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Countries/States Served:
CM
People Utilized or Employed:
Trainable Volunteers, Trainable Volunteers
Types of Students Allowed:
Medical Students, Premedical Students, Dental Students, Predental Students, Nursing Students, Prenursing Students, Pharmacy Students, Prepharmacy Students, Veterinary Students, Preveterinary Students, Optometry Students, Preoptometry Students |
Program Length:
Short Term (Less than 1 month) and Long Term (Greater than 1 month)
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Current Volunteer Opportunities (Unpaid Positions)
Volunteer in the Centre de L'Espoir Children's Home needed for
1 to 3 months
Opportunity Description:
The orphanage provides parental care to children, moderate shelter, basic health care, counseling, food, education, training in trades, and management of income generating activities to 25 orphans and handicapp children from the slums of the Yassa and Pk 18 communities of Douala in the Littoral Region of Cameroon.
It has a permanent staff of house parents, teacher, social workers, kitchen staff, and a domestic staff. Millions of children are orphaned as a result of disasters – natural or human made - economic and social distress, floods, earthquakes, wars and famines.
he main objective of the volunteer programs is to provide supplementary support to the staff with the aim of helping the children grow socially, intellectually, academically, spiritually and physically.
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
1
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Volunteer in the Associated Rehabilitation Center for the Handicapped (ARCH) needed for
1 to 3 months
Opportunity Description:
Nido di Speranza is currently seeking volunteers for its projects in Cameroon or you may know someone who is interested in volunteering in the ARCH (Associated Rehabilitation Center for the Handicapped).We are in urgent need of human support (Volunteers) such as physiotherapists, nurses, students, prosthetists, etc... which are more petinent to create databases of persons/organisations that may be interested in donating to our cause, especially on a recurring basis.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Nest of Hope has recently partnered with the Associated Rehabilitation Center for the Handicapped(ARCH). ARCH was once owned and operated by the Catholic church. It was later taken over by the government who has since abandoned the facility. ARCH is quite large and has over 200 patients, most of which are orphaned and abandoned children with disabilities.
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
6
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Volunteer in the Bitame Lucia Nursery and Primary school needed for
Opportunity Description:
The Bitame Lucia Nursery and Primary School. Still under creation, it is located in a rural area on the south east outskirts of the Cameroon capital, Yaounde. The school is created to bring low-cost education to underprivileged children in and around that locality, who though so close to the city, are so far away from its facilities that are only affordable to the rich. Our Mission is to provide education to the children of the rural area of Nkolfoulou, so they would not be deprived of education based on their locality or family financial circumstances. Through this project Nido in partnership with CAPEC also wishes create jobs and enable children of the area become self-sufficient. The school attempts to bridge the gap between rich and poor by offering good quality education for the most underprivileged. The Nursery and Primary will benefit children from Nkolfoulou village, and about 2000 more children from other neighbouring villages (Baaba, Ntinga, Nkabo, Eboko, and Essebi).
Volunteers who are willing to apply should be able to speak English and French. No educational background is required
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
4
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Mission Statement: (See Web Site For Updated Information)
The name Nido di Speranza is an Italian phrase which means Nest of Hope. We are a registered non profit organisation (NPO) and Voluntary Organisation (VO), committed to change, grow, love and aspire for the poor and marginalized communities and especially hope of our children.
Our vision is to impact the lives of a poor and marginalized communities in Cameroon whose future is being threatened by HIV/AIDS, abandonment and poverty. Our desire is to see the poor and underpriviledged youths especially those with disabilities find a home where they can experience loving relationships and be part of a secure family environment and gain economic independence. Thus, provide job skills to youth with disabilities, orphans, street children and vulnerable children from at risk homes in our community. We want these youth to live up to their potential. We want them to be able to earn a living wage so they can provide for themselves, their families and grow to be valued and contributing members of our community.
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