RAVEEN RANAWAKE
CLAIRE HARDING
KIRRILEE HUGHES “My ACICIS year shaped the course of my academic and professional careers; boosted my language skills; and helped me forge friendships and connections that I still cherish today. I want more Australian students to experience living, studying and working in Indonesia first-hand and for that, ACICIS is essential. Please consider supporting ACICIS so that it can continue changing lives for another 25 years to come!”
ALICE McCULLAGH “My semester with ACICIS was the most useful and impactful part of my entire degree. It has given me a lifelong connection with Indonesia. I’m always so disappointed to see how few students consider Indonesia as a destination for in-country study – I hope future students will have the same opportunity that I did to study there.”
THOMAS BARKER
DIAN MARIN PURNAMA “ACICIS plays an important part in my career, and my passion in Australia-Indonesia bilateral relations and development. However ACICIS to me is much more than just a professional stepping stone; it is a family. I strongly believe that ACICIS is a critical catalyst to people-to-people link between Australia and Indonesia, as more and more friendships and understanding between the two countries grow from it. I am always thankful of the experience that I gained from ACICIS, as well as the colleagues and students who have become my family and friends along the way. I hope that ACICIS can stay strong for this meaningful impact to continue to cascade.”
JEREMY KINGSLEY
DANIEL STOW
KATHERINE CLAYTON “My first experience of Indo was with ACICIS and it was incredible. It runs so many great programs with such amazing staff.”
DAVID SCOTT “Saya doakan ACICIS masih berada berpuluhan tahun ke depan, melayani anak muda Australia yang ingin menuntut ilmu di tanah air.”
SEAR PRABAWA-SEAR
PETRA MAHY
SHARYN DAVIES
SAGE MICHAELS
ROHAN MCCARTHY-GILL “ACICIS Study Indonesia has been the most influential and impactful organisation supporting Australian student experiences in Indonesia for decades. It would sadden me to see ACICIS disappear, and it would have a long term impact on the Australia-Indonesia relationship.”
CASEY CESARIN “As an ACICIS alumnus, my experience further cemented my love of Indonesia, the Indonesian people and the Indonesian culture. Thank you for offering these programs and I hope they can continue into the future.”
ASHLEIGH FOLLAND
PATRICK JORY
JADE SCIBERRAS
ANDREW ROSSER
ERIN BROMFIELD
DAVID SCHOLEFIELD “Words alone can not express the depths of my gratitude to ACICIS for all that they do for the Australia – Indonesia relationship. You changed my life, and the lives and career trajectories of thousands of others. May you continue to do so for many years to come.”
DALE DRUHAN “Loved every ACICIS program I did! Thanks team for making my time in Indonesia memorable and for connecting Aussies with Indonesia :)”
MIRA SULISTIYANTO
JAMES ROUSSELL “I have a lot to be thankful to ACICIS for. I wouldn’t have the life I have now if I never went to live in Yogya for a year. Reason being, I would never have met my INCULS tutor, who I then went on to marry! Thank ACICIS ;)”
RACHAEL DIPROSE
EMILY WOODS “Very important to keep this initiative going. Australia’s future leaders are raised through these programs.”
IAN WILSON
EDUARDO MARIZ
REBECCA HENSCHKE “In my 15 years living and reporting in Indonesia whenever I met an impressive Australian, in the media, academia, government, business or tourism, someone who could speak Indonesian and had deep understanding and respect for our nearest neighbor- they were ALWAYS always Ex Acicis students. Acicis must survive.”
MISH KHAN
AARON BRONITT “I had a great previous experience with ACICIS in Salatiga and am hoping to go on exchange next year. I really hope this can still happen with the amazing help of ACICIS.”
JOEL BACKWELL “Such a critical organisation for Australia’s future in the region.”
LAUREN ADAMS “ACICIS is such an important foundation of the Indonesia-Australia relationship. It was absolutely formative in my own professional career and as core part of my continued success. Hang in there guys.”
BRIANNON McLOUGHLIN
CHRIS MILLS
BEAU DUNNE
LEANNE HARRISON “Thank you so much for the amazing programs you’ve developed over the years. So many students have received life changing experiences through your programs.”
