New Hope for Children and Youth Network(NHCYN) has a wide range of VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES available in Research based on children facing academic problems caused by family challenges,Youth self employment seminars based on dialogues and success stories sharing,Visitation of Orphange or orphanage centres,Teaching children and youth, Donation etc.
New Hope for Children and Youth has volunteer placement in Dar es salaam, Mbeya, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, Mwanza and Morogoro.while we would like an indication of your location reference when applying, this can be finalized with our program placement.
START AND DURATION OF NHCYN VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
Placement begin on the first and tenth each month. Volunteers can choose to volunteer for a week to six months
New Hope for Children and Youth Network's volunteer Request
Volunteers must be 18 years or older at the beginning of the volunteer program and have at least high school education. Volunteers participating in the program must have appropriate specification of an area of volunteer among the following
1.RESEARCH (DATA COLLECTION).
This involves collecting information about children who were supposed to be enrolled for studies in schools but are not due to family problems like death of parents, unwillingness from parents, poverty and other related problems.NHCYN will collaborate with volunteers to collect these information finally share with Government, Non Government Organization with specialization in children and youth welfare for the sake of giving support to these innocent children .
Research will also involves finding out standard seven failures and form four leavers who are jobless and getting their views about what do they like to do by forming groups for forming groups to start entrepreneurship projects. Youth from this category are likely to be upcoming dependency and finally can engage in bad behavior so as to get money and meet their basic needs, likewise their names and wishes of self employment are to be collected finally publicized
Most of these beneficiaries are expected to be rural dwellers.
2.SEMINAR AND FESTIVAL RUNNING
Volunteers in collaboration with NHCYN will prepare seminars and festivals which will be involving professionals and people with success stories to be shared with youth and children as one way of giving them inspirations.
Career choice and talent development advice
Example through seminars youth are likely to get skills on how to establish and run agricultural and livestock keeping projects
Among the core expected things to be given to youth during seminars and festival include;
(a) poultry keeping projects,
(b) bee keeping projects,
(c) vegetable farming projects,
(d) handcraft activities and cultural toursim projects.
3. COMMUNITY OUTREACHES PROGRAM.
This involve visiting community groups like schools, hospitals, and other groups .Central focus is just to provide education to children and youth rights basically education and self expression capability building.
4. ORPHANAGE WORKS.
This involve visiting orphans' centre giving any support and sharing best moments with children with their mentors.
Due to the high incidences of poverty and illness like HIV/AIDS, orphanages can host between 50-300 vulnerable children at any one time and there is always high demand for volunteer assistance in Tanzania
VOLUNTEER TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.
CATEGORY 1: DOMESTIC VOLUTEERS
It is very easy for domestic volunteers because they can work with us any where ,the only important thing is earlier notification and applications
CATEGORY 2: INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS
Make sure you arrange for your volunteer earlier and communicate with us about transport cost and accommodation costs
We have safe airports like JULIUS NYERERE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DAR ES SALAAM)
SONGWE(MBEYA)AIRPORT, KILIMANJARO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIA), Also in Mwanza and Arusha.
Yet for international volunteers, they can get an opportunity of visiting national parts, mountains like KILIMANJARO, Cultural dancing in Tanzania etc
CONTACT US
E-mail :newhopetanzania1@gmail.com
call : +255767169191
website: http://www.envaya.org/nhcyn
REMEMBER: NHCYN will not cover volunteer’s cost BUT will make every arrangement for volunteer before, during the coming ,during the project up to the departing time