Donate

In developing countries your donation goes a long way.

Every dollar donated will help workers lift their families out of poverty through training and education projects.

The more you give the more we can do. If you are able to make a one-off donation that is wonderful, but a direct debit or automatic payment is what helps our organisation continue its work.

Direct Debit or Automatic Payment

Please down load our kiwi solidarity direct debit form (pdf file 122KB), or automatic payment form, fill it in and post it back to us at:

UnionAID
P O Box 6689
Marion Square
Wellington 6141
email: unionaid@nzctu.org.nz
fax: 04 385 6051

Cheque Donation

Please make all cheques payable to

“UnionAID Trust”.
UNIONAID,
P O Box 6689,
Marion Square,
Wellington

Phone Donation

Phone 0900 UNAID (0900 862 43) to automatically donate $30 from your phone bill (children, ask your parents first)

Projects

UnionAID is currently supporting union partners working with:

Burmese migrants in Mae Sot, Thailand

The Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) provides training and support for Burmese migrant workers in Mae Sot on the Burma-Thailand border. The FTUB was formed by Burmese workers, who with their families, have fled the military regime in Burma by crossing the border into Thailand. Learning about local labour rights and how to organise gives the workers a chance to move beyond poverty and become self-reliant in their dealings with local employers.

Dalit workers in Tamil Nadu, India

The Tamil Nadu Labour Union in South India organises dalit* men and women, who are employed in poorly paid jobs such as scavengers, sweepers, quarry workers, and graveyard workers. Traditionally these groups have not been organised and they are highly vulnerable to exploitation. Your support helps provide them with training and education on labour and human rights and gender equality. Hundreds of local leaders have been trained and union membership has built to more than 30,000. Collective action has achieved respect for workers as well as tangible benefits.

• What your donations are funding in India
• Project gains in human rights

Building bridges in Sri Lanka

A new UnionAID project is currently being piloted in Sri Lanka which seeks to build relationships, and community activity, across ethnic groups who have been divided by the bitter civil war.

UnionAID has forged a new partnership with the Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees Union which has a record of effectiveness in a very difficult environment. [Read more...]

Others

The UnionAID Strategic Plan aims to work with other agencies (such as the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) aid agency (APHEDA) and local partners to develop other projects in our Asia–Pacific region. Planning has already begun on options which include:

• A training programme for women leaders of Burmese migrant workers on the Thai border
• A work skills training programme for Agent Orange disabled youth in Vietnam.
• Occupational safety and health training in Vietnam and Laos.
• A joint Pacific programme with ACTU and SPOCTU (South Pacific Council of Trade Unions).
• Trade union development and capacity building in Timor-Leste.

Other information

• Getting value for your donation

Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust (UnionAID) is a charitable trust established by the NZ Council of Trade Unions – Te Kauae Kaimahi to express its solidarity with partners in developing countries struggling to protect and promote the rights of workers and their families

UnionAID (Unions Aotearoa for International Development) was established in 2009 as the international aid and development agency of the NZ Council of Trade Unions – Te Kauae Kaimahi (CTU). It is an independent Charitable Trust with trustees appointed by the NZCTU. It was established to provide a channel for New Zealand workers to contribute to international development through support for programmes that assist unions and workers and their families in developing countries.

UnionAid is a registered charity with the New Zealand Charities Commission.