Our Work

International Support Aid Australia exists to resource and empower local people, enabling them to reach out to the poor and disadvantaged in their community.

We assist widows who have lost their husbands to HIV/AIDS or other fatal diseases and are struggling to care for their children. ISAA seek to deliver sustainable development through local participation, which has long-term benefits and helps the community to become self-sufficient. Through income generating projects we seek to increase and stabilise families of low or no income though vocational and/or skill training and through micro-development projects.

We care for orphans and children in vulnerable situations through CARE4Kids (ISAU). We give local people grants to start micro-development projects, enabling families to care for themselves and the orphans they have taken into their homes.

ISAA assists indigenous partners by providing necessary resources, training, and skills. When requested we offer direction and encouragement to enable them to accomplish relief projects and development programs.

In cases of short-term emergency assistance and relief like food, shelter, essential supplies and services for children or people affected is temporary, as our aim is to help rehabilitation of lives and establish sources of revenue. Short-term relief processes are then shifted into long term rehabilitation and community restoration projects.

Childcare and education projects help improve access and quality of education and training for children to empower them to achieve meaningful and productive lives free from poverty. Projects address and provide for the needs of orphaned, abandoned and disabled children. Activities to support existing family structures are given priority; rehabilitation is preferred as this brings wider benefits to society. However there is also a call for such establishments as children’s homes where rehabilitation and care is given to children who cannot be directly placed with suitable foster carers.

We work with disadvantaged groups (marginalised and minority groups), particularly widows and children, providing them with assistance to prevent violence and abuse and to help bring about lasting changes through empowerment and self-sufficiency programs.

We assist people through community development by way of income-generating schemes such as microfinance, micro-enterprise development, and small business development and training to reduce poverty as a result of generating income leading to a better quality of life, dignity and self-reliance.

Emergency Response

The Relief Fund

The Relief Fund allows ISAA to respond to urgent, sometimes life-threatening needs without having to wait to raise funds. In addition, it gives our leadership the ability to move funds to areas where the need is greatest. Examples of how the fund is used include:

Children are awaiting Sponsorship: While we have many children sponsored at $40 a month by caring people, there are many more children in our program that are waiting for a sponsor. The time between enrollment of a child in our program and finding a sponsor for that child can be some months. The Relief Fund provides support for these children until a sponsor is linked to that child.

Emergency Relief: ISAA can respond to provide immediate help to children and the disadvantaged in desperate need when it comes to a life-threatening situation. We are only able to do so because of the finances available through this fund. Replenishment of these funds is crucial so that we can continue to assist those in such crisis situations.

Child Services: The strong point of ISAA is the loving care provided by our children’s welfare staff in Uganda. These dedicated workers are the link between the children who desperately need help and the donors who want to help but also want to make sure their help is getting to the children. Our dedicated team serving these children does just that.

Urgent Medical Needs: When a child has a critical medical need it is vital to act quickly. Children's lives have been saved because our staff fieldworkers have been empowered to respond to urgent medical needs.