Australia’s minister for international development and the Pacific, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, joined Australia’s returned volunteer community this weekend in Melbourne for their inaugural conference, Valuing Volunteers — Bridge Builders and Change Makers.
Addressing the audience for International Volunteer Day, Fierravanti-Wells discussed the volunteers program as part of the delivery of Australian aid calling it “small but inspiring.”
“All of you have a role to play at home to ensure the stories of the lives you have enriched is known throughout our Australian community,” she explained to the audience. “This is how we realize the human dividend of this extraordinary network.”