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Looking for 1/2 weeks volunteer work abroad for myself and my boyfriend

  • 05-01-2011 4:05pm
    #1
    NiamhM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi, I've always been interested in volunteer work and I was hoping to do some volunteering work this coming summer with my boyfriend. We are only looking to go for 1 or 2 weeks (as it only suits my boyfriend to get time off work) perhaps in Africa. He comes from a carpentry and electrical background and I'm a teacher so we were trying to see could we get some volunteer to suit our professions but we could be open to other ideas aswell.

    I've tried looking up a few sites but it seems that there's a lot of fundraising and expensive costs needed so I was hoping someone could point us in the right direction with regards websites, companies etc. that I could perhaps look into.

    Many thanks in advance :-)


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  • #2
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,575 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    Check out the 'Why can't I volunteer abroad for free' thread on this page for more information.

    Basically, what you're looking for is quite limited. You'd be hard pressed to find a place that needs a teacher and a carpenter/electrician and that could make valuable use of them in just one or two weeks.
    If an organization cannot use you in such a short amount of time, plan B is to at the very least get some funds out of you.
    So in short - stay for longer and be useful or start fundraising!

    As a teacher, check out The Global Schoolroom and Link Educational Development. Their trips are a bit longer though.


  • #3
    saerlaith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭saerlaith


    Would Outreach Moldova suit? It's an Irish charity working in Moldova in an orphanage for girls and women with disabilities - they take people for 2 weeks and they have one of the lower levels of required fundraising, as the time the volunteers spend with the girls is very important too. I went out with them 2 years ago and thought they were great!

    http://www.outreachmoldova.org/


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