“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

Peace One Day

Peace One Day is a non-profit organisation, impartial to and independent of any government, political persuasion, corporation or religious creed.

Filmmaker Jeremy Gilley launched Peace One Day in 1999, setting out to find a starting point for peace. His mission was to document his efforts to establish the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with a fixed calendar date. Remarkably, two years on he achieved his primary objective when the 192 member states of the United Nations unanimously adopted September 21 as an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace. We call that Peace Day.

Peace One Day has been instrumental in many humanitarian initiatives, including supporting the delivery of mass polio vaccinations in Afghanistan on Peace Day 2007. More than 1.4 million children were vaccinated in some of the most remote areas of the country, and a further 1.6 million the following year.

The UN International Day of Peace on September 21 each year is not only about creating peace between nations, it's about non-violence in our homes, communities and schools. Peace Day is therefore relevant to every human being on the planet.

www.peaceoneday.org

The Mercy Care Program

The Mercy Care Program is a 24 hour accessible safe house providing crisis accommodation and support for women and their children who have experienced family violence. The Mercy Care program incorporates a Specialist Children's Program to support children with the emotional impacts of family violence and assistance for mothers to recognise such impacts on their children.

In 2009 the Mercy Care Program provided crisis accommodation to 462 women and 535 children. For further information on the organisation's work, or to donate to their cause, go to:

www.mcauleycsw.org.au

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre is Australia’s leading asylum seeker organization. It is a multi – award winning, independently funded human rights organization. It is an extraordinary centre with more than 600 volunteers, 23 direct programs and over 2000 asylum seekers receiving support.

In the first 8 years alone they have assisted over 7000 people seeking asylum, provided more than 1 million hours of free help and turned no one in need away. All of this has been achieved without a single dollar of Federal Government funding and with more than 95% of their funding coming solely from the community and philanthropy. The ASRC does it all from direct aid, welfare and medical care to strengthening families and communities through community development and campaigning for social change.

www.asrc.org.au