Hugh Evans is an Australian humanitarian

Humanitarianism

In its most general form, humanitarianism is an ethic of kindness, benevolence and sympathy extended universally and impartially to all human beings. Humanitarianism has been an evolving concept historically but universality is a common element in its evolution...

 and the founder and former director of the Oaktree Foundation, for which he received the Young Australian of the Year Award in 2004. Evans worked in 2002 as the inaugural World Vision

World Vision

World Vision, founded in the USA in 1950, is an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal is "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of...

 Youth Ambassador in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. Evans stepped down from being Oaktree's Director in March 2008. Evans is also the co-founder of the Global Poverty Project

Global Poverty Project

The Global Poverty Project is a community education group founded by Hugh Evans and Simon Moss that aims to increase awareness of, and action towards fighting extreme poverty through a presentation entitled 1.4 Billion Reasons, patterned after Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, delivered around the...

, a community education group that aims to increase awareness of, and action towards fighting extreme poverty

Poverty

Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...

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