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2016 Venture 2 Impact Volunteer Opportunities
Venture 2 Impact aims to transform individuals and communities out of poverty through education, empowerment, and economic development since its inception in 2006. The organization has expanded its operations from Uganda to include volunteer opportunities in Onzole, Ecuador, and Batam, Indonesia, focusing on teaching skills and facilitating community projects. Volunteer trip details, costs, and essential dates for both locations are outlined, emphasizing a life-transforming experience for participants.
2016 Venture 2 Impact Volunteer Opportunities
- 1. Venture 2 Impact Volunteerin Ecuador and Indonesia Informational Package
- 2. Our Mission To transformindividuals, families and communities out of poverty into lasting wellbeing.
- 3. About Us: OurInception Venture 2 Impact, previously known as Uganda Venture, is an organization and a movement that started in 2006 to help communities in Uganda break the cycle of poverty. Since our inception, we’ve been promoting transformational development to overseas communities while helping our involved volunteers better understand world poverty. We address issues of isolation, vulnerability, powerlessness, physical weakness among other forms of poverty, creating an environment where locals and North Americans can grow. Over the last nine years our work was exclusively focused on projects in Uganda. We partnered with communities in the Mpigi district of Uganda to create programs and projects that aim to elevate their standard of living
- 4. About Us: TheWork Venture 2 Impact has strategically focused itself around three E’s: Education, Empowerment, and Economic Development. We believe that through initiatives in these three areas, we are able to bring individuals out of poverty and into lasting wellbeing. While our initiatives within each category ebb and flow based on local needs, solutions, and opportunities, these pillars are the strong foundation to all the work that Venture 2 Impact does.
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- 6. Fadi Al Qassar Co-Founder Venture2 Impact @fadialqassar Ron Abarbanel Co-Founder Venture 2 Impact @Gen_151 Our Team
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- 8. About Us: TheEvolution In September 2015, Venture 2 Impact made a strategic shift to seek partnerships internationally and expand our work outside of Uganda. We feel privileged to have journeyed with our communities in Uganda for such a long time, and we certainly are thankful for all that we’ve learned in the process. We are excited to invite you to join us on two exploration trips to the following destinations. Onzole, Ecuador February 2016 Batam, Indonesia April 2016
- 9. Volunteer in Onzole,Ecuador
- 10. Our Partners &Trip Facilitators Nikki Horne Director & Co-Founder The Onzole River Project Carlos Vieira Field Worker The Onzole River Project
- 11. Picture of Onzole/Ecuador•Population of Ecuador: 16 Million • Official Language: Spanish • Challenges include: low literacy rates, corruption and classism, racism and gender inequality
- 12. Onzole is asmall rural community in Ecuador. Its population is primarily Afro- Ecuadorian. These African descent Ecuadorians face systemic racism and oppression because of their skin color. They are isolated and ignored, leading to limited educational opportunities (no high school in the community), isolation from national identity and welfare systems and the lack of developed skills to use available raw materials.
- 13. Volunteer Initiatives inOnzole Teach English Sports Camps Carpentry/Sewing Reading and Literacy Building Maintenance Computer Training
- 14. Trip Dates: Feb12 – Feb 22 No PTO needed. Take advantage of your Foundation Days. Fly to Quito Fly to Esmeraldas Bus to river launch Motorized canoe to village
- 15. What are wedoing for fun? The last 2 days of the trip will entail a trip to the Andes Mountain Range. We will use this time to debrief and process our experience as a group. Additionally, the team will have the opportunity to go on hikes, experience the tourist markets and some of vibrant local restaurants the area has to offer. (Otavalo, Ecuador)
- 16. Cost: $2,500 (taxreceipt-able) Price includes: Return flight from your home city. Accommodations and full-board in Ecuador. Debrief, tourism, hiking and shopping in the Andes. Match donation and champion grants required to subsidize cost of trip.
- 17. Key Dates Fillout interest form by November 15th. Follow this link: http://bit.ly/v2ivolunteers Pay $500 deposit to confirm your interest by December 1st. Check with your doctor in January about any vaccinations you may need to update. The V2I team will book your flight, arrange your accommodations and confirm your itinerary in January. Embark on your life transforming VTO adventure on February 12th
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- 19. A Snapshot ofBatam Population 17,000 in Moro District Language: Malay, which is the root dialect of Indonesia’s national language Ethnicity: Primarily Malay, with Chinese being the largest minority groups Labor: 70% of the labor force in the area is closely tied to the fishing industry; a small number of persons also work as loggers, famers, teachers, and small business owners Education: Most persons in this area have an elementary school education Medical: There is only one hospital in the Moro district
- 20. We partnered withTelunas Geo-Resort in Indonesia to enhance the livelihood of those who live in the 300+ isolated islands. Telunas is a business which aspires to use tourism as a force for good, and our partnership is aimed to created volunteer opportunities and sustainable impact programs to transform individuals, families and communities out of poverty and into lasting wellbeing.
