{"id":408,"date":"2022-04-28T14:56:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T14:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/?page_id=408"},"modified":"2025-03-31T19:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T08:28:26","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History and governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"408\" class=\"elementor elementor-408\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f78329 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f78329\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2deafb\" data-id=\"e2deafb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c8b403 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c8b403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74fb6cf animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74fb6cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:0}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In 1999, Maria de Alva, then President of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), was so appalled that children and young people were still dying from diabetes in under-resourced countries, that she decided to establish a program specifically for them.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f58be2 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f58be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>She asked Professor Martin Silink AO to assist, who in turn enrolled the expertise of Dr. Graham Ogle. In 2000, the Life for a Child program was officially launched as a program of the IDF, and run from Sydney by Diabetes NSW &amp; ACT, with the help of HOPE <em>worldwide<\/em>.<\/p><p>The team started small, identifying the most-in-need clinics in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines, and giving doctors essential supplies to treat the young people in their care.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdb5680 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fdb5680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:0}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The results were persuasive. The young people supported by the Life for a Child program were not only surviving but thriving, and quickly learning to manage their diabetes.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e6b4ef animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e6b4ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over time, the program expanded its reach to help more clinics in other parts of the world, including Bolivia, India, Tanzania, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p><p>In 2018, the program came fully under the auspices of Diabetes NSW &amp; ACT, which in 2022 merged into Diabetes Australia, Australia\u2019s oldest and largest member-based diabetes charity. Today, Life for a Child is active in 53 countries and Dr. Ogle still leads the program as general manager. He has now seen many children from their point of diagnosis right through to young adulthood and has published numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scientific studies<\/a> on how the Life for a Child program has improved their outcomes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f893961 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f893961\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:0}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Today, Life for a Child is a global operation supporting over 58,900 young people. As we have grown, we have always stayed true to our founding principle of partnering with local health care providers to ensure long-term sustainability.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4690293\" data-id=\"4690293\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-566f4ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"566f4ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ed855e\" data-id=\"4ed855e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c932a14 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c932a14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/history_maria.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10515\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/history_maria.png 478w, https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/history_maria-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Maria De Alva<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f97f6a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f97f6a7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-61ac014\" data-id=\"61ac014\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55a88c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55a88c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/history_martin.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9086\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/history_martin.png 454w, https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/history_martin-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Prof. Martin Silink AO<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a1a26c\" data-id=\"1a1a26c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b88947c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b88947c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/history_graham.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9087\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/history_graham.png 496w, https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/history_graham-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/history_graham-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Graham Ogle<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cb63a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cb63a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0611b7c\" data-id=\"0611b7c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pediatric diabetes workshop in Fiji, 2004<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58fddd7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58fddd7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df85d1e\" data-id=\"df85d1e\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LFAC_22_logo_navy-filled-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LFAC_22_logo_navy-filled-650x650.png 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebfc60b animated-fast elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"ebfc60b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce3c60f animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce3c60f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Governance<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ae88f3 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ae88f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Life for a Child is a program of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabetesaustralia.com.au\/\">Diabetes Australia<\/a>.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--uicore-typography--p-c,'#070707'); font-family: var(--uicore-typography--p-f,'Inter'); font-style: var(--uicore-typography--p-st,'normal'); font-weight: var(--uicore-typography--p-w,'600'); letter-spacing: var(--uicore-typography--p-ls,'-0.027em'); text-transform: var(--uicore-typography--p-t,'none');\">Decision-making is informed by an international advisory committee that meets quarterly to review operations and offer guidance. Committee members include Dr. Graham Ogle, Craig Sedgman, Chief Operating Officer at Diabetes Australia, and a Vice-President of the International Diabetes Federation, plus a number of esteemed doctors, global health professionals, and experts in humanitarian logistics as well as local partner representatives. Two committee members are also living with type 1 diabetes.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aea856 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1aea856\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeforachild.org\/about\/who-we-are\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Meet the team<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dbecd5 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dbecd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CHARITABLE STATUS<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5717ed7 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5717ed7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Life for a Child USA Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization EIN 47-4901579.<\/p><p>Diabetes Overseas Aid Fund is a public ancillary fund registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and has Deductible Gift Recipient status with the Australian Tax Office. 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