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TIMESONLINE "Thinking about your GAP year?" William Horwitz, now reading natural sciences at Cambridge, spent eight months in Zambia with SPW. He says: “Before I went I had the usual hazy view of Africa that something was wrong and that we should be doing something. Then I lived in a village called Chisamba, in the Central Province of Zambia, where the teachers and our neighbours and friends taught me more about kindness, generosity and sharing than I ever learnt in England.”

Nepal News - "Why Volunteer?" Sarah Huxley talks about the benefits of volunteering in Nepal.

Management and Leadership - Stories from the Field - "SPW - HIV Doesn't Take a Holiday" Organized by Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW), this "edu-tainment" festival is one of many initiatives aimed at getting young people's attention and teach them about HIV/AIDS and reproductive health issues.

ServeYourWorld -" Volunteering on Community Projects in Nepal" My SPW placement gave me a genuine experience of the complexities and pitfalls of development work at the same time as fuelling my interest in it. Even though I've been home for a year and a half now, I'm still learning new things and meeting new people through SPW, as the opportunities to get involved are really only just beginning when you leave your host country.

Volunteer Blogs

View photos and read updated stories from our Australian volunteers currently overseas:

Nathan in Tanzania http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?go=donovan

Tara Ponsomby in India http://www.getjealous.com/tarastravels

Sophie in Zambia http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?go=sophs13

Sadha in Tanzania http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Sadha/

SPW in print

Nepal on Show

SPW's successfully Nepali student art exhibition gained media attention due to it's focus on student empowerment and support.

Recently The Age newspaper printed a guide to current GAP year organisations and opportunities available, SPW was included.