 This was primarily thanks to the vision and tenacity of the executive director at the time, Harold Webber with his colleague Sandy Cross and other incredibly dedicated people.1994, the name was changed to the Australian Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific (AFAP), to reflect the new regional focus.In 2018, the organisation changed its legal name to Action on Poverty Limited, trading as Action on Poverty (AOP), resulting in the name change of its Vietnam Representative Office to Action on Poverty (AOP) in Vietnam.