Key figures

AACES has had a positive impact on food security by assisting:

• 26,000 households to receive farm inputs such as tools, seeds and livestock
• 31,000 farmers adopt new agricultural technologies and sustainable farming practices
• 14,000 farmers join farmer associations, which provide technical support, information and knowledge sharing
• The program helped people with disability participate in food production by promoting traditional community help, where community members offer their labour to support people with disability.

AACES provided vital health services to more than 80,000 people living in remote areas:

• more than 47,300 people access a modern family planning method
• more than 23,500 children receive life-saving vaccines
• more than 10,000 babies to be delivered through clean and safe practices.

AACES programs provided safe water, sanitation and hygiene services to communities, supporting:

• an additional 64,000 people to be able to access safe and sustainable water
• more than 47,000 people gain access to appropriate sanitation
• the construction of more than 50,000 people learned about safe hygiene practices
• AACES partners collaborated with various disabled peoples associations to lobby governments to plan for and target people with disability.

Report summary

The Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) is a partnership of the Australian Government, ten Australian non-government organisations (NGOs) and their African-based partners. AACES is a five year program (2011-16) delivered in 11 African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The $90 million program contributes to reducing poverty in Africa through food security, maternal and child health, and water and sanitation community based interventions, with particular attention to women, children and people living with disability. This report, the second annual report for AACES, highlights the partnership's major achievements in 2012–13. The theme for this year's report and a key priority for partners is 'advancing disability-inclusive development'.

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AACES NGO partners