ODA Volunteer Outreach Trip to Fiji 2024

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ARE NOW CLOSED! Please check back again in 2025.

ODA Members are invited to express their interest in joining us on an international Aid Trip to Fiji. Places are strictly limited and a place is not guaranteed. You will need to meet the following criteria to apply:

* Able and fit to travel overseas

* Hold a vaild passport and appropriate visas

* Be a current ODA Optical Dispenser Member

* Hold a Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing (or equivalent)

* Be able to take a week off work at the end of July

* Posess the means to fund an international airfare, travel insurance & spending money

* Be comfortable sleeping in basic, local accommodation

* Ready to immerse yourself in the local culture 

NB: A volunteer fee may be payable to cover trip logistics, however accommodation, local transport, some leisure activities and most meals will be included in the fee with no additional costs to the volunteer. 

If this sounds like you, email a short paragraph or two about yourself and experience and include why you would like to accompany us on this trip: info@odamembers.com.au 

Expressions of interest close 15th December 2023. 

 

Optical Dispensers Australia (ODA) is heading to Fiji in July 2024 to assist in an aid project, screening and providing specs to 300 locals living in rural and remote areas of Fiji.

After landing in Nadi, we will be transported to our base in Lautoka. Over the course of 5 days, we will see approximately 300 adults and children where we will screen their vision, vert lenses, repair and adjust frames and dispense completed specs. On the 6th day, your hard work will be rewarded with an island trip courtesy of our local ODA counterpart.

Further details will be available in early 2024.