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About Us Who We Are We’re young, passionate and dedicated to achieving incredible change for the world’s most marginalised, oppressed and disadvantaged. We’re 350 volunteer staff all under the age of 26. We’re a movement of 125,000 Australians. We’re Australia’s largest youth run organisation. We’re young people working together to end global poverty. What We Do We mobilise, we educate, we act. Oaktree runs dynamic, and high impact campaigns, so our government does its fair share. We inspire, equip and empower – building young leaders who have impact. We fundraise incredible amounts of money, and invest it overseas (in education that breaks the cycle of poverty). These three areas encompass all of our work: Our History In 2003 Hugh Evans and Nicolas Mackay founded the Oaktree Foundation to harness the potential of young people to reduce poverty and empower developing communities through education. Hugh Evans had lived and worked in the rural valley communities of KwaZulul-Natal, South Africa. There he came to understand that bringing opportunity and hope to the community could only be achieved through a spirit of partnership. Oaktree grew from young people sitting in living rooms, cafes, school classrooms and church halls throughout Melbourne, who were committed to building on this vision. Since 2003, Oaktree has emerged as one of the most dynamic and ground-breaking development and aid organisations in Australia. Our volunteers are provocative, dedicated and determined. We now have more than 100,000 members, we have spoken directly to well over 500,000 individuals about extreme poverty, and achieved an incredible media reach of over 100 million. The Oaktree Foundation Annual Report 2011 6
Our Vision 1. We believe education is the most powerful tool we have to end global poverty; 2. We partner with developing communities to support quality educational opportunities for young people; 3. We invest in young people at home to be dedicated and effective agents of change; and 4. We lead a growing grass roots movement for systematic change. Our Values 1. Think big and are unafraid. 2. Embrace change and make it our own. 3. Be relentless. 4. Build a passionate and unique community with a spirit of fun. 5. Be humble. 6. Be inquisitive and hungry for knowledge. Our Strategic Goals 1. Invest $750,000 each year in projects to support quality educational opportunities for young people in the developing world; 2. Invest in 2,500 young people each year to be dedicated and effective agents or change; 3. See Australians and our decisions makers take the lead on the realisation of the millennium development goals; and 4. Sustain the organisation.
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