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COVID-19: Our partners and our work

3 weeks ago

How is COVID-19 affecting the countries we work in? Though most of us would say our lives have been considerably impacted in some way, we know that global catastrophes such as COVID-19 hit the poor in developing countries hardest. Many of the world’s po...

Teachers a vital safeguard in early detection of child trauma

3 weeks ago

Teachers trained in child counselling through our partner, Anglican Church of Kenya, Mount Kenya West Diocese (ACK), are unique guardians of child rights in rural Kenya. In communities where we work in Nyeri County, poverty leads to many family problems...

Gabriel, an angel of Chaka

5 months ago

When the alternative is working to help support their families, education is freedom for these children in Kenya. Parents living in poverty are often faced with dilemmas that we find unimaginable. If you were faced with the choice of either not feeding ...

Personal insight drives strategic vision

1 year ago

By Bob Mitchell CEO There is nothing like seeing our work firsthand to make it come alive. Recently, it was my privilege to lead a group of AOA board members (travelling at their own expense) to visit AOA funded programs in Kenya and the Middle East. ...

Building safe communities in Kenya

1 year ago

As some of our projects are funded through the Australian Government's aid program, we are required to report back to the Government on the progress of these projects. One of these projects is the Imarisha project in Kenya, which seeks to build safer communiti...

Using her experience to empower others

2 years ago

Part of our work with the Anglican Church of Kenya involves using the law to empower women. Consolata is the mother of two children; both adults at 21 and 18. She was married, but left her husband when the youngest child was two years old. She left him as hi...

More than a teacher

2 years ago

Eunice Wangui has been trained as a Guidance and Counselling teacher for the primary school that she teaches at in Kenya. She is linked with our partner there, the Anglican Church of Kenya. She told a story about how she was teaching a Standard 5 (Year 5) cla...

Into Africa

2 years ago

Our Marketing Manager, Brian Holmes, shared his reflections on a recent trip to Kenya to see the work of our partner, the Anglican Church of Kenya, Mount Kenya West. The most common, first question I was asked on arriving in Kenya was, ‘Have you e...

Meet the Partner: Florence Nderitu

2 years ago

Florence Nderitu is a proud mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She has also worked with the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK), the Diocese of Mount Kenya West, for 17 years. She knows a thing or two about serving people. She is currently the Project C...

A Visit from Kenyan Partners

2 years ago

A delegation linked to our work in Kenya recently visited Melbourne. They included people from our partner, the Anglican Church of Kenya, as well as from the Kenyan Ministry of Health. We also took the opportunity to enable the visitors to attend St Jude’s Ang...

Final AACES reports

3 years ago

As many of you will be aware, our wonderful Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) project in Ethiopia and Kenya ended last year. The final reports for the project are now available for you to download for free. The reports show the impact of...

‘Imarisha’ Just and Resilient Communities Project, Kenya

3 years ago

We are supporting the 'Imarisha' Just and Resilient Communities Project in partnership with the Anglican Church of Kenya. This project is implemented in Nyeri County in the Diocese of Mount Kenya West. The project seeks to build safer communities, by addres...

SBS story featuring Anglican Overseas Aid

4 years ago

Our Rewriting History video, featuring Joseph from Kenya, is being covered by SBS in an article about the importance of keeping up Australian aid to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Joseph is from the project we have been supporting in Kenya through th...

The story behind the coolest Grandma on earth

4 years ago

Grandma Martha’s broad smile and bouncy demeanour are a testament to her triumph over the challenges that life has thrown at her. In 2001 this dynamic Kenyan grandmother was left to raise her young grandsons after her son died of AIDS – a major challenge fo...