International Volunteer

Help others to have a better life in any way it is always a grateful experience, volunteering is incredible experience not only helps others but help yourself too. Worldwide, thousands of people can tell about how this experience changed their existence, even so many of them devoted their entire life to NGOs projects.

Teaching within education projects in poor areas in your own country, taking part in medical help projects in Asia or building water infrastructures in South America you could find how your work it is really useful for people who really need it and this make a change how you see the world and how to live your life.

Africa was a student from University of Barcelona. She spent 3 months in 2009 in Rúkara (Ruanda) working in a nutritional project based in a health center. She taught to children under 6 years old personal and food hygiene to prevent illnesses. After this time, Africa says “I loved this experience, it has enriched me not only as a professional but as a person too”.

Eavanna Maloney is a qualified Nurse that had been working in the health country for five years. Then she joined a TB/HIV awareness project in Knysna, South Africa. She claims now that she learned much more in five weeks there than in five years before and she describes her volunteer travel as an eye-opening experience.

Amber Hirschy, from Indiana, spent eleven months in Camodia volunteering in a local micro-credits company to help poor people to obtain financial resources. Talking about her service , she says “Living and working in Cambodia challenged me to see the world in new ways and to truly acknowledge the hardship and suffering that many people around the world face every day. Those eleven months were some of the most formative months of my life. I will never be the same…thankfully.”

Volunteers experience themselves how to serve others ways to serve ourselves too.

During last spring a consultation was launched on the European Union sports competence. The results, published on July 28th show the need for EU to support social, educational and health functions of sport activities all related to volunteers work.
Many civil society organisations had been voicing their concerns about how national legislation within European Union have made the recruitment of sport volunteers , specially the younger ones, more and more difficult.
By nominating 2011 as the ‘European Year of Voluntary Activities‘, the EU “hopes to increase the recognition and popularity of volunteering across Europe, and encourage the exchange of best practice between member state”
According to the consultation one of the challenges for European Commision is the availability of sport and physical activity at all levels of education. Some skateholders point that other issues to deal with are “the lack of stable funding for grassroots sport and the predomination of commercial aspects of sport over its societal value”.
However, many aspects of sport-specific topics and issues to improve are not part of the EU’s mandate as defined in Article 165 of the Lisbon Treaty. As an example, European Union financing small local sports clubs can only be dealt with at national or regional level.
Meanwhile an experts’ report identifies health-enhancing physical activity as higher priority in EU sports programme.

Do you what to do anything different on your holidays this year? Why don’t summer volunteer work?
There are many NGOs that need people for international volunteer work and you don’t need a long time holidays to collaborate with them, Programs are set from 8 days to several months and the projects are developed in many places all over the world.
In India, the congregation founded by Mother Theresa of Calcuta needs people to work with them. The foundation “ Missionaries of Charity” helps the poorest people in Calcuta and will be delighted to have you.
Guatemala is where NGO Casa Guatemala has its orphan house. The children are porvided with food, education, medical cares and a place to live. Volunteers needed will work as primary teachers or volunteer coordination.
In Cusco Area, Peru you can find Hatun Sonqo. They work for kids as well and held health and educational projects.
Ir you were thinking about volunteer work in Africa, in the Kilimanjaro area located in Tanzania. Teenagers can join to 14 days long programs in which they will help local village school and orphanages. In addition to community service, volunteers will learn about Tanzania’s rich culture , living in an African lodge and enjoy excursions.
In short, make your summer vacation this year a productive time and assistance to the poorest while traveling and meeting other cultures is at your fingertips.

If you are reading this post probably you think helping people with an altruistic aim could be a great idea but you don’t know how and when your help would be useful .

There are many different volunteer program and they are related to most varied tasks you can imagine.
 Education volunteering: many volunteers are working teaching basic educations to children at schools located at underdeveloped areas o poor-resources regions.
 Health volunteering: form auxiliary functions as first aid to programs in which surgical procedures are developed at field operation rooms, this kind of volunteering is weel know and many people has joined to work.
 Construction volunteering: NGOs develope construction programs to build schools, hospitals, bridges, water infrastructures, etc. It’s a good way to work abroad and help people.
 Delivery volunteering: Materials and supplies are needed to developed any project so NGOs and institutions must held a well organized distribution chain that can reach the areas where help is needed and provide them with all necessary products.
Anyone that wants to help can fit in one of the different programs so whatever your profile or skills are you could find a project where your help would be welcomed.

You are an animal friend and in the search of an animals volunteer work. Maybe the following organisation can help you in helping animals.

