This document provides information about volunteer opportunities with various organizations around the world. It describes projects in Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Cameroon, Zambia, Malawi, India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and includes details about costs, requirements, tasks, and application processes for each. Locations include the Galapagos Islands, Bogota, Diamantina, Limbe, South Luangwa Valley, Pune, Kathmandu, Lad-ya, Quezon City and tasks involve conservation work, teaching English, administrative work, helping in clinics and with children, among others. The application deadline is December 31, 2013 and interested volunteers should submit a CV, motivation letter and indicate their preferred

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

2. Ecuador

3. Tierra Viva Foundation
• The Conservation Project
• The Book Bus Project

4. Tierra Viva Foundation
The Conservation Project
•Galapagos Islands
•Tasks:
– Implementation of endemic gardens and
reforestation in farms
– Land preparation, eradication of
invasive species, planting

5. Tierra Viva Foundation
• 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!

6. Tierra Viva Foundation
The 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

7. Tierra Viva Foundation
• 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!

8. Colombia

9. Colombianitos
Mission:
“To improve the children’s and
adolescent’s quality of life and
communities by means of sports,
education, health and recovery.”

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

11. Colombianitos
3 Projects:
1. Football training &
other sports activities
• No language
requirements
• No minimum length
of stay

12. 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

13. 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€

14. Brazil

15. Sociedade Protetora da Infancia
• Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
• 4 weeks (August)  travel in July
Diamantina

16. 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+

17. Sociedade Protetora da Infancia
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

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

19. Sociedade Protetora da Infancia

20. Cameroon

21. OGCEYOD
Organization for Gender, Civic Engagement & Youth Development

22. OGCEYOD
Organization 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

23. OGCEYOD
Organization for Gender, Civic Engagement & Youth Development
2 to 4 volunteers at a time
February – October 2014
2 to 12 Months projects
Aged 20+
Experience appreciated, but newcomers are
welcome

24. OGCEYOD
Organization for Gender, Civic Engagement & Youth Development
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)
Monthly expenses : €340-400 + Trips and Activities
/ogceyod.cameroon
www.ogceyod.org

25. Zambia & Malawi

26. Book Bus Africa
• UK Charity
• Where? South Luangwa Valley, Zambia

27. Book Bus Africa
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

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

29. 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)

30. Book Bus Africa
Mission: “Improving children's lives one
book at a time.”

31. Madagascar

32. Maventy International Health
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

33. 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

34. Maventy International Health
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

35. Maventy International Health
Requirements:
•Age 18+
•Study program does not matter
•Like to work with children
•Willing to teach

36. Maventy International Health
Costs:
•Flight tickets: ~1000€
•Accommodation and other expenses: ~500€
•Vaccinations: Hepatitis A and B, Rabies
•Malaria Prophylaxis

37. Maventy International Health
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 remo
village
•Experience a new culture, a new language
And a new way of life « MORAMORA »

38. India

39. Nav Jeevan Sanstha School
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2 volunteers
At least 19 years of age
Mid-june till the beginning of September
Minimum 6 weeks

40. Nav Jeevan Sanstha School
What will YOU do?
• Teaching (English, Math..)
• Playing with children
• Helping with their homework

41. Nav Jeevan Sanstha School
• Volunteer living quarters, which is attached to
the hostel/school
• 100 euro a week → food and accomodation
• Three meals a day (all vegetarian)

42. SAATH
“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.”

43. SAATH
Region: Gujarat (Jewel
of the West): NorthWest coast, India
City: Ahmedabad (+
Region)
Length of Voluntary
Assignment:
6 weeks – Summer
Vacation 2014

44. 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

45. SAATH
Projects:
•Infrastructure
•Microfinance and
Insurance, livelihoods,
•Public Health,
•Youth Development
• Rural Programs

46. SAATH
Requirements:
Costs
# volunteers:
up to 4
Flights: €470 - €700
depending on departure
location
Time:
6 weeks –During Summer
Vacation 2014
Living:(Travel, Food ,
Accommodation):
€180 - €235/month
Visa
€60 (DE)
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)

47. Human Rights & Law Defenders
India, Pune
CREATING SPACE FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS AND CULTURE

48. Human Rights & Law Defenders
Internship program
-widen perspectives, bring social changes
-deal with the reality of law and interpret law to the mas
-implementing the law interpreted with the rights based
approach.
What will YOU do?
­Apply legal knowledge to real problems in India
­Chose a topic on which you will conduct research
and case studies

49. Human Rights & Law Defenders
Sahyog Trust:
HRLD is part of Sahyog Trust, a humanistic pro-active
organization, 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.

50. Human Rights & Law Defenders
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

51. Nepal

52. Kavya School
Kathmandu

53. Kavya School

54. Kavya School
What will YOU do?

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

56. Kavya School
What you can expect?

57. Thailand

58. 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.”

59. 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)

60. Elephants World
• Accommodation
– With the mahouts and other volunteers
– Minimum electricity and water
• Travel: have to arrange it beforehand
– Have to sleep at the Elephants World

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

62. Elephants World
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)

63. Vietnam

64. Center for Sustainable Development Studies

65. 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, fundraisin
depends on NGO & study
•Minimum stay 4 weeks
•Accommodation in volunteer house

66. Center for Sustainable Development Studies
Requirements:
•Age: 18+
•Work in NGO: depends on NGO/study
•Child care experience preferred
Challenges:
•Language / Communication
•Climate
•Food

67. Center for Sustainable Development Studies
Costs:
•4 weeks: 450€
75€ for every following week
including: accommodation, 3 meals a day,
local public transport, airport transfer
•Excluding: flight (800€), visa (80-130€), vaccination,
insurance andpersonal expenses

68. Philippines

69. PREDA Foundation
Peoples Recovery Empowerment
Development Assistance

70. 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

71. PREDA Foundation
• New Dawn (Bukang Liwayway) Home for Boys
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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
© Luca M. Robin
– Only for female volunteers
– Similar roles to those within the boys home
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© Luca M. Robin
Fair Trade Farming Programme

72. PREDA Foundation
Legal Department and Rescue Team
Possible 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
© Luca M. Robin
© Luca M. Robin

73. PREDA Foundation

74. ERDA
Educational Research and
Development Assistance group

75. ERDA
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

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

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

78. 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.”

79. 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: development@myunsa.org