Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA People

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is about people – people working together to make things better for all. As the global justice organisation of the Australian union movement, each and every APHEDA supporter, member, partner, activist and participant here in Australia and all around the world contributes to the work it takes to tackle inequality and injustice.

As the Secretary of the Australian Western Sahara Association, Lesley Osborn has been calling on the Australian people to put their solidarity into action for the past fifteen years. Asked what drives her activism, Lesley told us: “Solidarity is unity
Joining Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA was a no-brainer for Clare: “I’m an internationalist,” she explains.
“By standing together across borders, we can make a better world” - that was the message that celebrated human rights activist Naw K’nyaw Paw delivered to Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA members and supporters in the 2019 Annual Dinner. Here,
Mary Waterford has spent her whole life fighting for justice and equality. In her social work, unionism, and in her fundraising for international solidarity, Mary has been committed to helping disadvantaged people secure the rights that they others deny them.
When Elisabeth de Arajujo meets with domestic workers in the Timorese capital of Dili, she tells them: “you are a worker as me, I am also a worker – all of us are in the same position, so we have
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is about people working together to make things better for all. This month we meet Chris White, long-time APHEDA activist and lifelong unionist.
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is about people working together to make things better for all. This month we meet Ou Tepphallin from CSFWF union, Cambodia.
400 x 250 Saw Blacktown
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is about people working together to make things better for all. This month we meet Saw Blacktown from Karen News (Thai-Myanmar Border).
400 x 250 Cindy O'Connor
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is about people working together to make things better for all. This month we meet Cindy O'Connor from APHEDA's VIC Activist Group.

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