Global poverty can seem like a daunting challenge for any individual to tackle, but in 2002 Brisbane’s Geoff Armstrong decided to do just that. Starting out in his own garage… read more →
On a whirlwind trip to Cambodia visiting projects, Global Development Group Executive Director, Geoff and Betty Armstrong, along with Cambodia Project Officer, Peta Thomas, hosted a Partners’ Network Meeting in… read more →
Her Excellency the Australian Ambassador, Suzanne McCourt, officially opened Global Development Group project J839N ‘Bulawayo Community Gardens – Building a Sustainable Future ’ recently, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The gardens have… read more →
A segment on Channel Nine’s ‘Sixty Minutes’ Australia aired last Sunday night highlights the necessity for responsible and accountable development. Global Development Group affirms that a strategic approach to development… read more →
In the past 25 years significant progress has been made in reducing extreme poverty. By 2015, less than 10% of the world’s population live in extreme poverty, compared to 37%… read more →
Malawi is one of the world’s most densely populated, least developed and poorest countries. Most children leave school by age 11 and few make it through high school. Education is… read more →
The work of Global Development Group project J687 partner One Acre Fund was recognised by Princeton University as one of sixteen organisations, world-wide, commended for a demonstrated record of effectively… read more →
Roseline is a 42-year-old mother of seven and a hard-working Kenyan farmer who owns one-and-a-half acres of land. Before 2008 Roseline was too poor to purchase fertilizer and often planted… read more →
One of the great challenges of extreme poverty in rural locations is for families to provide for themselves without the children’s education being neglected because they need to work. Global… read more →
NSW Blues and Sydney Sixers cricketer Ryan Carters will use his star power again this year, raising money to help educate disadvantaged women in Sri Lanka. Since Carters pioneered the… read more →