Animal jobs direct is an organisation which offers different types of careers and opportunities. From animal charity careers to careers with dogs and cats, wildlife careers, veterinary careers, careers with horses, zoo & safari park careers, and many other types. Furthermore they give the latest information about animal care training options which can improve your job prospects.

It’s a fact that volunteering for an animal charity will increase your chances of getting a job in the sector. You will obtain practical animal care work experience and if you do a good job, volunteering with animals can even lead to a full time job at the place you do the volunteer work.

This volunteering includes working with endangered species, monitoring wild dolphins, nursing sick animals, working in an animal rescue centre, assisting with wildlife recovery and release, caring for horses and donkeys, transporting animals for re-homing abroad, returning stray animals to their colonies after neutering, … On the website of animal jobs direct, you can find different organisations in different countries all over the world that offer animal volunteering programs.

You cannot walk passed it, everywhere you go people are talking about the biggest football event that happens every four years. This year the World Cup is organised in South Africa and there are a lot of opportunities to do volunteer work in South Africa.

First of all you have the opportunity to experience the excitement of FIFA 2010 South Africa by volunteering for the FIFA itself. There are many volunteer opportunities available in major World Cup cities as Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town,…But there are some rules to take into account. First of all you have to be over 18 years old to participate, furthermore volunteers must reside in the host city where they will be working and you have to agree of course to the stipulated code of conduct before volunteering.

But there are also other opportunities given. Thanks to projects abroad for instance, you can work as a sports coach in South Africa. You will be giving children the opportunity to participate in sports, allows them to learn important lessons in working as a team, anger management and prioritizing a healthy lifestyle. The only thing you need to have is a real passion for sports and the drive to lead a group of children while executing a sports session.

Of course you can also volunteer for other projects like animals volunteer work. With Projects Abroad, you can choose your date of departure and the duration. This way you can make sure that you are volunteering in South Africa during the World Cup.

We all consider volunteering abroad as a noble cause and recognise that it’s a win win situation for everyone. Students learn things they would never learn in school and they become an important part of a local society who really needs the help. But the following story goes far beyond all of this.

A Palo Alto High School senior called Tess Pang is going to execute one of the noblest causes I’ve ever seen. The youngster will pass her next year 5.000 miles away and travel to the Philippines and Malaysia. These are two countries which are suffering from a crisis at the moment.

In doing so, the young girl wants to help her homeland but of course there are some concerns that have to be kept in mind. Although the fact that she will be at risk in these countries, the brave girl says that this is the least of her concerns. She says that she is more worried about the possibility that she wouldn’t even be possible to help just one person.

Pang will work for the Presidential Advisor for the Peace Process in the region of Mindanao, with an uncle of hers, for the organization Philippine Projects and more. She says that when she goes to college, she wants to be able to argue with her professor and challenge her peers by talking about subjects that they have never experienced before.

This is a brave girl who is willing to make a difference and give a meaning to her life at a very young age. She is on a mission and this mission is helping the people of her homeland. She gets the opportunity to travel abroad, explore, see the world, learn new things and help a local community by going on this volunteer travel.

Today I want to talk about the different good Facebook pages that you can find about Volunteer Work Abroad. There are a couple of interesting ones which I want to share with you.

Volunteer Work is a wide page with many fans. It’s a good interactive place for people who are interested in volunteering abroad.

Volunteer Work Abroad: this is a Facebook page which gives more information about different organisations and a lot more.

Furthermore, you can find two twitter pages. One is called VolunteerWork and the other one is called volunteer_work and is updated very frequently.

You are a dynamic person that is eager to give something back. But you are still not convinced that volunteer work abroad is the right thing to do for you and you are searching for that last ‘push’ that tells you why you should volunteer abroad. Well, the following text is a guide through the positive aspects of working voluntarily. Maybe this is just what you need to make up your mind.

First of all there is the fact that during the financial crisis, there is a hard competition on the job market. Adding on your CV that you worked as a volunteer, can just be the tipping point in your advantage. It shows that you are dynamic, adventurous, generous and that you have a good morality. It can be a way of standing out from your competitors.

Another advantage is that during the volunteer program, you meet new people from all around the world with different points of view and different qualities. You will be able to learn a lot from them and you expand your international professional network which is very important in the modern world we live in considering the expanding globalisation.

Furthermore, it gives you a feeling of self-satisfaction, you are helping a local community in need and become a part of their culture and daily life, you see things that no one else will ever see, you learn new skills, do things that you never thought you were capable of doing and you will learn much about yourself.

In conclusion, working as a volunteer enriches both your personal and professional life in a way you could never imagine.