presentation unsa information night 2013

UNSA Maastricht 2013-14Volunteer Information Evening, 21st November 2013

Welcome

Ecuador

Tierra Viva Foundation

• The Conservation Project

• The Book Bus Project


The Conservation Project•Galapagos Islands•Tasks:– Implementation of endemic gardens and

reforestation in farms – Land preparation, eradication of

invasive species, planting

• Costs:– 2 weeks: ~390€– For every additional week: ~210€3meals/day and accomodation included

• Requirements– Spanish skills are an advantage

but not a necessity– No special expertise needed

Minimum stay of 2 weeks!


Tierra Viva FoundationThe Bookbus Project•Puerto Lopez & Galapagos Islands

•Tasks:– Reading books to the children in schools

within the project area– Encouraging pupils to read books in

order to fight illiteracy in Ecuador– Improve the English skills of pupils

and teachers

• Costs:– 2 weeks:• Galapagos Islands: ~500 Euro• Puerto Lopez: ~440 Euro

– For every additional week (Breakfast included):• Galapagos Islands: ~100 Euro • Puerto Lopez: ~70 Euro

Requirements:– Basic spanish skills are a necessity– No special expertise needed

Minimum stay of 2 weeks!


Colombia

Colombianitos

Mission: “To improve the children’s and adolescent’s quality of life and

communities by means of sports, education, health and recovery.”

6 different places in Colombia: • Bogotá• Cartagena• Barbosa• Bucaramanga• Barrancabermeja• Puerto Tejada

Colombianitos

Colombianitos

3 Projects:1. Football training &

other sports activities• No language

requirements• No minimum length of stay

Colombianitos

2. English lessons & help with homework• Basic knowledge of Spanish• No minimum length of stay

3. Administrative work/ Marketing & Promotion• Minimum stay: 6 weeks• Knowledge of Spanish required• Located in Bogotá

Colombianitos

Costs: – Visa depends on your nationality– No required vaccinations– Flight: ~ 1000€– Accommodation (Hostel): ~ 10€ per night– Food (self-organized): ~ 10€ per day

e.g. 6 weeks stay: 1000€ + 840€ = 1840€

Brazil

• Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil • 4 weeks (August) travel in July

Diamantina

Sociedade Protetora da Infancia

VEM•~ 70 Girls between 6 and 18 years •After-school activities•Volunteer: English lessons, Dancing, Painting, Watching the younger girls•2 female volunteers, 18+


Costs:•No VISA costs •Vaccines: yellow fever (65 €), Hepatitis A and B (125 €)•Accomodation: regulated by the project (small fee), host family•Travel: flights ~ 1300 € (return)•Meals: lunch and snack provided by the project


Requirements:•Basic Portuguese/ Spanish•Good communication skills•Own initiative•Skilled in teaching (Painting, English etc.)


Cameroon

OGCEYODOrganization for Gender, Civic Engagement & Youth Development

NGO in Limbe, coastal town in the South West Region of Cameroon.

Created in 2005 by two British volunteers

Target : Youth & Women Variety of Projects :

Education Economic Empowerment Environment matters Agriculture Health


2 to 4 volunteers at a timeFebruary – October 20142 to 12 Months projectsAged 20+Experience appreciated, but newcomers are welcome


Practical Matters:Service Average Price

Apartments for Volunteers in Limbe, all included

€120/Month

Food (3 Meals) €120-150/Month

Working-Related Transportation €100-120/Month

Arrival / Departure Visa + Plane + Car (€100-130 + €400-500 + €60)

www.ogceyod.org

Monthly expenses : €340-400 + Trips and Activities

/ogceyod.cameroon


Zambia & Malawi

Book Bus Africa

• UK Charity• Where? South Luangwa Valley, Zambia

What is the project about?•Promote the joy of reading•Reading as an essential life skill•Create a positive learning environment•Improve child literacy rate •Interactive exchange

Book Bus Africa

What will YOU do?•School visits•Build classroom facilities•Reading Assistant•Use and create didactic materials•Organize spare time activities

Book Bus Africa

• Requirements: Creative, open-minded, interested to work with children

• Accommodation: Large equipped tents• Duration: from 2 weeks to 4 months• Activities/ Travel: Safaris to the National Park

Luangwa, Victoria Falls• Costs: Visa (~50€), vaccinations, travel insurance,

flight (~1000€), Program (300€+150€/week)

Book Bus Africa

Mission: “Improving children's lives one book at a time.”

