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Health: Bridging the gap for medical interns
March 1, 2024
Solomon Islands Medical Internship Bridging Program celebrates 10 new graduates who are now ready to commence their Internship Program this year at Honiara’s National Referral Hospital (NRH)
Volunteer Story – Anthony Healy
February 22, 2024
AVI Volunteer Anthony Healy on how the magic of AFL is promoting positive lifestyle choices and improving outcomes for school children in Papua New Guinea.
Volunteer story – Barbara Praetz
January 9, 2024
Health: Honiara and University Hospital Geelong
December 11, 2023
Solomon Islands Australia Awards fellows from Honiara’s National Referral Hospital finish a six-week study/observation visit to the University Hospital Geelong (UHG), Barwon Health, in Victoria.
Health: Looking after Legs
December 4, 2023
Resilience: AHP Disaster READY
October 4, 2023
Hybrid Volunteering AFR Innovation awards
September 29, 2023
The Australian Volunteers Program’s new hybrid volunteer model, designed to make international volunteering more accessible to a broader audience, has been recognised in the Australian Financial Review’s innovation awards.
AVI grants working to strengthen civil society in the Solomon Islands
August 23, 2023
In 2022, PWDSI applied for an AVI Grant to socialise a number of organisational policies which had been developed over the previous years and approved at Board level. The policies included Child Protection, PSEAH (Prevention of Sexual Assault, Abuse and Harassment) and Anti-corruption Policy. The project aimed to rollout the policies to staff and Board, providing them with training and support so that the policies were understood and implemented in the organisation.
Partnership: Student mobility
August 23, 2023
AVI has been selected as the implementing partner for the University of Tasmania’s new flagship University Global Opportunity (UniGO) program, a fully-funded program enabling students from different faculties to immerse themselves in locally-led sustainability solutions in South-East Asia.
Health: At the front line of climate change
August 22, 2023
Through our small grant program, AVI supported Empower Pacific to provide training for 18 counsellors in Disaster Mental Health Counselling and Working with Trauma – Interventions that Foster Resilience. These Credential Courses were run through the Mental Health Academy of Australia.
Fostering locally-led change through strategic planning
August 21, 2023
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