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Development Lessons from 2017

December 6, 2017

With Christmas over it’s that time we are all ready to sit back, put our feet up and reflect on…

What does ‘good development’ look like?

December 6, 2017

For decades, the Developed World has been spending hundreds of millions of dollars every year on overseas aid. We see…

How toilets are keeping girls in school in rural Cambodia

November 18, 2017

In rural Cambodia, up to 80% of families do not have access to toilets or sanitation. This is also true of…

Three reasons why we focus on the empowerment of women and girls

November 15, 2017

Why does Foxglove focus on projects supporting the empowerment of women and girls? It’s easy really. There are three key…

People helping one another can bring an elephant into the home (1)

What is development?

November 13, 2017

Here’s a question. What is ‘development’? When we are talking about the term in relation to international aid, how do…

Twenty women helping 20 women

October 25, 2017

What can happen when 20 women gather? In Rwanda there’s a beautiful proverb, “One stick is easy to break but 20…

Five ways you can join the adventure

October 16, 2017

I’ve had the most wonderful time over the past weeks sharing beautiful stories of Rwandan women showing courage, risk-taking and…

3 lies we listen to that leave us burdened about the needs of the world

September 8, 2017

We see so much need in our own backyards and in the world around us that it can easily become…

A step up approach to helping pavement dwellers

August 12, 2017

John Alex of Equitas explains it simply, “To help families living on the pavement we come at it from two…

I remember meeting with a Self Help Group in Rwanda.

Our commitment in telling women’s stories

June 13, 2017

I remember meeting with a Self Help Group in Rwanda. I had been interviewing the women for university research over…

70% of the world’s poor are women.

June 13, 2017

70% of the world’s poor are women. That is a worldwide fact according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)….

Why ‘Foxglove Project’? What is a Foxglove?

June 13, 2017

Why ‘Foxglove Project’? What is a Foxglove? Finding a name isn’t easy. First of all, lots of first ideas are…

Stand Against Racism: Remembering Peter Norman

13 August 2020

Peter’s Norman was the greatest 200m sprinter Australia has ever seen; and yet, that is not what he is most…

COVID-19 Chennai Appeal Update

25 June 2020

As Australia looks forward to plans that will reconnect people and kickstart our economy, countries like India continue to agonise about…

COVID-19 Chennai Appeal

14 April 2020

There is an urgent need to help very poor families survive COVID-19. Foxglove has established the Birds Nest India project…

Progress on gender equality: International Women’s Day

10 March 2020

International Women’s Day, provides a great opportunity to look at equality, more specifically gender equality, in the Developing World.
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Equality is most simply explained as “the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities”. Simple enough right? But it’s actually a lot more difficult to address.