Quaker Service Australia Limited

QSA supports communityled initiatives to build resilient communities, alleviate poverty, and achieve food and water security through sustainable development closely aligned with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Operating from Sydney, QSA collaborates with local, secular civil society organisations that understand their communities' needs. Their consultative and inclusive approaches ensure that projects are tailored to each community's context and priorities. QSA utilises an indirect service delivery model, building longterm partnerships with local organisations to provide grassroots support. Interdisciplinary and holistic development approaches incorporate ecology, climate adaptation, nutrition, health, gender equality, women's empowerment, child protection, and inclusiveness, all designed to be culturally appropriate and sustainable. A key focus of QSA's work is smallholder agriculture, particularly empowering women farmers who play a central role in rural livelihoods. Many of QSA's partners also support women's leadership and gender equality in the household and at the community level, reinforcing social and economic opportunities for women.