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Since 1996 over 66 AVI volunteers have worked with refugee and displaced communities as part of its Middle East program. On<br />
<strong>International</strong> Volunteer Day 2011, AVI celebrated the opening of its office in Amman, Jordan at the <strong>Australian</strong> Embassy. Below are<br />
some of the faces and places of AVI’s Middle East program.<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> Volunteer English Language Adviser Rick Steele<br />
(left) and UNRWA Education Team’s School Supervisor Said<br />
Teriyaki, show off the new English Language textbooks the<br />
team developed for Palestinian refugee schools in Lebanon.<br />
Photo > Alec Simpson<br />
Current AVI Middle East Country Manager Vicki Mau with AVI<br />
Liaison Offi cer and Jordan River Foundation staff member,<br />
Tariq Al Shawarbeh and his daughter. Photo > Alec Simpson<br />
Support the work of AVI...<br />
All donations over $2 are tax deductible.<br />
I would like to make a single gift of $_________<br />
OR<br />
I would like to make a regular gift to AVI by pledging a<br />
monthly gift of $_________<br />
(Pledge program donors give a monthly donation of $25 or more that is<br />
debited from their credit card on the 20th of each month until<br />
notifi cation is received in writing to change or terminate their pledge).<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Volunteers</strong> Hamish Dunsford and Jihan Mirza with<br />
their Arabic Language Teacher Saleh (centre), Amman, Jordan.<br />
Learning Arabic is an essential part of any placement in the<br />
Middle East. Photo > Alec Simpson<br />
Recently appointed AVI Middle East Country Manager<br />
Cassandra Mathie with Sister Antoinette Assaf from Sisters of<br />
the Good Shepherd in Beirut, Lebanon.<br />
Photo > Alec Simpson<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Volunteers</strong> Craig Bohm moved to Aqaba, Jordan, with<br />
his family and is working with the Marine Park Management Team.<br />
Here, Craig works with two of the park rangers to clear fi shing<br />
lines. Photo > Alec Simpson<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> Volunteer Ruth Campbell worked as a Physiotherapist at<br />
the Palestinian Women’s Humanitarian Organization in<br />
Bourj-el-Barajneh Palestinian Refugee Camp from 2001-2003.<br />
Photo > Courtesy Ruth Campbell<br />
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<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Volunteers</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
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Please send me more information on:<br />
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AV Magazine December 2011 Appeal (613) Post or fax form to AVI Melbourne offi ce. Details on back page.<br />
Photo gallery – AVI’s Middle East Program<br />
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