EDMUND COLEMAN “I owe so much to the staff at ACICIS, they are some of the most caring and hardworking people I have ever met. Taking part in the FLIP and ILSC programs were two of most enriching and enjoyable experiences of my education. Up ACICIS!”
ANGIE BEXLEY
JOSEPHINE LIE “My year with ACICIS was so formative – shaping the trajectory of my career and forming valuable friendships. I hope that they’ll have the chance to continue this important work.”
TIANA MAHNCKE
ELISABETH KRAMER
ELLEN KENT
FIONA BETTESWORTH
STEWART PALMER
SUNNY REKEN
ADAM DA CRUZ
NICOLA MASON
NICK HEANEY
TIM ARTELARIS
ADAM MUSONDA
MASHAAL KHAN
GEORGIA LEYENDEKKERS “ACICIS helped foster a fundamental learning journey for me as a young person interested in social justice and development. Without support for Australian students to live, learn, and expand their understanding of the world through Asia or the Pacific, we would be a poorer nation with a poorer future. Tetap semangat, Keluarga ACICIS.”
JANELLE FALCONER “ACICIS uniquely contributes to Indonesian-Australian connectedness. It strengthens people to people relations through transforming the lives of students and communities in both countries, enabling meaningful and lasting intercultural understanding. I am honoured to have experienced the value of the ACICIS programs first-hand as an alumni and am forever grateful to the ACICIS staff for their professionalism and support throughout three life changing and career enhancing immersion semesters in 2015 and 2017. The maintenance of ACICIS professional programs is vital to the sustainability of Australia’s bonds with our Indonesian neighbours and bilateral benefits in the years to come.”
LIZ DRYSDALE
TOM COULTER
PETER CROCKETT
JANELLE SMITH “I was lucky enough to visit Indonesia in July last year for the Public Health Study Tour. The experience that I had with ACICIS was life changing and I would highly recommend it to all. The hospitality of the Indonesians was incredible and I think organisation’s such as ACICIS need all the support they can get to be able to keep functioning. The work they do is important and they have a huge impact due to the quality, friendly and hard working staff that they have.”
CLAIRE RODER
ANDREW HENDERSON
TIM FLICKER “Pengalaman saya di Indonesia tak bisa terlupakan.”
CATHERINE WOOD “Thankyou ACICIS for introducing me to Indonesia, some of my life long friends and leading me towards my current career. An incredible opportunity for students and one I feel so grateful to have had and hope many more will continue to have into the future.”
KRISTEN STOKES
SINDY DUPAGUNTA “ACICIS was a key catalyst in my passion for Indonesian-Australian relations. I was able to have a life changing experience thanks to ACICIS.”
LUCAS CAREY “I was fortunate to go on two ACICIS programs in 2019. The amazing work the ACICIS staff do is integral to the Indonesia-Australia relationship and I hope that it can continue for another 25 years.”
NATARIGA PANYAWATCHAKUN “I really hope ACICIS makes it through this difficult time. Semangat semua!”
HEIDI ARBUCKLE “No other program is as important to nurturing the next generation Australia-Indonesia relationship as ACICIS. Long live ACICIS!”
CLAIRE CHUA “The PHST by ACICIS has been one of the most life-changing experiences that I have ever had in my tertiary studies. I managed to explore a country that I’d never been to before, experienced the richness of Indonesian culture, and met friends that I still keep in touch with regularly. My university experience would not have been half as engaging and rewarding without the experience that this program offered me. Furthermore, the staff at ACICIS are welcoming, warm and caring and were amazing leaders all throughout our trip. I really hope to see this organisation stay so that future university students can be offered the same opportunity that I was!!”
PETER OSBOLDSTONE
SOPHIE WADDEN
IRMA DJAYA
SARAH ARGLES
ANNE DICKSON
MICHAEL FROOD
NICK WALLACE
JUSTINE FITZGERALD
CLAIRE LEONG
ALESSANDRO SERENI
NICHOLAS DOBRIJEVICH
MARLENE MILLOTT
JARRAD MERLO
BRIAN PAVANELLO