Footprints has completed 262 projects
Here is where you'll find the real stories about how these projects that have truly changed lives for people living in extreme poverty across the globe.
This project supports increased investment in and access to culturally appropriate eye care services for underserved Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, through training and support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health staff.
AUD 25,003
Raised from 4,489 people
Our goal is a world where gorillas and other wildlife are healthy and their habitats are secure, and where they co-exist with healthy communities.
AUD 24,791
Raised from 3,879 people
The Solukhumbu Women’s Health Project (SWHP) aims to improve women’s health across the Solukhumbu district of Nepal including access to women’s reproductive and sexual health services.
AUD 30,006
Raised from 4,812 people
This project will improve the understanding, management, and stewardship of threatened sharks and rays in Panama’s biodiversity-rich Coiba Island and surrounding waters – a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site and an important adventure travel destination – through the long-term engagement of local communities and the public in baseline research and conservation, and the promotion of engaged, conscientious and sustainable tourism.
USD 20,002
Raised from 8,948 people
This project will focus on training teachers in the remote Solukhumbu district of Nepal with the goal to ensure that children have better opportunities in life through an inclusive, high quality education.
AUD 20,002
Raised from 5,960 people
Teacher Training and Quality Inclusive Education(TTQIE)focuses on training teachers in the remote Solukhumbu district of Nepal with the goal of ensuring that children have better opportunities in life through an inclusive and quality education.
AUD 15,014
Raised from 2,284 people
Capacity building of community health volunteers and village midwives to
better promote antenatal care to pregnant women, good feeding and care
practices among parents of children under five.
AUD 30,001
Raised from 5,043 people
Children in Ukraine have had their education significantly disrupted by ongoing conflict. Save the Children is working to ensure all Ukrainian children can realise their human right to gain foundational literacy and numeracy skills through their Library for All program.
AUD 25,006
Raised from 3,750 people
This project will facilitate community based sustainable tourism in Indian villages as a means to generate additional income for farmers. The proposed training program would empower villagers to meaningfully participate in community-based sustainable tourism.
AUD 10,005
Raised from 3,245 people
SEE Turtles helps the sea turtle community connect, grow, and thrive by supporting community-based conservation efforts. This project supports the Sea Turtles & Plastic campaign which is designed to get plastic waste out of sea turtle habitats around the world, by supporting four local programs in Costa Rica.
AUD 30,008
Raised from 4,934 people
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This program helps solve water scarcity and hygiene issues by empowering rural communities to promote water conservation techniques and develop new water resources.
AUD 30,004
Raised from 4,709 people
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Australia is the only developed country to have blinding trachoma. This disease is one of poverty that can be easily avoided through access to clean water, efficient housing, and education.
AUD 25,035
Raised from 4,057 people
The Sea Turtle Conservancy is working to save the Green Turtles which are in decline, working within the community of Tortuguero in Costa Rica to introduce eco-tourism as an alternative to the “consumptive use” of sea turtles for meat, eggs and shell.
Funds raised through the Footprints Program will help fund the project’s research coordinators, research supplies and equipment, provide food for station staff and volunteers, gas for project boats, and supplies for community outreach and education activities.
AUD 30,009
Raised from 5,053 people
This project will encourage exclusive breastfeeding practices in Nias, Indonesia to help minimize the damage caused by the malnutrition-infection cycle. Training and coaching, supported by localized education materials, should stimulate uptake of exclusive breastfeeding and save lives.
AUD 25,008
Raised from 7,018 people
An estimated 1 billion people around the world cannot officially prove their identity, and 47% of these are children (World Bank, 2018). Your birth certificate proves you exist. Without it, girls around the world struggle to prove their age, and can be forced into child marriage.
Bangladesh has the fourth highest rates of child marriage in the world, with over 50% of girls married before their 18th birthday. Plan International has been working with the Bangladesh government to roll out OpenCRVS, to ensure all children are registered and receive a much needed birth certificate that can protect them from early marriage, child trafficking and child labour.
AUD 25,004
Raised from 3,809 people
Improving irrigation will help to address persistent high rates of malnutrition - driven by poverty, insufficient access to water, poor knowledge about nutrition, and low agricultural production, exacerbated by climate change.
AUD 25,001
Raised from 3,803 people
This project will support 50 children cope with traumatic experiences they had during the Australian fires as well as develop their natural resiliency and strengthen their social support networks.
AUD 22,823
Raised from 6,471 people
For decades, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have experienced lower health outcomes than non-indigenous Australians. Through this project the Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to tackling significant eye health issues for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
AUD 20,002
Raised from 5,701 people
This project will connect wildlife conservation to income generation and health education for local women and school-age girls in Samburu County, northern Kenya.
USD 18,406
Raised from 7,889 people
The Global Safer Cities for Girls Program's overarching goal is to build safe, accountable and inclusive cities with and for adolescent girls to prevent and address gender-based violence and sexual harassment. The program aims to increase girls’ safety and access to public spaces and transport and increase their active and meaningful participation in urban development and governance.
AUD 18,296
Raised from 2,861 people
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