Alumnus and disaster management expert Michael Peach has learned that art can inspire visionary thinking and that every experience prepares you for the next one.
Our service learning adventure
Friday, March 22, 2019Students from Avondale have travelled to Cambodia as part of a short-term volunteer program helping a community in the province of Pursat build toilets, water tanks, shelters and playgrounds. What impact did the trip have on the students and did it change them?
They are not alone
Monday, September 11, 2017An Avondale academic and his students are partnering with the Seventh-day Adventist Church and its humanitarian agency to address family violence in Papua New Guinea.
A story about a toilet in Timor-Leste
Friday, December 16, 2016Meet Amivi Naja Sousa. She lives in southern Timor-Leste. Her story is one of overcoming serious emotional and physical obstacles. And it is an inspirational one informed in part by a sanitation project and the visit of a short-term mission team.
More affordable mission
Monday, October 10, 2016A new dollar-match scheme between a humanitarian agency and Avondale that has halved fundraising costs for overseas trips should see more students in mission.
Courage, strength through hardship
Friday, September 2, 2016Bendida invites us to sit under the shade of her simple bamboo home. She does so with an air of unmistakable grace. Her story is one of resilience and determination.