Dunny building in Asia

Short term volunteering (2-4 weeks)

Medium and long term volunteering (3 months+)

Office volunteering

IVP Australia
499 Elizabeth Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010 
Phone: +61 (0)2 9699 1129 
Fax: +61 (0)2 9318 0918
admin@ivp.org.au

Volunteering

Volunteering is a great way to get a new outlook on the world, whether you do it in your home country or somewhere less familiar. There are lots of ways in which you can give your time, energy and skills, so …Why is volunteering through International Volunteers for Peace so special?

In IVP we see volunteering as a way of making social change. Getting people from around the world together to do something practical and learn about each other is a great start. But we are also conscious that while we are getting a new outlook, there are people looking right back at us! As an IVP volunteer be ready to ask and be asked; to question and explain your values and those of your society; to share information and to teach and be taught.

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”  Mother Teresa

Why do we have peace in our name? Conflict, struggle, injustice, discrimination, isolation, environmental degradation and destruction threaten peace between people. All of us know well enough that responding to these problems is vital to our shared global future. What we want to emphasise is that it is the everyday actions of ordinary people of different backgrounds living and working together that make peace possible.

Acknowledgement
International Volunteers for Peace (IVP) gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship of AvantCard and Pat Mackle, Managing Director for production and distribution during June 2009 of 20,000 postcards promoting IVP and featuring the graphic above.


Short Term Volunteering. For volunteering at a workcamp (2-4 weeks short-term project) - see the workcamps section of the site.


Medium and Long Term Volunteering (3 to 12 months positions)

IVP's Long Term Volunteering programme gives volunteers the possibility to stay abroad from 3 to 12 months, working in a project that cooperates with a local SCI branch or partner or a NVDA partner.

Medium term volunteers (MTVs) work for 3 to 6 months; Long term volunteers (LTVs) work for 6 to 12 months (or even more). Volunteers are provided with food, accommodation and some pocket money and are usually covered by a basic SCI insurance. Travel costs to the project are generally covered by the volunteer and there are no age limits.

Please note: Volunteers wishing to apply for an MTV/LTV position need to have completed a previous workcamp. Those who have not satisfied this requirement are not eligible to apply for an MTV/LTV placement. Relevant volunteering experience is a pre-requisite for MTV/LTV placements since the demands placed on the individual volunteer is considerably higher in comparison to that of a workcamp. Volunteers will be assessed for their suitability for each individual placement and the selection criteria will be based on relevant experience and/or training.

For a list of current MTV opportunities click here.

Please contact the office if you are interested · phone: (02) 96991129 or email: ivpadmin@gmail.com


Office Volunteers
Call for Volunteers! IVP would not exist without the energy and enthusiasm of its office volunteers and is run entirely by volunteers. We are currently looking for volunteers for the following positions:

Database manager
General admin
Newsletter team
Australian workcamps team
Fundraiser
Committee members

If you think you could contribute in any of these areas, please Contact Rita: admin@ivp.org.au

The benefits of volunteering include:

- the satisfaction of assisting a fantastic organisation
- great team spirit and co-operative environment
- work experience
- discounts on workcamp fees
- social events

So, why not call or come along to the office to find out more.. full contact details and map on the contact us section.