Partnerships

ADRA's successes result from its collaboration with individuals and organisations like the following:

ADRA Implementing Partner Offices

Implementing partner offices are located within a developing country and receive funding from ADRA Australia to implement projects.

For a current list of Implementing Partner Offices see Where We Work

Government

ADRA Australia is fully accredited to receive government funding through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). ADRA also partners with local government agencies in the implementation of its initiatives, such as the Ministry of Health or Ministry of Education, to engage their expertise and strengthen capacity and sustainability of projects.

Corporate Partnerships

ADRA partners with business to fulfil their desire to be engaged global citizens. To coordinate a partnership with your organisation email ADRA's donor relations office or ring 1800 242 372.

Other Partnerships

Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)

ACFID is an independent association of Australian non-government organisations (NGOs) working in the field of international aid and development. ADRA is a signatory to the ACFID Code of Conduct which sets standards on how organisations are managed, how they communicate with the public, and most importantly how they spend the funds they raise. The Code ensures that public confidence is maintained in the way funds are used overseas and in Australia.

MAKE POVERTY HISTORY

ADRA is a member organisation of Make Poverty History, a coalition of NGOs, community groups and celebrities that are part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. This worldwide alliance is calling on governments and international decision makers to fulfil their public promise and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a plan to halve global poverty by 2015. The campaign also calls for urgent and meaningful policy change on three critical and inextricably linked areas: trade, debt and aid.

All 191 members states of the United Nations have promised to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. The Goals include measurable, time-bound targets. The MDGs are derived from the broader "Millennium Declaration" that was signed in 2000 by all UN member states and include the following:

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV, AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Micah Challenge

ADRA has also partnered with Make Poverty History's sister campaign, Micah Challenge, an alliance of Australian churches and Christian groups. As a global Christian campaign, Micah Challenge aims to deepen churches' engagement with the poor and to help reduce poverty as an integral part of our faith. It is based on the call in Micah 6:8, "What does the Lord require of you? To do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God." Just as Jesus spoke out for the poor, Micah Challenge seeks to provide ways and resources to empower one person or one church to do the same.

Global Campaign for Education (Enrolment Application Confirmation Pending)

ADRA is a member of the Global Campaign for Education, an advocacy group that promotes education as a basic human right fundamental to human dignity and freedom. As a global campaign, Global Campaign for Education mobilises public involvement to put pressure on governments and the international community to fulfill their promise to provide free, compulsory public basic education for all people; in particularly children, women, disadvantaged and deprived sections of society.

Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS)

ADRA Australia is a member of ACOSS, the peak council of the community services and welfare sector. ACOSS aims to reduce poverty and inequality by developing and promoting socially, economically and environmentally responsible public policy and action by government, community and business, while supporting non-government organisation which provide assistance to vulnerable Australians. Through ACOSS, ADRA Australia can contribute to the development of community service policy, keep up-t-date with industry changes and network with other community service providers.

Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD)

AYAD is a program supported by the Australian government which aims to strengthen mutual understanding between Australia and the Pacific. The program aspires to make a positive contribution in development within the South Pacific region by placing skilled, young Australian Ambassadors in local subsidies of Australian organisations situated in developing countries. The program addresses issues of health, environment, rural development, gender, governance, justice, education and infrastructure development. ADRA Australia works with AYAD in placing young Australian Ambassadors in ADRA Australia partner countries.

Avondale College

ADRA partners with the International Development Studies program of Avondale College.  Interested in a Bachelor of Arts (International Development Studies) degree? Download a flyer for this program for more details.

National Association of Charitable Recycling Organisations (NACRO)

NACRO is the peak body representing a broad spectrum of charitable recycling organisations, including ADRA Op Shops, throughout Australia. NACRO provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, information and advice between member organisations and notification of state and national regulations and changes. It assists ADRA to continuously improve its recycling operations so it can provide optimal funding for its charitable aims in the community.

Volunteering for International Development from Australia (VIDA)

VIDA, an international volunteer program funded by AusAID (the Australian Agency for International Development), places skilled Australian volunteers in the developing countries within the Pacific region. VIDA volunteers work with local counterparts to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development in the communities in which they work through skill and knowledge exchanges, institutional strengthening and capacity building. ADRA Australia partners with VIDA in placing volunteers in the international development field.

Volunteer Australia

Volunteering Australia is the national peak body working to advance volunteering in the Australian community. Its role is to represent the diverse views and needs of the volunteer sector while promoting the activity of volunteering as one of enduring social, cultural and economic value.