International Experience Program - Fiji
St Martin's College
Open to residents of St Martin’s College, this program will enable students to share their gifts by working at St Christopher’s Children’s Home in Fiji. Students will do volunteer work in the home which may include, cooking, cleaning, assisting with the preschool, homework help for Primary School children, Mentoring & homework help for high school girls, painting, gardening, library work or Dispensary work - depending on the gifts & experience of the students participating in the trip.
Program Dates: 22 - 30 June, 2013 (approx 1 week)
Number of places: 10 students
NB: This program requires 4 students to proceed.
Program Cost: Approx: AUD$965*
*The $500 Vice Chancellor Travel Grant (for eligible students) is not awarded directly to students but has already been included in program costings.
Costs should include: Program fee, international flights, accommodation, insurance,
Costs do not include CSU subject fees, meals, sightseeing costs
Eligibility: St. Martin's College residents
Credit: Please discuss what form of academic recognition you may be able to receive with your Course Coordinator. Example: Assignment in lieu/ presentation/ Professional Learning days etc
You must advise CSU Global of the type of academic recognition you negotiate with your Course Coordinator.
Please note: All CSU Global programs are group ticketed. Your program will depart from Sydney and return to Sydney on the dates listed.
Indicative application time-line:
- Application Deadline: 22 March, 2013
- Successful students notified (email): 26 March, 2013
(You MUST have obtained your passport prior to this date. Please note it may take 4-6 weeks to obtain a passport. If you have an existing passport it must be valid for 6mths after the program return date)
- 10% non-refundable deposit due: 5 April, 2013
- Final payment required: 29 April, 2013
- Compulsory pre-departure session: TBA
Click here to download application form [doc]
All applications must be submitted by the due date to:
Jenny Willsher
Head of St Martin's College
Phone: 02 6933 4966
Fax: 02 6933 4967
Email: jwillsher@csu.edu.au
Fiji International Short Term Program Information
Program Details
Students will undertake a range of activities at St Christopher's Orphanage in Fiji.
St Christopher's is run by an Anglican Order of Sisters, the Community of the Sacred Name. The majority of the children at the Home are orphans and the other children are there because they have been abused, neglected, abandoned by their families, or for a time may need time away from their families.
The aims of the trip are:
- To encourage and enable the participating students to use their skills in a voluntary capacity in a developing nation.
- To develop the leadership skills of participants as they work with the young people in St Christopher's Home.
- Through the enculturation program offered by The Pacific Theological College it is hoped that students will learn and better understand the issues facing poorer nations as well as learn more about another culture.
- To enable students to learn more about themselves and how they can be more effective in their own communities - especially rural Australia, once they have completed their studies with CSU.