Oaktree is young people leading a movement to end extreme poverty. We're Australia's largest youth-run organisation with over 150,00 members.
Established in 2003, Oaktree has supported 11 projects in 6 countries, directly creating education opportunities for 14,935 beneficiaries, and supporting a total of 40,000 young people indirectly. Oaktree currently supports 8 projects in 3 countries, ranging across the pathway of education from early childhood, through primary and secondary, to vocational education.
Breaking it down, Oaktree works in three ways. One, we raise awareness about extreme poverty in Australia, because movements need widespread public support. This is our social impact. Two, we fundraise to work with local organisations that directly tackle poverty overseas. And three, we influence policy change by ensuring Australia's leaders take action to end poverty.
For us, change starts with a simple belief - that extreme poverty is unacceptable. Beliefs turn into action, and enough informed action will build a powerful social movement. Imagine it - a movement that looks outwards, not inwards. It spreads from person to person. It gets bigger, and more active, until we see the end of extreme poverty.
Young people have the unique ability to build and lead this movement. So Join us and together we can end extreme poverty
Change on the ground
In East Timor, Oaktree is working with Plan to fund Youth Livelihoods program, to train and enable groups of unemployed young people in East Timor to start their own business, create jobs and take control of their futures.
$32 can give a young person in East Timor one month's training that will help them become productive members of the community.
Oaktree is providing scholarships for more than 1400 young people to attend life-changing life-skills and leadership programs run by World Changers Academy, a South African community organisation operating in KwaZulu Natal.
$100 provides a scholarship for a young person to participate in a world changers academy life-skills program.
In India, Oaktree is working to train teachers and build schools in remote and rural village communities. A community education program will be deployed to help ensure all kids participate in formal education.
$225 provides a child with access to quality education for a year
Oaktree is supporting a HIV Peer education scheme in 12 schools in some of the most affected communities in South Africa.
$750 enables a young leader to educate and empower others in their community to make positive life choices.