Palms Australia

Palms Australia, also presented as Palms International Volunteering, is an Australian organisation focused on international volunteering for development. Its website describes overseas assignments, ethically run small-group Encounters tours in countries such as Timor-Leste and Solomon Islands, and a Simplicity September simple-living initiative. The organisation states a vision of a just, sustainable, interdependent and peaceful world free of poverty, and a mission of facilitating the mutual exchange of knowledge, skills and experience to relieve poverty and reduce inequity. It reports cumulative figures including 1563 participants, 416 communities and 40 countries, and references a 65-year history through returnee stories.

Palms Australia presents itself as Palms International Volunteering, an Australian organisation engaged in international volunteering for development. Its website references a 65-year history through returnee stories, including Clair Redfern's placement in Papua New Guinea in 1962. It describes overseas assignments, ethically run small-group Encounters tours in countries such as Timor-Leste and Solomon Islands, and a Simplicity September simple-living initiative. The organisation reports cumulative figures of 1563 participants, 416 communities and 40 countries, and states a vision of a just, sustainable, interdependent and peaceful world free of poverty, with a mission of facilitating the mutual exchange of knowledge, skills and experience to relieve poverty and reduce inequity.

An Australian international volunteering and development organisation working in the Asia-Pacific, emphasising solidarity, ethical small-group travel and sustainable development.

1. 1Palms Australia: International Volunteering for Developmentpalms.org.au
2. 2About Us - Palms International Volunteeringpalms.org.au
3. 3Encounters - Palms International Volunteeringpalms.org.au
4. 4Vision and Mission - Palms International Volunteeringpalms.org.au