“Peter: would you like to come to a meeting that has the potential to save the lives of 40,000 children every day?” In 1986, this innocuous-sounding call from a work colleague was coincidental with helping save the life of a child in Canberra, one week earlier. With...
I am Anika and I attended the ACFID conference and especially loved the story of how survivor-led civil society organisations are transforming their communities – the case of bonded labour in Chennai, India Eradicting modern slavery is a vital part in attaining...
I am Tom and I attended the ACFID conference and especially loved the discussions around systemic poverty alleviation through financial empowerment of minority groups. Despite auspicious international aid programs, poverty amongst minority groups in the Indo-Pacific...
My name is Jawoon and I attended the ACFID conference and I was especially drawn to the discussions about the importance of decolonisation for international development. In May 2020, the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis instigated the...
I’m Killki and I attended the ACFID conference this year and I really liked to understand more how local actors play a critical role in planning, advising, implementing and evaluating aid initiatives within ‘global minority’ countries. In countries experiencing...
