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Our work places education at its heart and emphasises community-led initiatives.
Improving access and participation to schooling and vocational training.
Skills building to support sustainable livelihoods and economic empowerment.
Grassroots advocacy in areas including gender equality, disability inclusion, human rights and environmental sustainability.
We work tirelessly towards sustainable change for remote and under-resourced communities across Kenya, Uganda and South Africa.
Our work in the Philippines and Timor Leste focuses on skills-building for economic empowerment to ensure vulnerable communities are not left behind.
Our commitment ensures project support for Edmund Rice Australian Ministeries, including ER Community and Refugee Services in Victoria, ER Camps and ER Centres in New South Wales and Western Australia.
Through the projects lifecycle, monitoring and evaluation takes place to assess performance against plans and to determine the impact the project is having on people’s lives.
Teamwork makes our impact possible. We partner with local communities, governments and implementing partners to create sustainable change through education.
In 2022, we achieved our long-term goal of becoming an accredited agency with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). As a base-level accredited NGO, ERFA is eligible to receive annual funding under the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP) to support projects in developing countries.
Achieving DFAT Base level accreditation is recognition of our continued evolution as an international NGO with UN Sustainable Development Goals at the heart of our work.
The DFAT accreditation process assesses the organisational structure, philosophies, policies and practices of Australian NGOs.
This process ensures the Australian Government is funding professional, well-managed organisations that are capable of delivering quality development outcomes and are accountable to their stakeholders. It assures the Australian public that the Australian Government is working with the most effective partners.
