Volunteering with EducAid
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•EducAid is run in the UK by a team of very committed and generous volunteers who undertake tasks varying from managing the bank account to organising the fund-raising timetable when Miriam visits to responding to inquiries and so on.
•EducAid has, in the last few years, had some excellent visiting volunteers in Sierra Leone who have greatly contributed to the programmes.
•They have made generous contributions to EducAid funding.
•They have brought needed skills and have demonstrated a wonderful openness to learn from Sierra Leone at the same time.
•Many have gone back to their countries of origin and have kept in touch with the friends they made here and have continued to fund-raise for us, clearly still seeing themselves as part of the EducAid family.
Thinking of volunteering in Sierra Leone?
Here are some documents that you will need to help you think through some of the issues. and so as to help you prepare.
foreign volunteer pre-visit questionnaire.doc
So you are going out as a volunteer to Sierra Leone with EducAid.doc
All volunteers are asked to commit to at least 1 term.
Possible dates for volunteering are:
September - December
January - April
April - July
[August - summer school]
Thinking of volunteering in the UK?
Please contact:
Dr James Boardman: james@educaid.org.uk or
Miriam Mason-Sesay: miriam@educaid.org.uk
Please note:
There are significant health risks associated with day to day living in Sierra Leone, and health services are often inaccessible and / or poor. All volunteers must show that they have comprehensive health insurance that includes evacuation in the event of serious illness.
The staff of EducAid cannot take responsibility for the diagnosis or treatment of health problems that arise during your stay.
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