Want to volunteer with us?
The Water Well Project relies on volunteer healthcare professionals to facilitate health education sessions in migrant, refugee and asylum seeker communities in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Volunteers are well supported by The Water Well Project’s Health Educators and Project Coordinator. We ask that volunteers commit to facilitating a minimum of three sessions per year.
Please see below for information about eligibility to volunteer with The Water Well Project.
Volunteer Eligibility
Please view our Volunteer Eligibility requirements HERE
We require all prospective volunteers to attend a New Volunteer Training session prior to becoming active volunteers with our organisation. New Volunteer Training will introduce the skills involved in facilitating health education in migrant, refugee and asylum seeker communities, and will provide practical information about running health education sessions.
If you are an eligible healthcare professional volunteer and would like to join our volunteering team in providing health education sessions to communities from migrant, refugee and asylum seeker background, please register to attend our next volunteer training below.
You will learn about our organisation The Water Well Project and what we’re about, how you can contribute as a healthcare professional facilitator and some tips around how to facilitate interactive education and work effectively with an interpreter.
Here are our upcoming New Volunteer Training in 2025:
Tuesday, March 4 - Online
Saturday, May 3 - Melbourne (Richmond) -
If you cannot attend the above dates, please complete this form to be the first to hear about our future Volunteer Training Dates.



Why volunteer with us?
- Meaningful volunteering opportunity- allowing you to utilise your skills and knowledge in improving the lives of others;
- Opportunity to work with and meet other likeminded healthcare professionals;
- Great way to improve communication skills for the workplace- group facilitation and working with interpreters;
- Invaluable opportunity to hear and learn firsthand about cultural barriers to achieving and maintaining health directly from communities from migrant, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds.
Read some of our volunteer profiles.