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Aussie Helpers Retirement
Brian and Nerida Egan started Aussie Helpers back in 2002 to provide assistance to Australian Farmers. The non-profit organisation provides farmers and their families financial donations, farming supplies, household necessities and educational support for children in...
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AHVISE Home Tutor Relief Scheme
AHVISE (Aussie Helpers Volunteers for Isolated Student Education) is a home-tutor support program. AHVISE was created after the close of VISE which was a similar volunteer program which ran for 28 years prior. Long-term VISE volunteer administrator and North...
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5 Tips for Kids in School of Distance Education to Read and Learn Letters
There are almost 86,000 farming businesses in Australia and the vast majority are owned and operated by Aussies. Many of these families live in the remote outback where the population is too small for a conventional education system. Since the 1950s, education in...
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AHVISE Volunteer Poem Writing Competition: Winners
Our biggest congratulations to Margot and Sharon for submitting their poems! Stay tuned for our next competition so you can get the kids involved to win prizes! Check out their winning poems below: Volunteer Poem Submission: Thargomindah By Sharon Pearson...
read moreAHVISE Volunteer Poem: Frogs By Margot Sanders
FROGS The frogs upon the toilet seat They sit so neat with folded feet Quiet creatures meek and mild Don’t look like they’re living wild ...
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AHVISE Volunteer Poem: Thargomindah By Sharon Pearson
We headed out west to Thargomindah Out back where there’s lots of mulga timber. The family were 6-Mum, Dad, three girls and a boy, Our first ever AHVISE we were greeted with joy. The ground was all dust and no rain had fell, They asked us to help just for a spell. We...
read moreWhat’s Happening At AHVISE In April 2019
Dear valued AHVISE Community, We hope you have had a wonderful month of March and you’re enjoying the year so far. There are a lot of exciting things happening at AHVISE for both our volunteers and families to enjoy. Remember, thanks to Aussie Helpers (our supporters)...
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How To Enter: AHVISE Volunteer Poem Writing Competition 2.0
Dear Valued AHVISE Community, We are excited to announce that we will be hosting another competition for our AHVISE Volunteers starting April 1st. This competition, we want you to write us a short poem about your most memorable placement experience along with a...
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AHVISE Creative Kids Comp Winners – February 2019
Dear Valued AHVISE Community, For our second creative kid’s competition, we wanted to know why the kids loved where they live. The task was to write a poem or story along with a drawing or a photograph. This competition we have chosen 2 winners, Georgie &...
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AHVISE Podcast Episode 03: Volunteers Margot & Gary Chat About Why It’s A Win Win Win for AHVISE Tutors
AHVISE Volunteers Margot & Gary Chat About Being Volunteers KATE: Welcome to the AHVISE podcast. This is Kate and in today’s show, we’re going to talk to two volunteers, Margot and Gary Sanders. And they have been volunteering with AHVISE since we...
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