Organisational News

Scoping Counter Trafficking Program Opportunities in Timor Leste 
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Scoping Counter Trafficking Program Opportunities in Timor Leste 

This week, our Director of International Programs Jean Stewart commenced on a three weeks’ counter trafficking program scoping trip in Timor-Leste. Jean has been extremely passionate about improving the human trafficking situation in Timor-Leste and embarked on a journey to determine the correlation between human trafficking and disasters.   Timor-Lest is a destination country (demand), as well…

Contributing to the International Body of Knowledge: Counter Human Trafficking Practices disrupting the Development Sector
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Contributing to the International Body of Knowledge: Counter Human Trafficking Practices disrupting the Development Sector

Join us on this week on Friday at the 2021 Research in Development Impact (RDI) Network conference. Our board chair will discuss the topic of Counter Human Trafficking Practices in Disaster Response and Recovery. We will explore opportunities for disrupting the development sector in the Pacific and Southeast Asia.   This is a fantastic event where pathways…

Freedom in Disasters is recognised as a charitable non-profit organisation by the Austrian Government
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Freedom in Disasters is recognised as a charitable non-profit organisation by the Austrian Government

Following the launch as for-impact, social enterprise in early 2021, Freedom in Disasters (FiD) sought to be officially recognised as charitable organisation. Headquartered in Vienna, FiD approached the Austrian Ministry of Finance to confirm that the organisational purpose is aligned to those of charitable organisations under §41 of the federal tax code. On May 25th,…