Projects 2015-16
India
Program budget: $78,310
Focus: women’s empowerment,
income generation programs,
child education.
Flood relief: $11,044
Cambodia
Program budget: $173,503
Focus: savings groups, microcredit,
agriculture, business development,
child education.
“The future lies in the strength of the village”
Mahatma Gandhi
Empowering
Change
Over the last 40 years, Assisi Aid Projects has
grown from one person’s vision (Sr Stella) into
a successful humanitarian aid organisation,
empowering communities to make positive
change in their lives.
The Assisi approach promotes community-based
initiatives and locally relevant programs which
encourage communities to take action. We work in
collaboration with local partners to deliver education,
health, microfinance, and women’s empowerment
projects, all aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty.
Assisi prides itself on delivering high impact, low cost
programs and abide at all times with our obligations
to the Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian Council for
International Development’s Code of Conduct (ACFID).
Cover photos: Top: women’s group members from
15 villages attended organic farming training at IDT campus.
Bottom: English classes for children in Kattiyampandal
village. English language skills will increase children’s
employment prospects.
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Assisi’s Vision
Our vision is for an inclusive and sustainable world
by creating equal opportunity for all, to acquire the
education, skills and resources necessary to build
self-sufficient and prosperous lives.
Mission & Objectives
Assisi facilitates and nurtures development initiatives
that are community-led, locally relevant and create
equal opportunity for all members of society, in
order to:
• Enable communities to be their own agents of
change – strengthening self-determination and
empowerment.
• Enable women and those marginalised,
to participate fully in society with access to
equal opportunity.
• Build resilience in vulnerable communities
through education and training.
• Facilitate leadership which is inclusive and fair.
• Raise awareness of social justice, equality
and human rights.
• Promote environmental stewardship
and respect for the natural world.
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