- Hugh Evans
Infobox_President | name =Hugh Evans
nationality =Australian
order =2004 Young Australian of the Year
term_start =2004
term_end =2004
predecessor =Lleyton Hewitt
successor =Khoa Do
birth_date =March 4, 1983
birth_place =Melbourne , Victoria
death_date =
death_place =|Hugh Evans is an
Australian humanitarian and the founder and former director of theOaktree Foundation .Hugh completed VCE at
Carey Grammar inMelbourne , and he is currently studying Law/Science atMonash University .Hugh’s advocacy work in the aid and development sector has taken him to over 30 countries around the world, including
the Philippines ;India , where he spent six months studying atWoodstock School as part of the 1999 William Carey Scholarship; The Hague in theNetherlands , where he was part of the Australian Schools delegation to The Hague International model United Nations;South Africa , where he worked for one year in 2002 as the inauguralWorld Vision Youth Ambassador and participated in the World Congress on Children’s Rights;Minneapolis in theUSA , where he spoke at a HIV/AIDS conference;Japan , where he spoke to theJunior Chamber International in 2004;Ghana , andIsrael , where he studied theNGO and youth sectors as part of the 2006 National Australia Bank Yahad Scholarship. [ [http://www.saxton.com.au/default.asp?sd8=2653 Hugh Evans - Saxton Speaker Bureau - Speaker Details ] ]Hugh was a Victorian representative for the
United Nations Youth Association of Australia ’s National Youth Conference in 2000.Hugh has also been formally recognized for his achievements with the titles Young Victorian of the Year (2003),Young Australian of the Year (2004) and Junior Chamber International Young Person of the World (2005). In 2008, he was invited to speak at the Australian 2020 Youth Summit.Hugh’s first book, Stone of the Mountain: The Hugh Evans Story, was published in November 2004 and recounts the year he spent living and working in the poverty-ridden communities of
Kwa-Zulu Natal inSouth Africa . He is currently working on his second book, Just STAND, which is aimed at inspiring and motivating young people to make a difference in the world. [ [http://www.saxton.com.au/default.asp?sd8=2653 Hugh Evans - Saxton Speaker Bureau - Speaker Details ] ]The Oaktree Foundation
In 2002, Hugh had lived and worked in the rural valley communities of
KwaZulu-Natal ,South Africa where he came to understand that bringing opportunity and hope to the community could only be achieved through a spirit of partnership. On his return to Australia, Hugh foundedThe Oaktree Foundation , Australia's first entirely youth-run and youth-driven aid and development agency.Oaktree aims to empower developing communities through education in a sustainable way. Since its inception in 2003, Oaktree has raised more than $1,000,000 for development projects in six countries to provide more than 40,000 young people with increased educational opportunities. The organisation has mobilized over 10,000 young volunteers and supporters across Australia,
South Africa , theUSA and theUK , run more than 300 conferences and speaking engagements and reached more than 150,000 people. [Moss, S et al (2008) 'Oaktree Overview']Young volunteers from Oaktree were the leaders behind the 2006
Make Poverty History Concert in Melbourne.The Global Poverty Project
Hugh has recently founded the Global Poverty Project. The Global Poverty Project seeks to catalyse the international movement to end extreme poverty by creating a 90 minute feature slideshow that clearly but deeply communicates the challenges and opportunities of extreme poverty, and what can be done about it. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24415638-5000117,00.html
The Project was Launched in New York at the UN High Level Meeting on the MDGs by Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith, UN Millennium Campaign Director, Salil Shetty and Global Poverty Project Director, Hugh Evans.
Cambridge University
Hugh has recently commenced a Masters in International Relations at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom- http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24356842-12332,00.html
References
External links
* [http://www.hughevans.com.au/ Hugh Evans]
* [http://www.theoaktree.org/ The Oaktree Foundation]
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