Download or read book Australian Volunteers at Work written by Joy Noble and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One in five Australians over 15 works not for pay, but for other rewards. Enthusiasm, passion and humour infuse these stories that reflect the interests and concerns of all Australians - our love of sport and the arts, interest in the environment, justice, health, education etc. 2001 will be the International Year of Volunteers.
Download or read book Working for the World written by Peter Britton and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1951 thousands of volunteers from all over Australia have worked in developing countries across the world.This is the story of the organisation that made this possible, the Overseas Service Bureau later known as Australian Volunteers International. From its origins as a community-based association expressing solidarity with people in newly independent countries, it grew into a significant organisation managing a suite of international development programs.The organisation's activist impulses and principles were evident as it responded to the critical international issues of the times. It supported opponents of apartheid in Southern Africa, worked in Cambodia when Australia had no diplomatic representation there and in Vietnam when Australian aid had been suspended, nurtured relationships with Indonesian NGOs during Suharto's reign, supported civil society across the Pacific Islands, and provided significant and timely support for East Timor's self-determination.This book explores the organisation's growth with increased government funding and the accompanying challenge of maintaining its own values and identity in an era when decolonisation presented increasingly complex demands.
Download or read book Volunteer Work Overseas written by Peter Hodge and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Australians and New Zealanders wanting to explore the options of working overseas in a voluntary capacity, this book provides a comprehensive overview of what to expect. Both long-term placements and short-term experiences, such as workcamps, are covered. There are three main sections: development issues (including security), organisations in Australia and New Zealand offering opportunities and advice from those who have 'done it'. The author, Peter Hodge, taught in Zimbabwe for two years as an Australian Volunteers International volunteer.
Download or read book Australian Volunteers International written by Ann Parry and published by Macmillan Education AU. This book was released on 2005 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Australian Volunteers International is an organisation helping to solve problems in countries experiencing difficulties.This interesting book explains how it helps those in need. If provides information on: its work and history its core values where it works around the world a timeline of its activities its main concerns, campaigns and classic actions the people who work for the organisation ideas for what you can do.Four profiles of individuals from around the world who work
Download or read book Volunteering Why we can t survive without it written by Melanie Oppenheimer and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timely, lively and unflagging in its coverage of an extraordinary range of organisations and individuals, Volunteering takes the first comprehensive look at why Australians give so much of their time for free.
Download or read book A Place in the World written by Australian Volunteers International and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the expression of a labour of love, compassion and sheer hard work by ordinary Australians doing extraordinary things and the organisation, Australian Volunteers International that continues to provide the leadership in providing assistance around he world where most needed. Since the early 1950's Australian Volunteers International has been at the forefront of assisting people-centred development projects and programs around the world. Their work focuses on reducing poverty, providing health and education services, promoting human rights and gender equality, and protecting the environment. The beautifully produced new book A PLACE IN THE WORLD: STORIES FROM AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERS INTERNATIONAL celebrates the achievements of AVI and honours the amazing work of over 7,000 volunteers who have given a significant part of their lives to assist in global development as well as acknowledging the countries and organisations that have hosted the volunteers.
Download or read book Working with Volunteers in Sport written by Graham Cuskelly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first academic text to examine the role of volunteers in sport, linking theory and research to provide clear guidelines for successful volunteer management. The authors are well known for their research in this subject and cover the key issues.
Download or read book People Power written by John Barwick and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volunteers through history - International Year in Australia - Australian volunteers overseas - Working in Australia - Volunteers in emergency services - Volunteers for the environment - Becoming a volunteer.
Download or read book Volunteers and Volunteering written by Jeni Warburton and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, 2.6 million Australians donate over 434 million hours of their time in voluntary work. This book examines current roles of volunteers and the contribution of volunteering to contemporary Australian society, drawing on a wide range of expertise in order to provide organisations and policy makers with information.
Download or read book Volunteer Management written by Joy Noble and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide for managers of volunteer provides advice and information on topics such as current issues influencing volunteering, workplace arrangements, and recruiting, interviewing, selecting and orientating volunteers. Gives an overview of volunteering in Australia and discusses the role of the manager and evaluation of programs. Includes a bibliography and an index. Noble has written a number of books on volunteering. Rogers is the director of the SA School of Volunteer Management.
