When an individual’s life changes, they can change their community. When a community changes, they can change society

Caught in a daily struggle to simply survive, they are typically excluded by wider society from the resources, education and livelihoods they need to thrive. Without support, a different future for themselves and their families remains out of reach. 

Children and women are particularly at risk. More than half of vulnerable children drop out before finishing primary school, while women suffer magnified discrimination due to their gender, with many being taken out of school early, often forced into marriage and household service at the cost of their independence. Further, these same communities are more likely to live on the front lines of climate change, a rapidly increasing threat to survival that no community can face alone. 

At Karuna, we believe that every person has the right to live a life free of discrimination and poverty. We work alongside the world’s most vulnerable people to overcome poverty and discrimination with locally-led projects in gender equality, education, livelihoods and climate resilience. 

By forming partnerships with affected communities, we ensure sustainability and self-reliance; by bringing organisations together, we form networks that spread their benefit further than they ever could have alone. 

Working together in this way, we are committed to eliminating inequality, ensuring access to decent and humane work, providing education for all and mitigating the impact of climate change – with no one left behind.