Youth development

Service Projects Abroad

Tangara School for Girls a school of The PARED Foundation (Parents for Education). Tangara has been running service projects to the Philippines (Balete Farm School) with high school students since 2010 and from 2015, in partnership with Reledev. Service projects provide young Australian women with the opportunity to get involved in poverty alleviation activities like teaching first aid and painting the school.

Tangara's website

Phone: (02) 9680 4844

Email: admin@tangara.nsw.edu.au

Nairana is a study centre established in 1994 that holds activities for young men in Pennant Hills. The centre is open to all male students, regardless of religious or cultural background.

Overseas Work camps 

Nairana has been running work camps to the Aboriginal communities in Australia and Pacific countries since 2010 and from 2014, in partnership with Reledev. Work camps provide young Australian men with the opportunity to get involved in poverty alleviation activities like school refurbishments, building toilet blocks and teaching sanitation.

Nairana website

Phone: 02 9980 8899

Email: info@nairana.org

Warrane College UNSW is an independent residential college for men affiliated with UNSW. Since 1970, Warrane has been a home away from home for thousands of young men studying at university.

Overseas Work camps

Warrane College has been running work camps to Aboriginal communities and Asia Pacific countries like Vietnam and Vanuatu from 2014, in partnership with Reledev. The initiative started in 1987 with the intention to serve people in need in developing countries and disadvantaged communities within Australia. Work camps also aim to encourage the generosity and sense of solidarity of young Australians.

Warrane College has been organising voluntary work camps since 1987, however in partnership with Reledev since 2014.

• 2014 The Philippines
• 2016 Condobolin, NSW
• 2017 Vietnam
• 2018 Vanuatu
• 2019 Tonga

Warrane College UNSW Website 

Email: workcamp@warrane.unsw.edu.au

Phone: 02 9313 0300

Photos of Warrane work camps by Jonty Gardner.

Website: www.jontygardner.com

M: 0412 653 282 E: info@jontygardner.com

Lowana is a non-profit, volunteer based study centre committed to form girls and women of character, service and friendship. It provides programs and activities designed to foster the holistic development of the person, to help them reach their full potential in order to serve society. Since 2017, Lowana collaborated with Reledev in conducting their overseas service projects.

Wagga Wagga Service Project (regional NSW)

Lowana has been running service projects in regional NSW (Wagga Wagga). Lowana has been working with WAFRICA and their Intercultural Program for more than 8 years. Our volunteers create and deliver a fun and educational summer holiday program for the community youth. In addition, Busy Bees is a volunteer program delivering quality housekeeping services to families in need. Service include: cleaning bathrooms and windows, dusting, vacuuming, ironing and extras e.g. blinds. All volunteers with receive professional training.

Lowana Wagga Service Project page

Service Projects Abroad

Service projects provide young Australian women with the opportunity to get involved in poverty alleviation activities. In 2017, Lowana partnered with Reledev for a service project to Kenya at Limuru Mission School. Young professional volunteers were able to undertake painting, refurbishment jobs and provide teaching and educational activities to school students in Limuru and also had the chance to visit families in the local community.

Lowana Study Centre Website

The Redfield Old Boys Association (ROBA) is a community of alumni from Redfield College located in Dural, NSW. ROBA is an active organisation with key initiatives in careers, community service and sport. The ROBA mission is to serve and support all graduates of Redfield College through facilitating the flourishing of their careers. 

ROBA Facebook page

Overseas Work camps

One of the main aims of Eremeran is to nurture, from a young age, a culture of service and awareness of the needs of others. The opportunity of making a difference, no matter how small, in the life of another, enables young people to acquire invaluable life skills and mature in their understanding of the world. Eremeran offers regular volunteering opportunities as well as Service Projects and has recently partnered with Reledev in September 2019.

Service Projects Abroad 

In the past, during the school holidays, Eremeran organises longer service projects in rural Australia or overseas. They organise local projects for the younger grades. As the girls grow in experience, they invite them to attend interstate projects in cities like Brisbane, Melbourne and Tasmania, and international projects in countries like New Zealand, the Philippines and Mexico.

Every participant completes an online application form and has an interview to discuss the demands of the project. Training sessions are designed to help them prepare for the project and get the most out of their experience. For enquiries email admin@eremeran.org.au.

Montgrove College is an independent school founded by PARED (Parents for Education) Foundation in 1999. As part of fostering social responsibility, Montgrove College partnered with Reledev in September 2019 in order to conduct service projects to developing countries and within regional Australia. These volunteer service projects aim to provide opportunities for young Australians to get involved in poverty alleviation activities.

Service Project to the Central Coast

Montgrove College has been running service projects on the Central Coast for Year 10 students to allow them to help people, the local community and the environment around Woy Woy on the Central Coast. The students have previously cleaned, removed graffiti, accompanied the elderly, removed weeds and made Christmas cards, and generally had a great time bonding with each other.

Students often find the experience uplifting, particularly how they come to appreciate other people outside of their usual circle of acquaintances. Community Service is essentially a way of genuinely connecting with others and is fostered at Montgrove. The students often reflect that is easier to appreciate other people for who they are when you have an attitude of giving. We naturally turn our focus away from ourselves when we have a mindset of serving, and this helps us to be more open to the people around us.

Community Service at Montgrove College