Have you ever wondered if the money our Government spends on aid is
really helping to alleviate poverty?
Join AID/WATCH for the launch of ‘Where is Your Aid Money Going?’ our
online guide to the complex world of aid and development. The guide
aims to give you information on where your aid money goes and tools
for action.
Also being launched is the international report, Reality of Aid 2010,
“Aid and Development Effectiveness: Towards Human Rights, Social
Justice and Democracy”.
WHERE: Darlington Centre, University of Sydney, 174 City Road,
Darlington NSW
Speakers for the night:
Alex Oates, Policy Advisor, Australian Council for International
Development (ACFID)
Lee Rhiannon, Greens Senator-elect and co-founder of AID/WATCH
Teguh Surya, Campaigns Director at WALHI (Friends of the Earth
Indonesia), the largest and oldest environmental advocacy NGO in
Indonesia.
Muliadi, Secretary General of ARPAG, a 7000-strong collective of
peasants, fisherfolks, rattan handcrafters and rubber collectors.
APARG members live adjacent to the Australian Government-funded REDD
project in Kalimantan, Indonesia.