Oak Tree Interview Q7: Partnerships
Today we are featuring questions and answers from an interview that I’ve done this week with Rebecca Monson from Oak Tree Foundation (the recipients of donations that you our wonderful readers will give through this blogathon).
DR: What other organizations does Oak Tree partner with?
RM: The Oaktree pilot project is in the KwaNgolozi valley of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. However the Oaktree’s work is by no means limited to South Africa. A major component of our job is education within Australia about the issues of poverty that exist within the developing world. Although our current international project involves a partnership in South Africa, we have the desire to partner with communities throughout Africa and other parts of the developing world. As a relatively small organisation, we would view the quality of the relationship with our partners to be more important than the quantity of relationships developed.
In Australia, we take guidance and support from more experienced members of the aid community. We have strong links with many schools, universities and churches through our ‘branches’. We appreciate the support of the businesses and individuals that sponsor us (see our website at www.theoaktree.org for more information).