Book Bus Africa

Madagascar

Few facts about Madagascar:

•An island, off the southeastern coast of Africa Fourth largest island in the world•90% live on less than two dollars a day•A biodiversity hotspot: 90% of its wildlife is

endemic

Maventy International Health

• Provide the region of Anivorano with basic medical care and knowledge

• Develop a program which identifies, tracks, and treats malnutrition using locally available resources.

• Mobile medical program


What will YOU do?

•Help in the clinic•Screening and participating in the malnutrition program•Different activities: teaching, making some improvements to the clinic (painting, making shelves,… )•And have FUN


Requirements:

•Age 18+•Study program does not matter •Like to work with children•Willing to teach


Costs:

•Flight tickets: ~1000€•Accommodation and other expenses: ~500€•Vaccinations: Hepatitis A and B, Rabies•Malaria Prophylaxis


As a volunteer, you will…

•Stay for a minimum of six weeks•Be part of an international team composed by other volunteers and locals•Travel from one of the busiest airport to one of the remotest village•Experience a new culture, a new language

And a new way of life « MORAMORA »


• 2 volunteers • At least 19 years of age• Mid-june till the beginning of September• Minimum 6 weeks

Nav Jeevan Sanstha School

What will YOU do?

• Teaching (English, Math..)

• Playing with children

• Helping with their homework


• Volunteer living quarters, which is attached to the hostel/school

• 100 euro a week → food and accomodation• Three meals a day (all vegetarian)


“We believe that the poor comprise a large market, that they should be mainstreamed, and that serving the needs of the bottom of the

pyramid provides important opportunities for enterprises, innovations and solutions.”

SAATH

Region: Gujarat (Jewel of the West): North-West coast, IndiaCity: Ahmedabad (+ Region)Length of Voluntary Assignment: 6 weeks – Summer Vacation 2014

SAATH

Develops programmes to give the urban and rural

poor access to basic needs for development

Objectives: •To facilitate the access of the urban and rural poor to government private services, and information.•To develop the capacity of women and youth and link them with markets and jobs•To provide market based solutions to vulnerable families

SAATH

Projects:

•Infrastructure

•Microfinance and Insurance, livelihoods,

•Public Health,

•Youth Development

• Rural Programs

SAATH

Costs

Flights: €470 - €700 depending on departure location

Living:(Travel, Food , Accommodation):€180 - €235/month

Visa€60 (DE)

Requirements:

# volunteers: up to 4

Time:6 weeks –During Summer Vacation 2014

Educational background:socio-economic or developmental sector background preferred

Language(Basic Gujarati phrases to be taught; Better Gujarati knowledge necessary to work in the field)

SAATH

Human Rights & Law Defenders

India, Pune

CREATING SPACE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURE

Internship program-widen perspectives, bring social changes-deal with the reality of law and interpret law to the masses-implementing the law interpreted with the rights based approach.

What will YOU do?Apply legal knowledge to real problems in IndiaChose a topic on which you will conduct research and case studies


Sahyog Trust:

HRLD is part of Sahyog Trust, a humanistic pro-activeorganization, whose mission is:

•A participatory, rights based and people-centered policy of education, •A classless and casteless society through togetherness and neighborhood concept, •Through the dynamics of non-violence, advancement of human rights, equitable social change and distributive justice.


