Tag: volunteering

• 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

• A perfectionist’s guide to working in Timor

  

  Last week, I sent a sheepish email to the old boss I used to freely accuse of micro-managing me. “I need some help,” I typed. “I’ve never had this much free rein in a job before, and I don’t know what to do. I’m feeling directionless and I need you to help me make some…

  Sophie

  September 27, 2017

  Thinking, Work

  anxiety, Dili, expat, living abroad, Timor-Leste, volunteering, Work