Given the significant presence and impact of the extractives industry in the countries of our region ABV has begun to partner with the sector to support their community development programs. While always undertaking rigorous due diligence, ABV takes the view that by...

In late 2016 regular ABV volunteers, Earl Dacanay, Mark Greenshields, Matt Stone and Dante Tagle spent a busy several weeks on the Philippine island of Negros working alongside Bank of the Philippine Islands employees as part of a corporate community engagement...

The United Nations has designated 27 June 2017 as the first International Day for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises! For ABV this is fantastic news as building the capacities of small business has been what we have been doing for more than 35 years. It’s clear that...

Above Lot 369 café in the rapidly developing neighbourhood around Phnom Penh’s Russian Market is a small social enterprise with some big ideas for the women of Cambodia. SHE (Support Her Enterprise) Investments was set up a couple of years ago by two young Aussies,...

In February 2017, Nick Gorshenin and Shane Wise flew to the Indonesian island of Halmahera to conduct a scoping project associated with PT Nusa Halmahera Minerals’ Gosowong gold operation. PT Nusa Halmahera Minerals (NHM) is an Indonesian company majority owned by...

ABV recently undertook an in-depth evaluation of assignments at six host organisations in three countries. This evaluation resulted in a report documenting long-term organisational and community outcomes to which international volunteering assignments have...

Craft Beauty staff are in no doubt about the impact four Australian volunteer assignments have had on their organisation. From the use of Photoshop, to more focus on team-work, to the use of the design cycle for planning and improvement, the staff can list many...