Our Partners

Palms Australia is an independent Australian volunteer sending organisation with over 46 years experience in recruiting, preparing, sending and supporting volunteers for work overseas and in cross-cultural situations.

Palms responds to requests from international communities, predominantly in the Pacific, Asia and Africa by sending skilled Australian volunteers abroad as part of our skills exchange program.  Exchanging skills ensures the benefits are long term and sustainable for the overseas community and the volunteer.

Palms’ independence is also our strength allowing us to focus on development as it should be done, from the ground-up, free from party-political agendas and with an understanding of the importance of relationship building and a respect for all cultures.

Palms Australia's cross cultural preparation is second-to-none and our specifically-tailored courses are now available to schools, businesses and other development, mission, government or volunteering agencies.

Our mission is to build the capacity of individuals and strengthen institutions through the exchange of knowledge and skills between Palms Australia’s Global Volunteers and partner communities.

To engage Australian communities and partner communities through Global Volunteers so that each increases their awareness and enthusiasm to encourage just, sustainable, interdependent and peaceful development

To advance mutually enriching and challenging relationships of understanding, acceptance and care, to the point of sharing worlds of meaning in the deepest sense, with people of a culture different from one's own.

Yalari Limited is a not for profit organisation dedicated to creating a national network of education opportunities for Indigenous children.  Founded through a partnership between Indigenous educationalist, Waverley Stanley and investment banker, Philip Latham, Yalari seeks funding from government, corporate and individual benefactors to support its initiatives.

Yalari has a target to raise over $12 million to support 250 Indigenous students over the next 10 years to complete their higher school education at leading boarding schools throughout Australia. In October 2005, Yalari launched its first initiative, the Rosemary Bishop Scholarship, which supported three students to attend Toowoomba Grammar School and The Glennie School in 2006. In 2007, 15 additional Indigenous children have been awarded a scholarship to attend boarding schools across the eastern states of Australia.

Yalari aims to provide programs which break the cycles of poverty, abuse or other misfortune by giving Indigenous children the opportunity for a first class education through a full boarding school scholarship at the highest achieving secondary schools in Australia.

The Ayui Foundation is a non-profit, non-denominational organisation in Chiang Rai Thailand that works with young at-risk hilltribe people, promoting the importance of education. The Auyi Foundation manages a hostel called ‘Baan Ayui’ for young Akha people.

Ayui (pronounced ‘a-yeu’) is an Akha word for ‘older sister’ and ‘Baan Ayui’ means ‘our older sister’s house’. The hostel is based on the concept of a nurturing and understanding older sister who provides guidance and support on all levels. Baan Ayui supports teenagers who have little or no means of support, and helps them to become confident young adults.

The Ayui Foundation empowers young Akha people with the skills needed to succeed in a world where the odds can be against them, providing a positive teenage experience and the chance to become happy, fulfilled adults with a secure future.

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