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International volunteering is at the heart of people-to-people development

Australian Volunteers International manages people-centred development projects and programs in a wide range of countries.

Our work focuses on reducing poverty, providing health and education services, promoting human rights and gender equality, and protecting the environment.

• AVI volunteers work with overseas organisations and their staff to grow the organisation to meet their nation's most pressing development needs.
• AVI volunteers work towards improving health outcomes, access to quality education, sustainable livelihoods, which reduce poverty and seek to conserve the environment, good governance, increasing civic participation of vulnerable communities.
• AVI volunteers are diverse - they may include lawyers, teachers, nurses, tradesmen, accountants and zoologists.
• AVI volunteers contribute to a greater overseas understanding of Australia and build long-lasting relationships between Australia's communities and the rest of the world.

Learn more about volunteering with Australian Volunteers International

Find out more about our programs, assignments, how you get selected, then find the assignment that's right for you!

See:

• Which countries you can work in
• Which programs you qualify for
• What kind of jobs you can do on assignment
• What we look for in a good volunteer
• What the process is for applying for our assignments
• The benefits of volunteering with AVI
• Stories from our volunteers in the field

Current volunteers
There are a range of resources available to you in our volunteer resources section (login required).

Returned volunteers
For returned volunteers, there are plenty of resources for you too (login required).

Current assignments
Interested in finding out which assignments are available now?

Search our current assignments