2. INTRODUCTION OF HUGH EVANS
• Hugh Evans born 4 March 1983 in Melbourne,
Victoria is an Australian humanitarian. Evans is the
co-founder of both The Oaktree Foundation and
the Global Poverty Project. He has received
domestic and international accolades for his work
in promoting youth advocacy and volunteerism in
order to reduce extreme poverty in developing
countries.
3. Introduction Of Hugh Evans
• Evans grew up in Kew, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and was
educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School where, aged 12 years, he
participated in World Vision's 40-hour famine out of a concern for
poverty in developing countries. The following year, Evans
subsequently won a World Vision-sponsored contest to visit
development programs in The Philippines and was moved by his
encounters in the slums of Manila. Evans went on exchange to
Woodstock School in the Himalayas in India two years later. Recalling
his experience from notes in his memoir at the time of his return.
4. The OakTree Foundation
In 2003 Evans, together with Nicolas Mackay established
The Oaktree Foundation, an Australian-based non-
government organisation that provides aid and
development to countries in need across the Asia Pacific
and African regions. Oaktree is run by young people aged
16 to 26, overseen by an advisory board, and has since
grown into an effective vehicle for youth advocacy in
Australia providing for education in developing
countries.Evans was the inaugural chief executive officer,
standing down in 2008, and continues with Oaktree in an
advisory capacity.Evans' early inspiration and support of
Oaktree was provided by St Hillary's, a large evangelical
Anglican parish in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
5. THE GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT
• Inspired by Al Gores successful film An Inconvenient Truth,
Evans and Simon Moss established the Global Poverty Project,
a community education group that aims to increase
awareness of, and action towards fighting extreme
poverty.The Global Poverty Project was started in 2008 with a
US$60,000 grant from the United Nations and an A$350,000
grant from AusAID.Included in Evans' activism for the Global
Poverty Project is the Make Poverty History campaign and
concerts in Australia.
6. He said “The greatest injustice I witnessed this year happened, not when
comparing the poor of India to the rich of India, but upon arriving home. I
couldn't understand why we as Australians are so determined, even to the
point of complaining, to get the latest mobile phone … then comparing this
to walking through the market of India and seeing a man with no legs, simply
a piece of rubber tied to his waist to stop the skin on his pelvis from scraping
away … all he asks for is the equivalent of 20 cents.”
WHY HE DID THESE
7. • Internationally, Oaktree partners work with developing communities
to support quality educational opportunities for young people, aged
from 12 to 30 years. In Australia, Oaktree focuses on educating and
training young people to be effective agents of change, as well as
advocates for policy change through sustained, community-driven
campaigns. The organisation claims to be Australia's largest youth-
run organisation.
• The global poverty project’s mission is to grow the number and
effectiveness of Global Citizens to achieve the public, business and
political commitment and action to end extreme poverty by 2030.
• And to raise awareness of poverty around the world
