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Our global community giving program

​Founded in 2005, Change A Life invests in projects which provide long-term solutions to the communities involved. We focus on change that provides an opportunity for people to build up their skills for a brighter and more sustainable future.

The money raised comes from company-matched employee donations but also from shareholder dividend donations, corporate contributions and fundraising programmes. ​


8000000 AUD raised
15 projects completed
12 different countries

 Our current projects
  • Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration
    Our project with World Vision in Talensi, Ghana, focuses on Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration, which is a low-cost land restoration technique used to combat poverty and hunger by helping subsistence farmers increase food and timber production and resilience to climate extremes. The project helps teach land management skills that lead to better harvests, more sustainable food production and a healthier ecosystem for the entire region.
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  • World Youth International
    On September 14, 1999, WYI opened Nepal’s first primary and secondary school, in honour of the late Robert Hoey, with a small group of 24 students. 18 years later, more than 550 students are attending the school, and it has been recognised as one of Nepal’s leading learning institutions. The school is in Gokarna, approximately 1 hour drive from Kathmandu.
  • Come-Share education programme
    Come-Share, our project in Sri-Lanka, provides educational funding for children from year ten (O level) onwards. Education up until year ten is free, and many children from poor backgrounds can complete up until year ten unassisted. After this point many children are forced into manual labour by lack of funds, even if their school results are very good.
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  • Change A Life South Africa
    Computershare launched Change A Life in South Africa in 2008 to help combat the scourge of crime and to strive for a hopeful future for all South Africans. Funds raised by Change A Life South Africa are channelled via the Mike Thomson Change A Life Trust, which was set up to help combat crime following the tragic murder of senior Computershare manager Mike Thomson in September 2007.
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 Latest news from our projects
  • 30 JUN 2017

    Talensi - Project achievements June 2017
  • 30 JUN 2017

    Come-Share success stories - June 2017
  • 01 FEB 2017

    Talensi - Project Achievements 2016
  • 09 DEC 2016

    Talensi - Centre of FMNR excellence

    Read the article
  • 27 OCT 2016

    Bushfire training in Talensi
  • 28 JUL 2016

    Meet Grace and her goats

 We've invested in these causes

  • 2016

    Sunrise Cambodia completed

  • 2015

    Community Learning Centres Phase 2 completed - Kenya (World Vision)
    Carbon Farming Program completed - Timor (With One Seed)

  • 2014

    Mtito Andei Food Security Project completed - Kenya (World Vision)

  • 2013

    Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines ($100,000 donation)
    Syrian crisis donation Doctors Without Borders ($50,000 donation)

  • 2012

    Community Learning Centres Phase 2 commenced - Kenya (World Vision)
    Carbon Farming Program commenced - Timor (With One Seed)
    Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration commenced - Ghana (World Vision)
    Water Sanitation and Hygiene Project - Ethiopia (CARE)

  • 2011

    Mtito Andei Food Security Project commenced - Kenya (World Vision)
    Community Learning Centres Phase 1 completed - Kenya (World Vision)
    East African Emergency Appeal ($100,000 donation)

  • 2010

    Community Learning Centres Phase 1 commenced - Kenya (World Vision)
    Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration completed - Chad (World Vision)
    Haiti Earthquake Appeal ($75,000 donation)
    Pakistani Floods Appeal ($55,000 donation)

  • 2008

    Highland Community Education Program - Cambodia (CARE)
    Phongsaly Health and Livehoods Project Laos completed (CARE)

  • 2007

    Sunrise Cambodia commenced
    Phongsaly Health and Livehoods Project commenced - Laos (CARE)
    Mobile Eye Care Clinic completed - Ethiopia (World Vision)

  • 2006

    Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration commenced - Chad (World Vision)
    Mobile Eye Care Clinic commenced - Ethiopia (World Vision)

  • 2005

    Salem Agricultural Project Kenya (CARE)
    Come-Share Education Programme commenced - Sri-Lanka

 Learn more about our past projects

 Our global cycling challenges have raised over half a million dollars
  • 2007 - Laos
    Staff from Australia raised
    AUD 140,000
  • 2011 - Cambodia
    Staff from Australia and New Zealand raised AUD 156,000
  • 2014 - Cambodia
    Staff from US and Canada raised AUD 215,000

Our 9 day cycling challenge in 2014 was our biggest yet

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34 riders
450 kilometres cycled
215000 AUD raised