The Australian Karen Foundation, established in 2006.
Aim and Purposes
The aim of the Foundation is to achieve better outcomes for the Karen people in Thailand, Burma and in Australia.

The purposes for which the Foundation is established are:
(1) To provide assistance and support, for educational, vocational, medical or other programmes for Karen refugees and displaced persons on the Thai-Burma Border and within Burma
(2) To provide assistance and support in preparing refugees and displaced persons for their return to their homeland.
(3) To provide assistance and support for Karen people accepted for resettlement in Australia
(4) To provide a forum and voice for educating the wider community on the plight of the Karen people.
(5) To engage, where considered appropriate by the Committee, with other Burmese ethnic groups.

President of the Committee is the Rev’d Ron Browning.       
The Committee comprises of three Australians and four Karen representatives.