Download or read book The Domestic Dimension of Public Diplomacy written by Katarzyna Pisarska and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores new grounds that public diplomacy is entering today, as domestic publics come to the forefront of the policy – acting both as foreign policy constituencies and public diplomacy actors cooperating with their foreign counterparts. The author discusses the phenomena of public diplomacy’s domestic dimension described as government’s ability to engage its own society in foreign policy practices through information, cooperation and identity-defining. By analysing data from over 80 recorded interviews with Australian, Norwegian and American public diplomacy practitioners, this volume illustrates both successful and unsuccessful models of such cooperation. From Norwegian Peace Diplomacy, through Australia’s ambivalent engagement with Asia, to U.S. Government-sponsored exchange programs, the author argues that governments around the world are slowly accepting a paradigm shift in diplomatic practice from monological/dialogical to a more collaborative public diplomacy. This book is an essential resource for students, scholars, experts and diplomats interested in world’s best-practices of engaging domestic civil society actors in foreign policy statecraft.
Download or read book The Europa International Foundation Directory 2023 written by Europa Publications and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised directory of international foundations, trusts, charitable and grantmaking NGOs and other similar non-profit institutions provides a comprehensive picture of foundation activity on a worldwide scale. Now in its 32nd edition, The Europa International Foundation Directory includes: Information on some 2,700 organizations, organized by country or territory, including details of funding priorities and projects, geographical area of activity, principal staff and contact details Details of co-ordinating bodies and centres that assist foundations, grantmaking organizations and other NGOs Bibliography Comprehensive index section This new edition has been revised and expanded to include the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on this growing sector.
Download or read book Saving the World written by Agnieszka Sobocinska and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1950s, tens of thousands of well-meaning Westerners left their homes to volunteer in distant corners of the globe. Aflame with optimism, they set out to save the world, but their actions were invariably intertwined with decolonization, globalization and the Cold War. Closely exploring British, American and Australian programs, Agnieszka Sobocinska situates Western volunteers at the heart of the 'humanitarian-development complex'. This nexus of governments, NGOs, private corporations and public opinion encouraged continuous and accelerating intervention in the Global South from the 1950s. Volunteers attracted a great deal of support in their home countries. But critics across the Global South protested that volunteers put an attractive face on neocolonial power, and extended the logic of intervention embedded in the global system of international development. Saving the World? brings together a wide range of sources to construct a rich narrative of the meeting between Global North and Global South.
Download or read book All Work No Pay written by Melanie Oppenheimer and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australians have always volunteered to help in emergencies, especially when the nation has been at war. During the Boer War, World War I and World War II, volunteers from all walks of life raised money, assisted with nursing and rehabilitation, and provided food and clothing. Servicemen and women were helped both at home and in the field. The main wartime volunteer organisations were the Australian Red Cross, the Australian Comforts Funds, the Salvation Army, and the YMCA with the YWCA. Their story and the stories of countless wartime civilian volunteers is told for the first time, revealing important aspects of Australian social and political life. For example, it was the pressure of the volunteers that forced governments to act on essential matters like repatriation benefits for returning soldiers and for the welfare of their dependents.
Download or read book Australians and the First World War written by Kate Ariotti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to the global turn in First World War studies by exploring Australians’ engagements with the conflict across varied boundaries and by situating Australian voices and perspectives within broader, more complex contexts. This diverse and multifaceted collection includes chapters on the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial Force, the experiences of prisoners of war, nurses and Red Cross workers, the resonances of overseas events for Australians at home, and the cultural legacies of the war through remembrance and representation. The local-global framework provides a fresh lens through which to view Australian connections with the Great War, demonstrating that there is still much to be said about this cataclysmic event in modern history.
Download or read book Volunteer Vacations written by Bill McMillon and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the increasing number of people looking for ways to make a difference while on vacation, this fully updated edition is filled with in-depth information to get them ready for their adventure, including contacts, locations, costs, dates, project details, and profiles of 150 select organizations that run thousands of programs in the United States and around the world. Including new details about long-term projects and organizations specifically tailored for families, seniors, and people with disabilities, this definitive sourcebook provides a wealth of opportunities for anyone interested in taking a truly meaningful vacation and provides new anecdotes about all kinds of jobs and the positive impact they had on volunteers' lives.
Download or read book Re Thinking the Future of Work written by Colin C. Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How will work be organised in the future? With its global perspective and critical approach, Re-Thinking the Future of Work provides not only an overview and examination of the array of competing visions, but also a radical rethink about the direction of change.
