000 locally recruited national staff in conditions that are always
challenging, sometimes dangerous.
Wherever our teams are working their goal is the same: to provide essential
medical-humanitarian aid to those who need it most, regardless of race,
religion, gender or political affiliation.
We provide relief after natural disasters such as floods or earthquakes. We help
victims of conflict. We run emergency feeding programs during nutritional
crises. We tackle neglected diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and
Kala Azar; and we organise mass vaccination programs to prevent epidemics
spreading. We are also involved in health projects that train local medical
staff and put in place safe drinking water and sanitation facilities.
