Australia Refugee Volunteers (ARV) is a volunteer-run not-for-profit organisation based in Sydney, Australia. The main objective of Australian Refugee Volunteers is to improve the lives of children and families from a refugee or asylum seeker and background. We run a variety of different programs throughout the year. All of our programs feature a one to one volunteer to client ratio, which ensures that the kids and the volunteers have the best experience possible. Transport is also provided for the children to and from their homes. We rely on volunteers who can drive to pick-up clients and bring them to programs. The five programs we run on a monthly basis: Saturday programs: Kids Program (ages 7-11) Youth Program (ages 10-13) Teens Program (ages 12-17) Sunday programs: Charity Program (ages 13-17, focusing on providing opportunities for our kids to give back to the community through charitable work) Our monthly programs focus on providing our kids with valuable life skills like improving their communication and encouraging leadership, whilst giving them the opportunity to visit places they would never get to otherwise. The program sizes range from 10-25 children and are generally centred around a main activity such as ice skating, capoeira workshops, or a visit to a farm, with various other sporting and craft activities also featuring in the day. Volunteers are buddied up with a kid for the day, providing them with support and building relationships with them, to make for a fun day for all! We always have volunteer roles available. Check out our updates for latest roles, or visit... https://www.linkedin.com/company/australian-refugee-volunteers/ Humanitarian Services for refugees, Support for asylum seekers, Multicultural Foster Care, Disability Services (Ability Links NSW), Enterprise facilitation for refugees, and Employment services
