in An Giang | Da Nang | Ha Noi (Capital) | Ho Chi Minh | Khanh Hoa | Kien Giang | Quang Nam | Quang Ngai | Soc Trang | Thua Thien - Hue | Tien Giang | Capacity Building | Climate Change | Community Development | Education – Inclusive | Education – Language Training | Education – Teacher Training | Education – Vocational Training | Health – Disabilities | Income Generation – Handicrafts | Information and Communication | Natural Resources – Agriculture | Natural Resources – Environment | Natural Resources – Forestry
Short Name: AVI
Address Line 1: Room 201-202, Block B4
Address Line 2: Van Phuc Diplomatic Compound
Street - Number and Name: 298 Kim Ma Street
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Contact Person – Vietnam: Ms. Do Thuy Hanh, Regional Admin Officer
Email address: hdothuy@australianvolunteers.com
Phone: +84-24-32321452
Fax:
International website: http://www.australianvolunteers.com
International Headquarter:
Mission Statement: AVI works to build links and increase cooperation between Austraians and people living in developing communities. An independent, non-government organisation, it conducts a variety of people-centred develpment activites across a diverse range of sectors in some 20 countries throguhout Asia, Agrica and the Pacific as well as in remote Aboriginal communities ithin Australian. AVI believes that international volunteering based on reciprocal learning through commiment, engagement and solidarity contributes to a more peaceful and just world. Interntional volunteers share their knowledge, experiences and skills as they live, work andlearn in response to needs expressed by ocal communities. Australian Volunteers International profides opportunities for Australians to becom volunteers and assists them in sharing the learning from their international experiences. Volunteers are employed by and report to a host institution, government department or other organisation. AVI provides pastoral support to the volunteers and acts as a mediator if work place issues arise which cannot be reselved between the volunteer and the host organisation. The Australian Government's overseas aid program, AusAID provides signigicant support for Australian volunteers who work in a development capacity in Vietnam.
History of operations in Vietnam: Australian Volunteers international (AVI) has been at the forefront of international volunteering for 60 years last year, and has enabled over 9000 Australians to find their place in the world through an opportunity to work in developing communities. During the period from 1985 to 2012 Australian Volunteers International (known until 1999 as Overseas Service Bureau) has placed nearly 400 skilled Australian Volunteers in Vietnam in wide variety of occupations, living in urban, provincial and sometimes very remote communities, including co-sponsored placements under the United Nations Volunteer Programme. A main sectoral focus has been education, primarily English language training, with other placements in media and communications, agriculture, natural resource management and community development. AVI has also managed projects, co-implemented with Vietnamese partners, in English language training, community forestry, animal health and mine action awareness. The spirit of partnership and adventure that motivated those first Australian volunteers 60 years ago continues to inspire AVI's programs.
Vietnam Programme Description: AVI supports 25-30 volunteer assignments in the areas of English language teaching, forestry, animal health, natural resource management, vocational education, governance, income generation, and media and communications.
Years of operation in Vietnam: 27
Projects in Vietnam:Volunteering program
Local Partner(s) in Vietnam:Pham Ngoc Thach University Forest Science Institute of Vietnam (FSIV) KOTO International Mekong Plus (incl Vietnam+, M-Quilts, M-Creations & Thien Chi) Tien Giang University Centre for Women and Development Ray of Everlasting and Continuous Hope - REACH Vietnam Assistance for the handicapped (VNAH) Electric Power University Department of Science and Technology, Kien Giang Province Forest Protection Sub-department (FPSD) of Soc Trang Province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) - Soc Trang The Kianh Foundation VUFO-NGO Resource Centre Blue Dragon Childrens Foundation Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve Management Board Lifestart Foundation - Vietnam ICEM -International Centre for Environmental Management Vietnam Loreto Vietnam-Australia Program An Giang University Thien Chi (Goodwill) Centre CSRD Centre for Social Research and Development Nhatrang University Children's Hope In Action (CHIA) Danang Hospital C Nordic Assistance to Vietnam (NAV)/ Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) Pham Van Dong University Thua Thien Hue Department of Education and Training (DOET) Towards Transparency Sub - Forest Inventory and Planning Institute (Sub FIPI) HCMC The Centre for Informatics and Statistics (CIS), MARD Kien Giang Vocational College
National staff: 2
Expatriate staff: 1
Budget in USD : 1,000,000