MareCet team in Malaysia
AVI is delighted to announce that thanks to the incredible generosity of our supporters, we have recently issued four small grants to trusted partner organisations in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
The Australian Government has recently announced important changes to its guidelines for student mobility programs funded by the New Colombo Plan.
AVI supporter Joy Kelly. Photo: supplied.
As part of Include a Charity Week, AVI is profiling some of our most valued supporters who have chosen to leave a gift in their will to AVI. This is Joy Kelly’s story.
Lyma Nguyen (right) visits the family of a client in December 2022 to inform them of Appeal Outcomes. They hold photos of their meetings at the court, 10 years earlier. Photo supplied by Lyma Nguyen.
As part of Include a Charity Week, AVI is profiling some of our most valued supporters who have chosen to leave a gift in their will to AVI. This is Lyma Nguyen’s story.
AVI Gift in Wills Officer Meg Barnes (centre) with Paia and John Ingram
As part of Include a Charity Week, AVI is profiling some of our most valued supporters who have chosen to leave a gift in their will to AVI. This is John Ingram’s story.
The Blue Pacific Pro Bono Collaborative was able to mobilise ten Australian lawyers from four leading law firms to Fiji for secondments varying from two months to two weeks. Through the Collaborative, Australian lawyers work alongside Fijian lawyers appointed by the Fiji Law Society to provide pro bono legal support to the Pacific Community (SPC), the Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS) and the Fiji Law Society. During that time, the lawyers work on projects that address issues such as gender-based violence, access to justice and community resilience, therefore contributing to stability and security in the region.
For NAIDOC Week our Australian and international teams were invited to attend a presentation by the First People’s Assembly of Victoria on the Victorian Treaty process.
Following a highly successful 2024 program pilot, University of Tasmania students are now being invited to apply for the 2025 UniGO program.
As we draw towards the end of National Reconciliation Week, AVI is proud to announce the endorsement of our second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan by Reconciliation Australia. Echoing the sentiments of Wurundjeri Elder Uncle Ringo Terrick who joined us for the launch event, this Reconciliation Action Plan is not just a document that sits on a shelf, it is a formal and public document that holds us accountable to our commitment to work towards reconciliation and truth-telling.
In the wake of the October 2023 Referendum, AVI continues to stand in solidarity and unity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and, alongside more than 50 organisations in Australia as a signatory to the new ‘Statement of Commitment’. This statement sends a clear messaging, affirming that “We will not be fair-weather allies, we will not turn back, and we will not hesitate in continuing to fight for justice and self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.”
AVI’s President Sam Mostyn is appointed to the role of incoming Governor-General of Australia.
Dr Leanne Panisi and Australian health volunteer Dr Rangi De Silva. Credit: Harjono Djoyobisono
The Australian Government’s agreement with AVI to support the Solomon Islands Medical Partnership for Learning Education and Research (SIMPLER) concluded on 31 March 2024. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and the National Referral Hospital (NRH) will assume ownership of the SIMPLER projects from here on.
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AVI acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise the continuing connection that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People have to their lands and waters, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We would also like to specifically pay our respects to the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which our head office is located.