For international development organisations such as Good Return, our focus is quite appropriately on the programs that we implement and the impacts we can create. I am convinced that our focus on supporting access to financial services and in building skills remain as relevant and necessary as ever. I know this from our monitoring and evaluation feedback, from my own...

We were up bright and early for a breakfast event that we hosted at the Clayton Utz offices in the Sydney CBD this morning! Called The Transformative Power of Digital: Building better futures for women through emerging technologies, we were very fortunate to have three women entrepreneurs to form a discussion panel (and I have a feeling there were a few more...

On Friday the 9th of March, Good Return’s partner South Pacific Development Bank (SPDB) in Tonga celebrated its members and their successes on the island of Tongatapu. The celebration started at 10 am with a parade (the Tongan love parades) lead by a local brass band throughout the streets of Nuku’alofa, under the smiles and waves of the kids and...

Good Return is looking to hire an experienced IT Manager to help us manage and develop our website and IT platforms. The Good Return technology platform is core to our business and enables Australians to lend directly to impoverished people in South East Asia. Check it out at www.goodreturn.org. If you are an experienced IT Manager looking for a chance to make a...

Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day! It is the 101th anniversary of International Women’s Day and marks the social, political, and economic achievements of women globally. Here at Good Return, we’re spending the day madly trying to get the word out about our Connecting Women, Building Better Futures campaign which is running throughout...

With International Women’s Day approaching on March 8 – along with Good Return’s own IWD-linked promotion that challenges Australians to help lift 200 women out of poverty during March – it is an opportunity for us to reflect on the role of women in the societies in which we work. It is apparent from all the evidence that empowering women and improving...