Educating The Future is a small youth-led NGO supporting pre-school education in neighbouring Timor-Leste. The organisation has raised over $500,000 since inception in 2015 after Co-Founders Adam and Alexi walked nearly 1000 km from Bondi to Byron Bay as high-school students. Since then, the organisation has grown to over 200 volunteers from around Australia and helped set-up and still to this day, support and maintain seven pre-schools across Timor-Leste. The team has educated over 2000 children who otherwise would not have got this basic start to life.
To celebrate their 10th year, the organisation is hosting a Gala at Waverley College, in Sydney, on Saturday 29 November 2025, where the Co-Founders set-off for their walk. Run by volunteers, this Gala seeks to promote the importance of pre-school education to an engaged audience of donors. The night will feature a keynote speech from our Timorese Leaders Cirilo Soares, along with Timor’s First Lady Kirsty Gusmao. The Gala will also celebrate our CEO, Adam, who has led the organisation for a decade. We hope this night will connect and celebrate our valued donors, supporters and partners who have all been integral in the organisation’s journey over the last ten years. We hope to make your contributions over the last ten years visible, and to pay homage to what we have achieved together.