volunteering

Kabissa is currently recruiting 1 volunteer to fill in the postion of Volunteer Recruiter.

TASKS

- Advertise the new openings as indicated in the Kabissa Operating Procedures
- Handle volunteering mailbox correspondence and volunteer applications
- Set up and conduct interviews with prospective volunteers
- Help the recruited volunteers to set up their first 3 month workplan 
- Induct the recruited volunteers in the team and assists them in getting familiar with the Kabissa infrastructure and procedures specific to the initial phase

I am Diana, a 24 years old Romanian, who discovered Kabissa on the UNV online volunteering website.  After being interviewed by the Executive Director, Tobias Eigen, I was given the great news that I have been accepted in the team, as a volunteer coordinator.

If you are looking for valuable hands-on medical experience, this internship is a great opportunity. There are many health issues to be explored and there is an obvious lack of manpower and resources in the local hospitals located in the major cities where we operate.

As a medical intern, you will study these rural health posts and community clinics. Participants spend the majority of their internship learning as an assistant to an already-existing doctor / healthcare professional. Work responsibilities vary with your education, skills, and previous experience.

CHARITY CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, this is a youth organization which was formed in 2005 in kasempa district of Zambia. in it's efforts to reach to every young person in the north-western province of Zambia, the organization has openned a new branch in Solwezi District. therefore, we are looking for volunteers who has the heart for the development of young people through the implementation of HIV programmes.

We are also calling for partnership with organization working in the area of youth development.

Our hearts and minds are with the people of Haiti in these crucial days after the earthquake. No matter where you are in the world, you can help. Below is a message from Erik Hersman of @ushahidi with a very good opportunity to volunteer online to help map and integrate info from Haiti for use by people in need and those who can provide relief.

Dear Colleagues, Friends and Donors: Thank for your continued support and interest in The Millennium Youth Foundation. We wanted to let you know that The Millennium Youth Foundation is participating in GlobalGiving’s Global Open challenge, a fundraising opportunity for nonprofit organizations working around the world.

Today Flying Kites, an organization dedicated to raising the standards of care available to the world's poorest children, launched a new fundraising program called Adventure Challenges. This new program gives supporters the chance to take part in one of six expeditions to the world's most physically challenging and beautiful locations after achieving a set fundraising goal.

I remember meeting Ben Rigby at the first Mobile Active convergence in Toronto quite a few years ago now, and being struck by his innovative and bold ideas. He was then in the process of developing mobilevoter.org, a clever new initiative to use mobile phones to encourage people to register to vote. This is a big issue in America, where so many young people tend to be apathetic about politics and don't even register to vote, let alone go to the polls to cast a ballot.

Now he has teamed up with Jacob Colker to create The Extraordinaries, offering what they call "On-Demand Volunteerism by Mobile Phone". This initiative, powered by an iPhone application, will be only available in the US, but I could imagine this type of innovating having terrific potential in Africa where logistical conditions make volunteering of any kind very challenging indeed. When I wrote to ask about it, the response from Jacob was "I think it's going to be about a year before people can download the application internationally, but we DO want to go worldwide with this asap! Please watch our email newsletters for updates. Glad to know we have people that may be interested in Africa." What kind of mobile phone volunteering could you imagine happening in Africa within the next few years?

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