About this organisation
Summary of activities
This year AFAO worked in partnership with the Australian Government to support Australia’s negotiations at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS. These quintennial meetings review progress in the global response to HIV/AIDS and set directions to achieve UNAIDS’ goal to end AIDS by 2030. In June, we launched our Agenda 2025 report, which laid out a detailed set of fully costed, evidence-based policies which would achieve the previously unthinkable: virtual elimination of HIV transmission in Australia by 2025. AFAO continued ongoing advocacy to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to relax the restrictions on the sale of HIV self-tests, and overcome barriers created by the TGA’s Advertising Code to health promotion delivered by AFAO’s members. promotion delivered by AFAO’s members. Other policy activities included the Federal Pre-Budget Submission and the provision of feedback on the National Preventative Health Strategy recommending HIV and other communicable diseases be prioritised and the needs of LGBTIQ communities recognised. AFAO also provided strategic political support to NAPWHA in advocating to the Commonwealth for HIV treatment to be available to all people with HIV regardless of visa status. In response, the Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, committed the government to pursuing a National Partnership Agreement (NPA) with states and territories through which HIV treatment will be made available. In partnership with our member organisation, the Anwernekenhe National HIV Alliance, we produced a range of resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. These included a new edition of Us Mob and HIV booklet (last published in 2014). Coinciding with this was the production of four digital HIV factsheets on HIV testing, PrEP, PEP and treatment as prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast was again another highlight of AFAO’s year. Due to COVID-19, the event was virtual. Once again, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Health, and their shadow counterparts, attended the event. Approximately twenty three politicians from across Australia’s parliament attended the event. The Sustainability of HIV Services for Key Populations in Asia (SKPA) program is a three-year Global Fund supported program in Bhutan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste. SKPA promotes sustainable services for key populations – that is, those communities most affected by HIV – to stop HIV transmission and HIV-related deaths by 2030. This goal is underpinned by five objectives: increase financial sustainability; strengthen strategic information; mitigate service delivery gaps; strengthen community systems and contribute to an enabling environment. AFAO continued with successfully implementing this program despite challenges due to COVID-19.
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Name: Australia Program - Policy Achievements, Political Engagement and Member Engagement
URL: https://www.afao.org.au/our-work/
Classification: Communicable disease control (Health > Public health > Communicable disease control)
Beneficiaries:- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Adults - aged 25 to under 65
- Adults - aged 65 and over
- Families
- Females
- Males
- People from a culturally and linguistically diverse background (or people from a CALD background)
- People in rural/regional/remote communities
- People with chronic illness (including terminal illness)
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: International Program
URL: https://www.afao.org.au/our-work/international-program/
Classification: Health promotion (Health > Public health > Health promotion)
Beneficiaries:- Adults - aged 25 to under 65
- Adults - aged 65 and over
- Families
- Females
- Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex persons
- Males
- Other charities
- Overseas communities or charities
- People in rural/regional/remote communities
- People with chronic illness (including terminal illness)
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First off, this graph gives a general indication of how big the charity is - charities range in size from tiny (budgets of less than $100,000) to enormous (budgets more than $100 million). You're also looking for variability - if the charity's revenue and expenses are jumping up and down from year to year, make sure there's a good reason for it.
Unlike companies, charities and not-for-profits aren't on a mission to make money. However, if they spend more than they receive, eventually they will go into too much debt and run into trouble. As a very general rule, you want revenue to be slightly above expenses. If expenses is reliably above revenue, the charity is losing money. If revenue is much larger than expenses, it means the charity might not be using its resources effectively. It isn't always that simple, however, and there's a lot of reasons a charity might not follow this pattern. They might be saving up for a big purchase or campaign, or they might have made a big one-off payment. If you're worried, always look at the annual and financial reports to understand why the charity is making the decisions it is.
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If a charity receives more money than it spends, that's a surplus (in business, it would be called profit). If it spends more than it receives, that's a deficit. This chart shows surpluses and deficits for the charity over the last few years.
What should I be looking for?
Unlike companies, charities and not-for-profits aren't on a mission to make money. However, if they spend more than they receive, eventually they will go into too much debt and run into trouble. As a very general rule, you want a charity to make a small surplus on average. A deficit means that charity lost money that year, which may indicate poor financial management or just a series of bad circumstances. If the charity always has a huge surplus, it means the charity might not be using its resources effectively. It isn't always that simple, however, and there's a lot of reasons a charity might not follow this pattern. They might be saving up for a big purchase or campaign, or they might have made a big one-off payment. If you're worried, always look at the annual and financial reports to understand why the charity is making the decisions it is.
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Donations are an important source of revenue for some charities. Others rely more heavily on government funding, or on revenue from other sources. This is an indication of how much they need donors to accomplish their mission. Note that there is no 'good' or 'bad' amount of donations for a charity to have. It might be interesting to look at values over time - are they going up or down? A charity that gets less donations every year may be in trouble.
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Assets are things that the charity owns that are worth something. This could be anything from a car to investments. Similarly, liabilities are debts or obligations that the charity owes to someone else, like a loan or an agreement to pay for something.
What should I be looking for?
Firstly, in general a charity should have more assets than liabilities. If it doesn't, it implies that the charity might not be able to pay its debts, and you should look very closely at the charity's annual and financial reports to make sure they are taking steps to remedy this. Current assets should generally be above current liabilities - that means the charity can easily pay off the debts that are coming due soon. Beyond that, look for a large stockpile of assets. While a charity should have enough assets to keep it afloat in hard times (a 'buffer') if that stockpile gets too large the charity could be using that money more effectively. As always, if you have concerns check the annual and financial reports.
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