Total number of volunteers: 1,212

• 665 commenced new assignments¹
• 547 continued assignments from previous year/s

Six most common areas of assignment focus:

• Community and social development (17%)
• Health (15%)
• Media, communications, public relations, fundraising (12%)
• Education, training, library (12%)
• Business, marketing, tourism, art and design (11%)
• Management, administration, human resources (10%)

Where they went:

• Asia: 55 per cent
• Pacific: 39 per cent
• Africa: 6 per cent

Countries which received the most volunteers: Indonesia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Cambodia

Number of host organisations: 754

Total expenditure on AVID (A$): $41.4 million

1. Data presented is for new volunteers mobilised in the financial year.