Program Description

Fieldworker Required in Cameroon for Orphan Support Programme

Description

This is a position for a volunteer fieldworker to work in partnership with local paid staff supporting orphans and disadvantaged children and their foster families/caretakers. Each field worker supports 35 orphans/families and is responsible for delivering food supplements, taking care of medical needs and check ups, paying school fees and buying text books, annual clothes/shoe/school uniform shop, educating families on hygiene and nutrition and teaching 6 hours per week in the after school education programme. Helping local field worker with admin and writing reports to sponsors.

Highlights

This is an extremely rewarding position which allows the volunteer to work and interact on a daily basis with the local community in the rural villages of the beautiful North West Cameroon.

Volunteer fieldworkers work closely alongside paid local staff. Support and guidance is provided in a friendly environment by both local and international staff.

This is an established project.

Further Information
Cost Description: 

Volunteers must pay their own travel, accommodation and living costs. There are various options for accommodation, all of which are at local costs. The cost of living in Cameroon is very low. Please contact us for further details.

Languages Learned/Spoken: 
English

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Program Info

Country: 
Cameroon
City(s): 
Belo
Volunteer Types: 
Orphanage work
Length of Program: 
1-3 months
3-6 months
6-12 months
Cost: 
See site for details.

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