Tag: volunteer

• The Australian Volunteers application process

  

  I came to Timor-Leste in March last year as a volunteer with the Australian government’s AVID program. I’ve been asked a couple of times since then what the application process was like, and I thought it could be useful to prospective applicants to spell it out here. A quick note that the program’s name and…

  Sophie

  October 18, 2018

  Daily life in Dili, Work

  Australian Volunteers for International Development, AVI, AVID, expat, expat blog, Timor-Leste, volunteer, volunteering

• 9 things I wish I knew before I started my AVID assignment

  

  I’ve recently completed the mid-term evaluation of my AVID assignment, which means I’m just over halfway through my 18-month-long placement in Timor-Leste. Here are nine things I now know that I wish I did before I started. 1. It’s really that slow In the pre-departure training required as part of the AVID program, staff warn…

  Sophie

  January 22, 2018

  Daily life in Dili, Observations about Dili, Thinking, Work

  Australian abroad, Australian Volunteers for International Development, AVID, Dili, expat, Timor-Leste, volunteer, volunteering, volunteering overseas

• What’s your job?

  

  A couple of days ago, I asked on Instagram what kind of posts people would like to see on this blog. “I’ll have a lot of time to write in transit as I return to Perth for Christmas,” I explained in an Instagram Story. “What would you like to know more about?” A lot of…

  Sophie

  December 21, 2017

  Daily life in Dili, Work

  Australiaan abroad, Australian Volunteers for International Development, AVID, Dili, expat, living abroad, Timor-Leste, Travel, volunteer, Work