Education and Health Volunteering in Cameroon
Cameroon
Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester, Winter
Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 3-6 months
Description:
The volunteer / trainee will be expected to :
- participate, with the project coordinator, to the current activities (selection of students to be sponsored, link between students and their sponsors, links with the schools)
- set up new activities like health care for the students and HIV awareness
- write projects and raise funds for the organisation
- create a fix office for the organisation in Belo
- expand the existing website in French and/or develop an English website for the organisation
- set up new activities depending on the volunteer/trainee motivations and skills (after school program, exchange projects with schools of his/her country...etc)
Qualifications:
* High motivation to integrate in the community and exchange different cultural views.
* Good contact with children and youth.
* Ability to write project proposals and raise funds.
Minimum Education: High School
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Intern Types :
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- Anthropology
- Development
- Education
- Family and Home Studies
- Field-Study
- Health Sciences
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- Humanities
- Interdisciplinary
- Medicine
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Social Work
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- Sociology
- Sustainable Development
- Theater, Drama, Dance
- Tourism
- Web Design
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Cost Include Description:
No fee is required. Education Kom takes care of the housing of the volunteer/trainee and of the small expenses linked to the work (transport, administration costs).
The volunteer/trainee takes care of his travel costs, insurance, food and any other daily needs (about 100$ or 70Euro are necessary as monthly expanses).
Experience Required: no
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Volunteer Types :
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- academic reinforcement
- AIDS
- anthropology
- community development
- community health
- culture
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- education
- health
- health care
- health education
- popular education
- primary education
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- public education
- volunteering
- writing
- youth
- youth development
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Typical Volunteer: A volunteer open to different cultural views and highly motivated to help a small NGO to impact underprivileged children and youth in a less developed world.
Age Range: minimum 18 years
This Program is open to
American,
Australian,
Canadian,
European,
Kiwi,
South African
and Worldwide
Participants.
This Program is also open to
Families, Couples and Individuals
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Typical Living Arrangements :
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Participants Travel to Cameroon
Independently
Typically Participants Work
Independently
Application Process Involves:
- Online Application plus Application Assessment
- Phone Interview
- Written Application
Post Services Include:
- Job and Internship Network
Education Kom's Mission Statement: Education kom sponsors children and youth in schools or professional trainings in Cameroon. We are also developing health care / HIV awareness for these children and their families, and are implementing cross cultural exchanges between schools in Cameroon and the world over.
Year Founded: 2007
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