Where we work.

Currently, we have projects in Australia, Indonesia and Malawi, with Many Coloured Sky projects in Australia, Indonesia, Kenya, the Philippines and Uganda.  They’re diverse, but they’re all built on strong and robust relationships in each of the communities we work, often developed and enabled over several years.  They’re all driven by needs and ambitions identified by the communities themselves, and they all operate as partnerships with strong, passionate local community organisations.

Australia.

In Sunraysia, Australia, we support a number of schools and organisations to provide sporting scholarships to disadvantaged young people via our Sporting Chance project, Through these scholarships children receive financial support to pay for registrations, uniforms and other equipment they may need to play their chosen sport. We then work with sporting clubs, to ensure that they provide the best possible opportunities to children and young people who may have practical challenges engaging, or may have experiences of trauma or neglect that impact on their sport participation. In 2018 we are also undertook a Stories for Change project in Sunraysia.

Growing from our work in Sporting Chance in 2020, and in recognition of the COVID-19 crisis, we began supporting, and continue to support, a group of young asylum seekers. Our support includes financial and other material support, a meeting space and capacity building work to enable the group to grow.

We also have a number of Many Coloured Sky projects and activities in Australia.

Indonesia.

In Kupang many children are forced to earn their own meagre living.

In the Nusa Tenggara Timur region of Indonesia, we work with a coalition of community organisations to support children and young people in resource-poor settings. Streets to Strength: Kupang aims to support child street workers and assist them where possible to return to their home and family. On the island of Rote we have established and resource a peer education program that teaches young people about HIV/AIDS and sexual health, and advocates for access to sexual health services.

Malawi.

Child Restoration Outreach is our partner organisation in Uganda.

In Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi we partner with Vijana Africa, an organisation run by and for young refugees. Our initial activities had to be altered to respond to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, while in 2021 we are supporting training and rollout of a videography project. Read more HERE.