.
Home Page AACASA Africa Adoption Aid Events Read, Eat, Buy Contacts
 |
AACASA Aid Policy &
advisors
On this page... |
Copyright: photo included on this website with the permission of the photographer - please do not copy.
AACASA Aid Policy
AACASA provides aid and assistance to organisations and projects in Africa that assist disadvantaged children, and/or disadvantaged parents of children.
The ultimate goal of
providing aid to disadvantaged parents is for children to be able to stay with
their parents or a parent, rather than being given up for adoption.
Aid given by AACASA
to any place or project is given freely and without any reciprocal obligation to
AACASA or to any individual member of AACASA, except as outlined in this policy.
It must be understood
by members of AACASA that AACASA providing assistance to orphanages is not
linked to any expectation of children being provided to Australians for
adoption. Any financial or material gift is given without any regard to future
children from that project or orphanage being allocated to Australians for
adoption. To expect otherwise would be contrary to the International Hague
Convention, to which Australia is a signatory.
It should also be
understood that the allocation of children from an orphanage to Australian
families should not then exclude that orphanage or organisation from receiving
aid from AACASA if that orphanage or organisation is recognised as worthy of
support.
Identifying aid priorities
The AACASA Aid
Advisors, in consultation with the Executive and the Fund Raising
Coordinator, have responsibility for identifying and maintaining a list of aid
priorities for AACASA.
Members are
encouraged to fundraise for one of the projects identified and to liaise with
the Fundraising Coordinator about their intentions. Members are also encouraged
to suggest fund raising ideas to the Fundraising Coordinator and aid priorities
to the Aid Coordinator for consideration.
AACASA State Aid advisors
In each State/Territory one AACASA member is the volunteer position of State Aid advisor.
If you can donate item/s - please contact your State Aid advisor who can put you in touch with someone who is travelling or add your donation the aid stash for your State/Territory.
.
It is important that all AACASA members carry aid with them when they travel to Ethiopia. Lactose free formula is always required (not available in Ethiopia). If you are about to travel, please contact your State Aid advisor to find out what else is urgently needed (a list of the latest request for Aid needed at Koala House is on the Aid & Sponsorship Webpage). Your Aid Advisor may have important aid items that you could take to the Koala Foster Home.
If you are about to travel to Ethiopia and are seeking to collect aid, please give your State Aid advisor as much notice as possible.
Contacts for the State Aid