Interested in volunteering overseas?
AFAP will be supporting a Vocational Training Development Officer assignment in Vietnam as part of AYAD. Click here to learn moreAFAP is moving office!
Click here for our new street addressPeople living with HIV/AIDS deserve to live with dignity
AFAP works to provide job training, health care, and education to those living with HIV/AIDSCLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE
Human Rights? Climate Change? Beer?
In a society where people are becoming increasingly disconnected from each other, Politics in the Pub is a throwback to the days of beer and debate on a Friday night.CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Climate Change: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters
To coincide with the release of the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report, climate scientist Professor Chris Field will present a lecture that includes discussion on the impacts of sustainable development.CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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Welcome!
AFAP is an independent secular, not-for-profit, fully accredited Australian non-government organisation (NGO) that was founded in 1968 and incorporated in the state of NSW in 1983. Our mission is to be a leading agent for poverty alleviation through innovative and appropriate community-based development. We work directly with local partners that are independent agencies employing local professionals with considerable experience, local knowledge and skill through-out the Pacific, Asia and Africa. Our partners are well-established NGOs in their own right and have excellent working relations with respective local governments. These on-going partnerships demonstrate a commitment to shared values and agreement on effective and workable management, administration, and communication protocols, under-pinned by policies which are in line with AusAID requirements.
Through our unique approach to development AFAP aims to strengthen and empower local NGOs and community groups in developing countries so that they can better meet their own aspirations, and to support Australian groups through our Partnership Program to provide innovative opportunities and professional support to Australians who want to become directly involved in sustainable international development programs. Explore our site, learn more about our work and find all the ways you can get involved!
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PHOTO FRIDAY: WATER IS LIFE!
January 30, 2014
Water is life! We are working in partnership across the world to ensure clean, safe drinking water for all.
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