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War Child Australia's first field worker, Joanna Francis,
leaves for Herat, Afghanistan early next month, thanks largely
to Melbourne-based software consultancy Sound Logic.
Sound Logic has provided substantial financial support to
War Child Australia, enabling it to meet the costs of Joanna's
posting. Joanna's role of project support worker in the Shaidayee
refugee camp outside Herat will involve a variety of activities
including administration, logistics, legal and protection
rights issues, and implementation of programs such as a kindergarten
catering for 250 children, an agricultural project for women
and a puppet play to teach children land mine awareness.
"Living in Australia, and working in the IT industry,
it's all too easy to lose perspective on the needs of people,
particularly children, in war-ravaged countries," says
Sound Logic principal Dave Sanders. "We look forward
to hearing first hand from Joanna how we're helping with the
redevelopment in Afghanistan."
President of War Child Australia, author Nick Earls is grateful
to Sound Logic. "Although War Child was established in
1993, the Australian chapter was only registered in July this
year. Without this support from Sound Logic, we may have missed
this fantastic opportunity to send our first aid worker to
a field project."
About War Child and Joanna Francis
War Child is a not-for-profit organisation that was founded
in 1993 in response to the plight of children caught in the
war in former Yugoslavia. War Child provides immediate, effective
and practical aid to children of all ages and ethnic backgrounds
affected by war. War Child Australia is the Australian chapter
of War Child. It was registered in July 2002 and is staffed
entirely by volunteers.
Joanna Francis was born and raised in Melbourne. She holds
a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Criminology from the University
of Melbourne, and has worked most recently with the Victims'
Assistance and Referral Service at the Department of Justice,
Melbourne.
About Sound Logic
Sound Logic has
been providing professional IT services for 10 years. Specialising
in open systems technologies, Sound Logic's clients are major
players in industries including Logistics, Communications
and Financial Services.
Sound Logic offers a complete range of services for the successful
delivery of projects - analysis, development, specialist system
testing and project and vendor management services. Sound
Logic can take responsibility for entire projects, or elements
of projects, depending on client requirements.
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