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About Quaker Service Australia

Quaker Service Australia (known as QSA) is the Australian and international aid and development organisation of the Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) in Australia. Its role is to channel the concern of Australian Quakers for building a more peaceful, equitable, just and compassionate world. We work with local community-based partners in Cambodia, India (Tamil Nadu), Uganda, Zimbabwe and Indigenous Australia, in small-scale agriculture in order to achieve food and water security. We are a small and established Australian not-for-profit and non-governmental organisation that packs a powerful punch in helping rural communities realise change and sustainable livelihoods for themselves. We also currently provide support to refugees and those seeking asylum in Australia, and in protracted situations in Bangladesh and Malaysia. The work we support is entirely secular and we do not preach nor proselytise. Established in 1959, QSA is a member of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), a signatory of the ACFID Code of Conduct, and is recognised as a fully-accredited NGO by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). This means we comply with strict professional standards as an international not-for-profit and undergo a thorough and independent formal assessment every 5 years. QSA is a registered charity under the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission (ACNC). Quakers around the world have a long history in social justice activism, having been key proponents behind various historical movements for social change including women's rights, and the abolition of slavery in both the UK and USA. Quaker activism stems from a belief that faith is lived through action. Visit our website: www.qsa.org.au or Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/quakerserviceaustralia