The KYEEMA Foundation is a non-profit organisation that was formed in late 2003 to promote and sponsor sustainable livelihoods development.  It is also the umbrella body for the International Rural Poultry Centre, which is a subsidiary entity within the KYEEMA Foundation.

KYEEMA is an Australian aboriginal word meaning “of the dawn”.  Our philosophy is that through helping people to improve their livelihoods, we will assist them to start their lives with new hope for the future, to have a new dawn.  The KYEEMA Foundation is involved with a number of activities that seek to help individuals help themselves, including chicken rearing and vaccination activities, assistance for AIDS orphans, and research to reduce cyanide toxicity from eating cassava.  These are listed on the Projects page.

The KYEEMA Foundation website is the new home for the current Rural Poultry in Developing Countries website (old address was vsap.uq.edu.au/ruralpoultry). The website will continue to be maintained by the KYEEMA Foundation on behalf of all parties involved in funding of the set-up and maintenance to date of the website (the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research [ACIAR], the Australian Agency for Intenational Development [AusAID], and the University of Queensland [UQ].