Community Volunteering for Change – Global
MULT20014/MULT30021
Make a Difference: Work with a Community Organisation Indonesia
Project Dates: 10 January – 26 February 2016
The Faculty of Arts is offering an exciting new international community volunteering opportunity in partnership
with respected volunteering organisation Australian Volunteers International (AVI). AVI works with individuals,
organisations and communities in response to locally identified community priorities. Students enrolled in this
subject will be making a contribution to local communities through project work, research and engagement
with locally run development organisation in Indonesia.
Students will be enrolled in the Community Volunteering for Change – Global intensive subject and will be
awarded 12.50 credit points on satisfactory completion. The subject is available to undergraduates in their
second or third year of study. For students not studying a Bachelor of Arts, this can be credited towards
breadth studies.
Please note: This subject has a quota and enrolment is not automatic. The subject will incur additional costs
such as travel and accommodation.
About the Project
You will be placed with partner organisation Satunama, with its head office located in the university city of
Jogjakarta in central Java, Indonesia. Working in small groups you will be placed either in Jogjakarta or rural
locations within which Satunama is active. Each team will support the implementation of Satunama’s broad
range of community development projects or initiatives. Primary activities will include:
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Creating Child Friendly Villages with a focus on disability inclusion and child protection;
Environmental awareness
Creative economic development
Urban development
About the Partner
Satunama is a not-for-profit organisation which works for people’s empowerment through facilitation,
advocacy, and training. Satunama is committed to promoting and striving for greater democratisation, justice
and welfare, and transparent, accountable, and clean governance. Satunama works for a society where
government and business work together without one dominating another to attain a healthy and just
Indonesian economy, culture and political system. Satunama strives for improved human and civic rights
through public policy that gives a voice to marginalised sections of society, builds and strengthens networking
between individuals, organisations and social parties, and so builds their capacity and resilience.
Inclusions
A project fee will apply and is to be advised (dependant on final student numbers). Included in this will be
basic shared accommodation (separated by gender), some meals, in-country travel required for the project
and all project activities. You will need to organise and pay for your own return airfares, visas, national police
check, TMVC medical check and necessary vaccinations. This will be approximately AUD1,300 per person.
How to Apply
To be eligible to apply you must be enrolled in the second or third year of an undergraduate program with the
University of Melbourne.
Go the CVC Global page on the Australian Volunteers International website at:
http://www.australianvolunteers.com/programs/university-partnerships/community-volunteering-for-changeglobal/
Download the application form and return the completed Word document, along with your CV, to
CVC_global@australianvolunteers.com
Applications must be submitted no later than midnight, Monday 12th October, 2015.
Short-listed applicants will be required to undertake a formal interview. Selection into the program is subject to
a formal interview, a National Police Check, medical check and satisfactory completion of the pre-departure
program.
Selection Criteria
All applications will be assessed against the Key
Selection Criteria below:
Sound Academic Standing
Motivation & Commitment
Flexibility & Adaptability
Cross-cultural Sensitivity
Ability to work with others
Resilience
Commitment to Child Protection
Principles
For further information please contact:
Australian Volunteers InternationalRachel Berman (03) 9279 1807
CVC_global@australianvolunteers.com
University of Melbournearts-internships-info@unimelb.edu.au
Key Dates:
Application Deadline:
Interviews:
Orientation Session &
Welcome Dinner:
Pre-departure Briefing:
Travel Dates:
Re-entry Session:
Class Presentation:
12 October, 2015 (midnight)
19 – 23 October, 2015
23 November, 2015
24 November, 2015
10 Jan – 26 Feb 2016
29 February, 2016
TBC (full day session in week
commencing 29 Feb 2016)