About our organisation

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What we’re working towards

A world where the disadvantaged are cared for with compassion and empathy.

The Australian-focused Fair World Foundation and the African (mainly Tanzanian)-focused Fair World International have the same goals and values.

We want to live in a world where all beings (human and animal) are shown respect and compassion. A world where the environment that sustains us is nurtured, not exploited. A world where difference is celebrated, not feared. A world where inequality of access to health care, education, nutrition and opportunity is eliminated, not ignored.

We believe that most human beings wish to feel at peace, content, free and safe. And we believe that animals - just like humans - share these same desires.

We believe that disadvantage, whatever its manifestation, is fundamentally unfair and compromises the dignity, welfare and freedom of all beings.

Fair World Foundation and Fair World International are registered with the Australian Charities Commission.

Areas of focus

Here’s how we decide where to distribute our grants.

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Fair World Foundation provides grants to Australian organisations who we feel are working hard to make the world a fairer place. In doing so we focus on three main areas:

1. SOCIAL JUSTICE

We focus on encouraging compassionate attitudes and behaviour towards women, refugees, asylum seekers, and indigenous communities. We give priority to organisations who work with these individuals to:

  • Improve literacy and language skills

  • Provide skills training - thereby creating employment opportunities and acceptance

  • Decrease the incidence of hunger

  • Increase communal awareness of, and diminishing, domestic violence

  • Improve services to those with poor mental health and those in need of legal justice

2. ANIMAL WELFARE

We focus on raising community awareness of animal cruelty in all its forms.

We give priority to organisations who support animal welfare activities that protect animal rights.

Our animal projects in rural Tanzania have the names Happy Cows Happy Farmers and Happy Chickens Happy Farmers. These names reflect our belief that the happiness of the cows and chickens are prerequisites for the happiness of farmers.

3. The ENVIRONMENT

We focus on raising community awareness of the devastating impact of climate change and support the development of practical, sustainable solutions for the protection of future generations.   

We support organisations who work to preserve our environment.

Our core beliefs

Here are the beliefs that guide us along the way.

Along with our areas of focus, Fair World Foundation has seven core beliefs that shape every decision and help us assess every grant that we make:

  1. Dignity

  2. Kindness

  3. Respect

  4. Equality

  5. Compassion

  6. Togetherness

  7. Responsibility

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Shared goals

The UN Sustainable Development goals.

In September 2015, the UN - in collaboration with many partner nations - adopted a set of Sustainable Development Goals to help end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. Each goal has a range of targets that need to be met over the next 15 years, and they have asked everyone around the world to do whatever they can to meet them.

We think these goals provide a worthy vision of the future for coming generations and provide a useful guideline for meaningful action. You can get an overview of the goals below, or find out more about each one by visiting the UN Sustainable Development Goals webpage.