Hale School’s Service Learning Program offers students from Year 9 through to Year 12 opportunities to be involved in volunteer work in the local community as well as overseas. All these programs are exciting, challenging and very rewarding for those students fortunate enough to participate in them.
But it doesn’t have to stop there. . .
The experiences gained are often life changing and many students are keen to continue their commitment to volunteer work. Featured below are just some examples of how Old Haleians are helping to ‘make a difference’ in different parts of the world. If you have participated in voluntary work within Australia or overseas we would appreciate details of your work so we can feature it here – for the benefit of other people.
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Volunteer Work
Service-Learning is an integral part of the Hale School experience. Many members of our community will be familiar with, or have firsthand experience of, the Service-Learning program in Cambodia.
Since 2019, Hale School has partnered with RAW Impact in Cambodia, with our Year 11 students playing a significant role in the development of the Every Piece Matters (EPM) Village. Through this partnership, boys have had the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a project that is creating lasting positive change for local communities.
RAW Impact also offers Converge, a service-learning and leadership experience for young adults aged 18–29. A number of Young Haleians have participated in Converge in Cambodia and have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to serve alongside like-minded young people from across Australia.
RAW Impact has now expanded its work into Laos, establishing a new project in a remote Khmu village. The inaugural Converge Laos 2027 trip will take place in January 2027, offering another unique opportunity for young adults to engage in meaningful service, cultural immersion, and personal growth.
For further information, please visit:
Converge Laos 2027 — RAW Impact
Converge Laos 2027 Trip Guide
The John Fawcett Foundation (JFF) is a humanitarian not-for-profit organisation, founded by Old Haleian John Fawcett AM (1946-48) based in Bali, focussed on minimising blindness in Indonesia.
Since its inception, many senior medical professionals have volunteered with JFF, providing free, sight-restoring treatment to hundreds of thousands of Indonesians. Yet, rates of blindness in Indonesia remain amongst the highest worldwide.
This begs the question, what if younger volunteers have more of a role to play?
JFF CREATE is a new volunteering initiative that aims to build on John Fawcett’s legacy by encouraging younger volunteers to make a difference in the world of ophthalmology through Charity, Research, Exchange, Awareness-building, Tutelage and Empowerment.
Founder, Qiang Li (2010-15) is one of two Australian junior doctors participating in the ‘Inaugural 2024 JFF CREATE’ (the other being co-founder, Dr Elaine Ong). They will both raise money for Charity, engage in Research and perform an Exchange during which they will spend two weeks in Indonesia, volunteering with local eye clinics (two Indonesian counterparts will also come to Australia). Ultimately, thier hope is for JFF CREATE to build Awareness of the immense burden of ophthalmic disease worldwide, and provide Tutelage and Empowerment to the next generation of ophthalmologists to continue to combat the challenges of global health throughout the rest of their careers.
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If you would like to support the Inaugural 2024 JFF CREATE and thus help restore sight to the vulnerable, please donate now and after you’ve donated, spread the word to your family, friends, and colleagues!
DONATE HERE
– $50 is enough for 5 pairs of glasses, which could mean the difference between seeing or not seeing the whiteboard for 5 Indonesian schoolkids!
– $65 is enough to fund a life-changing and blindness-reversing cataract surgery, lifting a huge burden off the patient and their carers and loved ones!
– $100 is enough to fund a prosthetic eye, and permanently restore confidence and self-esteem to a young child or adult!
Any support will truly be appreciated and will go a long way toward empowering young volunteers to make a difference in the global fight against blindness!
Alex Anderson (2000-04) started his service-learning journey at School with his involvement with Sony Camp. He went on to UWA and joined Uni Camp For Kids – Perth’s oldest registered children’s charity. He’s been involved in one way or another ever since and he would encourage everyone to give it a go!
More information about how UCFK can be found on their website – http://www.unicampforkids.org.au
Since 2011 Teach Learn Grow (TLG) has worked to improve educational outcomes for students experiencing disadvantage in rural and remote Australian communities. Through one-on-one tutoring and mentoring, TLG aims to empower children to reach their full potential. Recognised for its impactful work, TLG was awarded the 2021 Community Volunteer Organisation of the Year. TLG is dedicated to fostering equity in education and creating lasting change for future generations.
TLG is volunteer and youth-led. This means that the difference they are able to make is only possible because of 65 high-achieving, hard-working volunteer university students or recent graduates who spend between 5-15 hours of their week planning, managing and implementing projects across the organisation.
Find out more how you can get involved here: Teach Learn Grow.
