The work of TFA depends critically on all of our volunteers.Our volunteers come from all over Australia, and their passion, patience and enthusiasm are inspiring. They are committed to making a difference.

Over 60 Australian volunteer speech therapists have now visited Viet Nam to support TFA’s work there: teaching students, mentoring speech therapy graduates, coordinating projects and courses, and liaising closely with our Vietnamese partner organisations.

Some volunteers have travelled to Vietnam for just a short stint, while others have committed two or more years and coordinated courses. Our long-term volunteers have been supported by Australian Volunteers International (LINK).

Our volunteers are also active here in Australia working to raise awareness and funding about our work.
All TFA directors are also volunteers.

Find out more about volunteering and getting involved here.

Thanks to our Many Volunteers

Volunteer Clinical Educators and Mentors

Volunteer Lecturers

Linchpins

Abby Brown, Danielle Kennedy, Samantha Carr and Chloe Davis, Alison Board, Cathy Marson and Penny O’Connor, Kate Schweitzer, Liz Goodman, Norma Little, Wilma Vallis and Molly Meldrum, Rebecca Gillogly and Speech Pathology at UoN Student Group (SPUN), Merran Peisker & Terese Hardy, Emily Armstrong, Tatiana Kiefer, Lindy McAllister, Rebecca Amery, Chris Lyons, Margot Pogos, Christine Kessler, Merrilyn Kennedy, Lucy Hall, Hilary Chesworth, Patricia Evans, Staff from the Work Integrated Learning Team, Sydney University, Sarah Verdon.

AVI Volunteers

Marie Atherton, Janella Christie, Elizabeth (Libby) Brownlie, Simone Maffescioni, Philippa Greathead, Averil Ivey, Sarah Day