Since 1951 thousands of volunteers from all over Australia have worked in developing countries across the world. This is the story of the organisation that made this possible, the Overseas Service Bureau later known as Australian Volunteers International. From its origins as a community-based association expressing solidarity with people in newly independent countries, it grew into a significant organisation managing a suite of international development programs. The organisation's activist impulses and principles were evident as it responded to the critical international issues of the times....
Since 1951 thousands of volunteers from all over Australia have worked in developing countries across the world. This is the story of the organisation...