How can I help?

Volunteering
SAIL student numbers grow every single week as people fly in from various parts of Northern Africa. At present, we are seeking tutors for SAIL students of all ages. These tutors need to be available each week from mid-February until December and from either 10.30am – 12pm or or 11am until 12:30pm (depending on the campus) on Saturdays.

If you are interested in becoming a SAIL volunteer please follow the instructions here

If you are not available on Saturdays, you can also join SAIL's team of volunteer librarians, cooks, administrators or public relations representatives. Busy hands and enthusiastic people are always very welcome.

Donating money
Education is a vital part of the successful resettlement of the Sudanese refugee community. The purpose of the SAIL Bursary Program is to provide the funds for school text books for Sudanese refugees who attend SAIL and are completing the final years of high school. The SAIL Program views this as an essential part of encouraging SAILors to stay and succeed at school in these challenging later years. Becoming a SAIL Bursary Provider requires a once-off or annual donation of AUD$300. This donation will cover all text book expenses for an individual SAIL student attending high school. For most SAIL families this is a prohibitive amount.

To be a SAIL Bursary Provider simply complete and return this form. All SAIL Bursary Program donations are fully tax deductible.

Donating money in the name of another is the best way of giving twice. You are giving to the recipient of the money and you are giving it in the name of a person who you believe is worth honouring. To donate money to SAIL in your own name or in the name of someone else please download & send the form located here in .doc or .pdf format. All donations to the SAIL Program are fully tax deductible.

Donating goods
SAIL does not provide material goods directly to the Sudanese community. However, we do strongly encourage donations to the most recent arrivals to the Sudanese community through the Sudanese Settlement Centre

Please deliver goods to 30A Pickett Street, Footscray or call Judie on 96879577 to arrange an alternative arrangement.

HOW TO BECOME A SAIL VOLUNTEER

1. Please read though the following sections before applying on-line:
about | start | FAQ | inSudan | refugees

2. To apply to volunteer and register for an induction tour, go to an online registration form below. The blurbs after each campus name explain what is unique about that campus.

Most campuses host a tour twice every five weeks. If the dates for one campus do not suit you, please check other campuses-

Altona – Minutes from Altona train station and home to a large secondary student contingent.

Braybrook – home of the largest SAIL resource centre, with a strong Senior and Junior group

Dandenong Langhorne & Dandenong Robinson – Melbourne’s Eastern suburbs campuses. (tours alternate so please review both sign up forms if the tour dates shown on one form do not suit you.)

Footscray – the first SAIL campus (currently not running induction tours)

Glengala – The newest SAIL campus and the most accessible to campus by public transport

Seven Hills - Sydney’s campus

3. The coordinators will send a reply email soon to the email address supplied to arrange your first time SAILing!

You will be asked to undergo a free Working with Children Check.

*please note that we require a name, a landline phone number, an email address, your preferred start date and the role you would like at SAIL.