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Money, Living & Family
How does VIDA support volunteers?
The VIDA Program provides the following support for volunteers
• Pre-Departure Training (PDT)
• Pre-departure medical examination and vaccinations
• Comprehensive insurance (travel/medical/professional)
• Travel to your host country and back to Australia
• In-Country support from the Austraining International In-Country Manager (ICM)
• Pre-departure medical examination and vaccinations
• Comprehensive insurance (travel/medical/professional)
• Travel to your host country and back to Australia
• In-Country support from the Austraining International In-Country Manager (ICM)
Volunteer allowances
The VIDA Program provides the following allowances:
• Living and Accommodation allowances
• Settlement Allowance: $75/month for the first eight months
• Resettlement Allowance: $75/month after the first eight months
• Assignment Support Allowance: up to $350 (short term assignments) and $700 (long term assignments) for specific items needed for assignment (by application)
• Language allowance: as a guideline VIDA will provide $200-$400 for language training on application
• Settlement Allowance: $75/month for the first eight months
• Resettlement Allowance: $75/month after the first eight months
• Assignment Support Allowance: up to $350 (short term assignments) and $700 (long term assignments) for specific items needed for assignment (by application)
• Language allowance: as a guideline VIDA will provide $200-$400 for language training on application
| Country |
Living |
Accommodation |
Total ($AUD/month) |
| Bangladesh |
1,000 |
200 |
1,200 |
| Cambodia |
900 |
300 |
1,200 |
| East Timor |
1,233 |
967 |
2,200 |
| Fiji |
880 |
320 |
1,200 |
| Indonesia – Banda Aceh |
1,000 |
1,000 |
2,000 |
| Indonesia – rest of Indonesia |
1,000 |
200 |
1,200 |
| Nauru & Tuvalu |
1,133 |
767 |
1,900 |
| Laos |
800 |
300 |
1,100 |
| Philippines |
850 |
350 |
1,200 |
| PNG – Port Moresby |
970 |
1,030 |
2,000 |
| PNG – rest of PNG |
960 |
540 |
1,500 |
| Samoa |
1,023 |
627 |
1,650 |
| Solomon Islands |
1,000 |
650 |
1,750 |
| Thailand – Bangkok |
800 |
400 |
1,200 |
| Thailand – other |
800 |
300 |
1,100 |
| Tonga |
903 |
297 |
1,200 |
| Vanuatu |
1,300 |
700 |
2,000 |
| Vietnam |
900 |
300 |
1,200 |
What do I have to pay for?
VIDA Volunteers are responsible for obtaining and maintaining an appropriate visa for the duration of their assignment (including fees) and paying for any excess baggage fees.
What about partners and families?
There are opportunities for couples and families who want to volunteer together.
If both you and your partner wish to volunteer together there are two options:
1. Find two advertised assignments in the same location for which you both want to apply
2. Contact the VIDA team to inform us that you have both applied for assignments
2. Contact the VIDA team to inform us that you have both applied for assignments
Or
1. Find an advertised assignment for which you want to apply
2. Contact the VIDA team to inform us of your application and to notify us that you have a partner who would also like to volunteer
3. VIDA will ask your partner to register online as an interested volunteer and to forward his/her skills, qualifications and work experience
4. VIDA will attempt to source assignments for partners of successful applicants
2. Contact the VIDA team to inform us of your application and to notify us that you have a partner who would also like to volunteer
3. VIDA will ask your partner to register online as an interested volunteer and to forward his/her skills, qualifications and work experience
4. VIDA will attempt to source assignments for partners of successful applicants
There may be limited support for dependents (partners and children) who accompany a volunteer on long term assignments (over 18 months). This support could be in the form of airfares, medical expenses, and a small living allowances as approved on a case by case basis.