- 21. Volunteer Initiatives inBatam Teach English Day Camps/Building Projects Computer Education
- 22. Your Accommodations atTelunas!
- 23. Access to WorldClass Amenities
- 24. Dates: April 15– April 24 (tentative dates) No PTO needed. Take advantage of your foundations days. Fly to Singapore 1 Hour Ferry to Indonesia Arrive at Telunas Begin Volunteering
- 25. Cost: $3,000 (taxreceipt-able) Price includes: Return flight Accommodations and full-board (stay is divided between Telunas and the villages) Access to award winning resort amenities in your down time. Match donation and champion grants required to subsidize cost of trip.
- 26. Key Dates Fillout interest form by January 15h. Follow this link: http://bit.ly/v2ivolunteers Pay $500 deposit to confirm your interest by January 31st Check with your doctor in February about any vaccinations your might need to update The V2I team will book your flight, arrange your accommodations and confirm your itinerary in February Embark on your life transforming VTO adventure on April 15th
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Editor's Notes
- #6 Worked in Uganda since 2006 Created a range of impactful programs, including: computer education, micro-lending, orphan care and starting a women’s coop. Our Expertise Since 2006 we have been building and expanding on a wide range of programs, including: micro-lending and entrepreneurship, computer education, women’s social enterprise and infrastructure development
- #7 Ron Abarbanel Co-Founder Venture 2 Impact @Gen_151 40 something, proud dad of 5. Computer engineer with a heart for doing good. 20 years of community development experience. 9 years of volunteer trip leading experience. Fadi Al Qassar Co-Founder Venture 2 Impact @fadialqassar 28 years and recently married. #Taken Marketer converted Impact Evangelist. 6 years of community development experience. 3 years volunteer trip leading experience.
- #12 Set the Scene About Ecuador: Population – 16,144,0000 (UN World Population Prospects 2015) Official Language – Spanish Poverty line – Ecuador has consistently rated within the Medium to lower-High bracket of the HDI Challenges for Ecuador – Low literacy rates, especially for women and indigenous groups (including Afro-Ecuador) - Access to quality healthcare and education, corruption within social services specifically, extreme classism, racism and gender inequailty Challenge for Onzole: - Systemic racism and class oppression - Domestic violence No nearby medical care (only rural first air clinics) Limited educational opportunities (Funding, qualified teachers, no high school) Isolation from national identity and social welfare systems Lack of developed skills, raw materials
- #14 Just as an example of what we do in Uganda. It might be a good idea to get people to run day camps and events with children on the ground? Soccer? Photography? Games? ETC. - Potential short term service projects could be Sport Camps, Photography, Carpentry, Sewing, English lessons, Reading Program, Arts (I’m basing these off of programs we’ve run in the past that have been successful – we also have three locations/villages we work in and could replicate something) – I’m getting pictures from the recent photographer that we just had there to show off some of our projects.
- #15 Trip timing – Tentative last week January/first week Feb. Thursday to a Sunday Fly into Quito, Ecuador Day 1 Thursday – Arrive in Quito Ecuador, overnight in Hacienda nearby Day 2 Friday – Fly to Esmeraldas, bus to river launch, 2 hour motorized canoe upriver, settle into Guest House (Nikki’s House) Day 3 Saturday – Community Integration Activities Day 4 Sunday –Community Integration Activities. Meet local leaders (principal, regional political reps, farmer) Day 5-8 Mon-Thurs – Service Learning Component (coupled with round table discussions with local leaders such as teachers, parents, etc) as well as evening activities with the community Day 9 Fri – Leave Onzole, fly to Quito, bus to Otavalo, settle into hostel Day 10 Sat – Outdoor markets, hiking, touring, Debrief (possible evening departure from Quito)
- #22 Just as an example of what we do in Uganda. It might be a good idea to get people to run day camps and events with children on the ground? Soccer? Photography? Games? ETC. - Potential short term service projects could be Sport Camps, Photography, Carpentry, Sewing, English lessons, Reading Program, Arts (I’m basing these off of programs we’ve run in the past that have been successful – we also have three locations/villages we work in and could replicate something) – I’m getting pictures from the recent photographer that we just had there to show off some of our projects.
- #28 We are Uganda Venture and we transform individuals communities and families out of poverty and into lasting wellbeing.