Welcome to SPW Australia - Volunteer Work in Africa and Asia

SPW Australia has formed a partnership with Ampersand. The Ampersand Network has been developed to assist students in finding volunteer positions in Australia and overseas.

The Ampersand Network has been developed to assist students in finding volunteer positions in Australia and overseas. The Ampersand database contains all types of volunteering positions with local not-for-profit organisations, conservation projects and development agencies abroad. SPWA is their first overseas representative.

To find out about volunteering both in Australia and Internationally visit the Ampersand web site: www.ampersand.org.au

Australian AIDS Fund Incorporated

The Australian AIDS Fund Incorporated is a non-profit charity that provides supportive accommodation to men, women and children struggling still to live with HIV/AIDS and in its efforts at winning greater public acceptance of the disease. AAFI is also engaged in AIDS Awareness projects, through school and community group talks and fundraising activities, in particular too to draw attention to those countries where the pandemic continues to wreak havoc. It particularly supports and advocates on behalf of urban and slum-based AIDS care activities in Bangkok, Thailand and Kampala, Uganda.

Australian Volunteers International (AVI) is Australia 's largest and most experienced volunteer sending organisation. Australian Volunteers are women and men of all ages from diverse backgrounds, who contribute their skills and experiences, live and learn in partnership with local people, make lifelong friendships and links and bring the benefits of their experience back home to Australia.

Borderlands Cooperative LTD is an independent network for holistic community development, activism, sustainability and action research. We provide a place for people wanting to transform the personal, professional and organisational practices that are destructive to our planet’s sustainability and our ways of relating. Through collaborative processes and deep inquiry, Borderlands programs, projects and collaborations aim to contribute to creating a more sustainable world, socially and ecologically.

Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet strives to provide travellers everywhere with reliable, comprehensive and independent travel information and aims to inspire people to explore, have fun, and travel often.

World Nomads: Backpacker Travel Insurance starts at an incredibly affordable AUD $64 for two weeks. World Nomads Travel Insurance is available only over the Internet and the price reflects these savings and efficiencies. Savings of up to 50%.

Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) is a New Zealand-based international development organisation that sends skilled volunteers to work in Asia, Africa and the Pacific. VSA is the largest and most experienced volunteer-sending agency in New Zealand and is a not-for-profit, non-government, non-religious organisation.

VSA believes that development assistance works best when local people decide their own goals and the type of assistance required to achieve them. VSA provides people, not money - volunteers whose personal and professional skills can be used by communities to bring about positive change. They focus most of their efforts in education, health, agriculture, small business development and more.