Palms Australia has volunteers working with teachers at primary, secondary and tertiary level. By working with local teachers, Palms’ volunteers ensure the skills to continue educating future generations are developed and remain in the country.
Through their work in secondary and higher education, Palms’ volunteers also contribute to a continuing broader education program, ensuring primary education is not viewed by parents and students as a dead end. Support for non-formal education, such as adult literacy and community health education programs, re-inforce to communities the importance of early education for girls and boys.
Palms volunteers also provide training to administrative staff who will ensure national education systems continue to run efficiently, including teachers’ salary provision, curriculum and resource development and assessment and ongoing teacher professional development.
Some Palms Volunteers working towards MDG 2
- Thuy Nguyen volunteering in Timor-Leste
- John Chang volunteering in Timor-Leste
- Marilyn Tangey volunteering in Timor-Leste
- Fran Hewitt volunteering in South Africa
- Carmel Lawry volunteering in South Africa
- Tim and Corinne Lawther volunteering in Timor-Leste
- Jennifer Ferris volunteering in Tanzania
- Kathy Brick volunteering in Tanzania
- Anne Chapman volunteering in Timor-Leste
- Kernah Foster volunteering in Kiribati
- John Gartner volunteering in Papua New Guinea
- Esther and Paul volunteering in Papua New Guinea
- Frank Morgan volunteering in Thailand
- Peter & Elaine Smyth volunteering in Papua New Guinea
- Helena Charlesworth volunteering in Kiribati
