Description

Six days a week our volunteers are going out into the community here in CDO and helping to provide local families with a place to live. Join them in helping homeowners to remove the mud and debris swept into their properties by the flood waters that covered the area after Typhoon Sendong. Or head out with our construction teams and assist with a program that aims to provide 6000 new permanent homes for those made homeless by this disaster. You may also find yourself putting up tents so that families can leave overcrowded evacuation centers, installing sanitation facilities in a relocation camp or rafting the local rapids with your fellow volunteers on your day off!

Highlights

Living in a small community, you'll get the chance to experience this fascinating part of the world from a unique perspective. You'll be off the tourist trail, working with both local people and a great group of international volunteers to muck, gut and rebuild CDO and surrounding areas. The work can be hard and hot and sweaty but it is full of its own rewards - there's nothing like coming home from a day in the field covered head-to-foot in mud, knowing that one family is that much closer to being able to go back home.

Qualifications

Volunteers do not need any specific skills or previous experience to join an All Hands project - although a willingness to get dirty and a love of hard work are a plus!

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

free

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country staff support
• Registration fees

Program Fees Include:

All Hands will provide you with delicious, simple local food (six days per week) and accommodation, in exchange for your work. Volunteers are responsible for covering all costs associated with travel to and from the project, medical insurance and any other out-of-pocket expenses. We have a mandatory break policy: all volunteers must take three nights away from the project every 30 days and are responsible for costs associated with this.

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

There is no typical All Hands volunteer. While they may share an independent spirit and willingness to work hard they are from many different backgrounds, are different ages, and from different places. Some come for a week, some for many months but all come driven by a desire to help a community in need.

Age Range

18-60+

This Program is open to

American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Dormitory
• Group living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 5-10

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

Varies

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network

All Hands Volunteers's Mission Statement

All Hands Volunteers is a US-based, 501(c)3 non-profit organization, that provides hands-on assistance to survivors of natural disasters around the world, with maximum impact and minimum bureaucracy. By supporting volunteers with housing, meals, tools, and organized work at no charge we are able to provide free and effective response services to communities in need. Our programs are directed by the needs of each community in which we work, ensuring a timely, relevant, and culturally sensitive response.

Year Founded

2005