- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Come and help earthquake recovery in Nepal
ORGANIZATION: International Disaster Volunteers
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Volunteering with IDV is challenging, fun, and rewarding! While you are with us in Nepal. you will work in partnership with communities, individual survivors and local organisations to help Nepal recover from the 2015 earthquakes.
At IDV, we believe that everyone has something to offer. So, even if you are not a skilled builder or teacher, we still want to hear from you! Our inclusiveness is just one of the qualities that makes IDV unique.
Your work could include helping to rebuild classrooms, running activities for kids and helping to develop and lead education and training projects.
If you are over 18 and willing to learn, you have the potential to become an IDV volunteer in Nepal. In general we do not enforce any minimum or maximum stay, but to get the most of your experience we recommend staying for at least two weeks. Longer-term volunteers are particularly encouraged and if we have space constraints we will prioritise them over shorter-term volunteers.
We welcome volunteers based on their ability to contribute to our projects . While certain skills and experience are useful the most important things are that you are ready and willing to work hard, and learn new things, have enthusiasm, are able to work in team a wide range of people from different backgrounds and different cultures.
More opportunities with International Disaster Volunteers
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About International Disaster Volunteers
Location:
11 Crowther Street, Bristol, BS3 3AJ, GB
Mission Statement
International Disaster Volunteers (IDV) is a volunteer driven registered charity that works with communities worldwide which have been affected by or are vulnerable to disaster. Our goals are to help survivors achieve sustainable recovery and build more resilient communities both before and after disaster.
We believe that to provide meaningful assistance to disaster affected and at risk communities around the world we have to do more than construct buildings. We need to understand and address the factors that make communities vulnerable to disaster.
We believe that survivor motivation is essential to the recovery of any disaster affected or at risk community. Our operations will always be predicated on the idea that survivors may be traumatised, but they are not helpless. With this in mind, we will encourage our host communities to direct their own recovery.
We also believe that social cohesion is of primary importance in any disaster affected or at risk area. No amount of bricks or mortar will bring about sustainable improvement if communities fail to come together or are disrupted by our efforts. Therefore, our operations will always aim to foster communication and cooperation within and between the communities we serve.
Description
IDV works with disaster affected and at risk communities worldwide to help them find sustainable solutions to the problems they face.
We are currently providing relief in Nepal and are also supporting long-term recovery in Haiti, and Tacloban and Disaster Risk Reduction just oustide Manila.
In Haiti, we're supporting orphans, education for children living in poverty, and education to help adults help themselves.
In Manila, we're focusing on helping communities become more able to resist disaster before it strikes.
In Tacloban we provided relief and and helped with reconstruction of schools and community facilities.
We're now working in close partnership with local organisations in Nepal. We've provided immediate emergency relief by way of food and shelter and are loojking at more long term sustainable shelter provision.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
KathmanduKathmandu, Nepal
DATE POSTED
December 29, 2015
SKILLS
- Adult Education
- Problem Solving
- Disaster Response
- People Skills
- Fundraising
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18