01. April 2010 - 30. April 2010

Community & Civic Education to Women and Minority groups!

Training and education remains the best way to enhance the knowledge and skills of people in rural communities especially as regards their rights and how their standards of living could be improved.
This project shall involved special training workshops where women and a number of minority groups shall be trained by trainers and volunteers about issues regarding civic education, women's rights and access to income generating activities. » read more

01. June 2010 - 30. June 2010

Working with disabled children in a handicap center!

Hope Foundation is partnering with 2 disability centers in order to bring help and assistance to the both the staff and inmates of these social centers!
Here is an interesting and challenging volunteering opportunity where volunteers shall be expected to show a degree of social engagement and care.

Work:
Volunteers shall be working with handicapped people especially women and kids. These are physically handicaped children who are almost rejected by society and finally find themselves in special social rehabilitation centers for daily care.
Work shall comprise of daily care, education and entertainment of these children. Volunteers shall be assisted and guided by the main staffs of the center.Motivated volunteers with the sense of care are highly welcomed to apply. A volunteer might choose to work for a longer period of time. » read more

14. June 2010 - 10. July 2010

Football Tournament for Development- A Sensitisation and Education Project against HIV-AIDS and Malaria

Malaria and HIV-AIDS remain two main killer diseases in developing countries and for these reason has Hope Foundation so far initiated and implemented a number of projects in order to curb these illnesses. Malaria kills children every 30 seconds and HIV-AIDS keeps on spreading at a very rapid rate in a number of local communities. Children and women remain the main victims.
This placement is open for volunteers who intend to work in education and sensitisation programs where football shall be used as main educating tool to reach a cross section of the population. Football remains an absolutely crowd puller in Cameroon and we always to use our various tournaments to attract many people including youths, women and men, who subsequently gain important information on how to prevent and treat these illnesses. » read more

01. July 2010 - 30. July 2010

Working in a local Health and Development Center

-Are you planning to study medicine in future?
-Are you presently a medical student wishing to engage for a while in a health and medical project in a developing country?
-Are you a nurse, medical doctor or health assistant willing to dedicate some valuable time in helping people in Cameroon?
-Are you a curious volunteer willing to assist people in the medical branch?
.........?
Then this is the ideal volunteer opportunity for you during summertime!

Work:
You shall be working with a local health center in either the French or English Speaking area of Cameroon for a period of your choice!
Work shall involve assisting the various health staffs with daily duties such as consultations, assisting patients, conselling, data collection, small office work and more!
Volunteers are expected to be very flexible and open to new challenges, owing to the fact that they shall be facing a completely different help system as compared to where they come from.
No special skills shall be needed for this position but volunteers are expected to be dedicated, open-minded, helpful and curious. » read more

20. July 2010 - 14. August 2010

Water Point contruction and renovation project

Water remains a very important human resource as far as development is concerned. Many communities and people in Cameroon today still have no clean water supply and this has been the cause of many water borne diseases and illness.
This is a placement which is opened for volunteers who are interested in some small hard work and out door activity! » read more