Requirements:•4 volunteers•Studying law (or from FaSoS)•6 weeks minimum•Accommodation - to be arrange by volunteers (with the help of Sayhog). Ca. 590euros/7 weeks


Kavya School

Kathmandu

Kavya School

What will YOU do?

Kavya School

• Accomodation and Meals are FREE• Flight 600-800€• Duration of Stay: around 6 weeks• Visa: ca. 80€• 3 volunteers

Kavya School

What you can expect?

Kavya School

Thailand

Elephants World

• Thailand– Next town: Lad-ya 15 kilometers away

• Duration: 4-8 weeks

“We humans work for the elephants and the elephants not for us.”

Elephants World

What will YOU do?•Guiding tourists•Cleaning the area•Gathering food and planting food crops•Feeding and bathing the elephants •Use personal qualities (building, teaching English to the staff)

• Accommodation– With the mahouts and other volunteers– Minimum electricity and water

• Travel: have to arrange it beforehand – Have to sleep at the Elephants World

Elephants World

Elephants World

Requirements:•Love animals, especially elephants•Work in a team with international people•Interest and willingness to accept other cultures

Costs:– For one month: 12000 Baht ~ 300€

(for food and accomodation)– ~ 50€ for a tourist visa – Vaccinations (Hepatitis A and B,

DTP [diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus],Rabies)

Elephants World

Vietnam

Center for Sustainable Development Studies

Projects:•Teaching English (20h/week)assisting, games, pronunciation•Child Care (25h/week)caring, feeding, playing, charity events•Work in NGO (25h/week)English-speaking environment, administrative tasks, fundraising, depends on NGO & study

•Minimum stay 4 weeks•Accommodation in volunteer house


Requirements:•Age: 18+•Work in NGO: depends on NGO/study•Child care experience preferred

Challenges:•Language / Communication•Climate•Food


Costs:•4 weeks: 450€ 75€ for every following weekincluding: accommodation, 3 meals a day, local public transport, airport transfer

•Excluding: flight (800€), visa (80-130€), vaccination, insurance andpersonal expenses


Philippines

PREDA FoundationPeoples Recovery Empowerment

Development Assistance

PREDA Foundation

Mission:

•To work for just laws and their implementation

•To protect the weak and the defenseless

•To come to the assistance of the sexually abused

• New Dawn (Bukang Liwayway) Home for Boys– Work in the Home for Boys: teaching, sports & arts activities – Assistance with psychologist therapy sessions– Attend court hearings– Visit juvenile halls and jails

• Girls’ home for sexually abused girls – Only for female volunteers– Similar roles to those within the boys home

• Fair Trade Farming Programme

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© Luca M. Robin

PREDA Foundation

Legal Department and Rescue TeamPossible tasks include:-Written composition of case studies-Supporting the communication between the courts and PREDA-Attending court hearings–Participation in special operations, both undercover investigations and special operations

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PREDA Foundation

PREDA Foundation

ERDAEducational Research and

Development Assistance group

Projects:-Urban poor children-Streetchildren -Children in conflict with the law

Tasks: -Teaching English-Teaching mathematics-Facilitate art sessions and games for the children -Share something about the country you’re from

ERDA

Requirements:-Minimum age: 18 years-Enthusiastic -Willing to work with children-Have the ability to adjust-Christian

ERDA

Costs: Final price doesn’t include costs for food and transportation -vaccinations are about 130 € -visa: about 40 €-flight: 700-900 euros

ERDA

Mission:“ERDA is a dynamic, responsive and competent human development organization committed to create and sustain services for socially and economically disadvantaged children, youth, women, families and communities.”

ERDA

Application Process

How do we select volunteers?

•CV•Letter of Motivation (1 page max)

Application Deadline: 31st December 2013

Please apply for an NGO and indicate the project you are interested in.Send an email to: [email protected]

presentation unsa information night 2013

Education

book bus project

book bus africa requirements

weeks knowledge of spanish

tierra viva foundation

infancia costs

book bus africa mission

colombianitos costs

sociedade protetora