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Australian Volunteers Program
Australian volunteers play a vital role in the fight against poverty. The Australian Government has provided support to Australian volunteers overseas since the 1960s. Since then, over 10,000 Australian volunteers have been placed overseas with government funding. AusAID volunteer programs match Australian volunteers with organisations in partner countries, including Indonesia, which need support in particular areas of expertise. Australian volunteers are placed with public and private sector, non-government and civil society organisations and educational institutions, in priority areas identified by partner countries. Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYADs)One of the Australian Government's most popular initiatives is the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development volunteer program for young Australians aged 18-30. Each year around 230 young people travel to partner countries, including Indonesia, to work for up to a year on programs designed to tackle poverty through the transfer of Australian expertise. Priority sectors for the AYAD program are health, education, governance, rural development, environment and infrastructure. For further information: Email: ayad@austraining.com.au Australian Business Volunteers (ABVs)Australian Business Volunteers' approach to poverty reduction and sustainable growth is to strengthen the private sector, which is seen as the engine of development. Volunteers with ABV are mature, qualified and experienced Australians who possess skills in a wide variety of fields. They come from sectors including professional, business and trades. Through sharing their work skills and sound governance practices, ABV volunteers help build capacity and sustainability of small and medium-sized businesses. Each year ABV undertakes between 200 and 300 short-term assignments (one to three months). ABV has a continuous volunteer recruitment and dispatch procedure enabling rapid response to clients' needs. ABV operates in the following countries in the AusAID-supported component of its programme:
For further information: Email: info@abv.org.au Australian Volunteers International (AVI)Australian Volunteers International (AVI) recruits, prepares and supports Australian volunteers who live and work in developing communities. As an international volunteer agency supported by AusAID, AVI and its volunteers are committed to achieving long term development, poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods. AVI works with partner organisations in host communities to ensure that placements respond to locally-identified needs. Volunteers are skilled professionals from the education, health, community development, finance, IT, communications, rural development, trade and engineering sectors. AVI provides short and long-term volunteer placements in Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, as follows:
For further information: Email: info@australianvolunteers.com Volunteering for International Development from Australia (VIDA)Volunteering for International Development from Australia (VIDA) enables Australian citizens and permanent residents aged 18 and over to undertake volunteer assignments in partner countries, including Indonesia, to contribute to sustainable development. VIDA volunteers may undertake placements in host organisations for periods of between one and 36 months. As part of the Australian Government's overseas volunteer and international aid programs, VIDA aims to assist developing countries to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development through skills transfer, institutional strengthening and capacity building. Countries in which VIDA operates are as follows:
For further information: Email: info@vidavolunteers.com.au
This page was last updated on 22 May 2007
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