ABOUT

The LBW Trust believes that education is the way to a better future. From tiny beginnings, we are now supporting the tertiary education of nearly 100 students in South Africa, India, Pakistan, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Our hope is that when they graduate, these young men and women will not only have better opportunities in their own lives, but will play an important part in the future of their communities and nations.

The Trust was established in June 2006, at the urging of cricket writer and broadcaster Peter Roebuck. It was launched by a group of like-minded cricket fans in Sydney, to fund the tertiary education of students in developing countries who would otherwise not have the opportunity. The LBW Trust is run entirely by volunteers, so all the money we raise goes directly to our students’ fees.

Candidates for assistance by the LBW Trust are chosen from cricket playing nations amongst developing countries, through our local NGO partners Sports Skills for Life Skills in South Africa, Pakistan’s Sustainable Peace and Development Organisation, The Vikash Educational Charitable Trust in Orissa, India, the Prerana Nurture Merit college in Bangalore, India, the Australian-Ugandan NGO One Village, and Imran Kahn’s Namal College in Pakistan. All the organisations are working to improve access to a good higher education in some of the world’s poorest communities.

We reached our milestone goal to support 100 students in these countries by June 2010, and now we’re aiming even higher.

To read our 2008/2009 Annual Report, click here: 2008-09 LBW Trust Annual Report