The Asia Peace and Education Foundation is registered as a non-profit organisation in Australia *.  We are associated with the Global Development Group (GDG) that is signatory to the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) and endorsed by AusAID (the development arm of the Australian Government).  Money raised from donations is channelled directly to our partners in Burma with a 5% fee for administration and financial oversight for the GDG.  In Australia, the foundation is staffed entirely by volunteers.

Since Cyclone Nargis struck in May 2008, APEF has become established as a local entity in Burma as the project implementing arm of Phaung Daw Oo and other Monastic Schools in the Irrawaddy Delta.  As such APEF has been able to secure funding from a range of donors including Misereor, the overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Germany (http://www.misereor.org), and the British Government (see details of programs supported by these donors here).   Currently APEF is developing a partnership with the Burnet Institute, Australia's largest Medical Research and Public Health Institute (http://www.burnet.edu.au/home) to scale up assistance to Monastic Schools and communities affected by Cyclone Nargis through a comprehensive program that aims to build the capacity of school teachers, administrators and communities to provide child focussed learning approaches and promote school hygiene and social and psychological support programs (click here for further details).

(*ABN: 23154713195)