Description

No matter your age, sex, interest or skills, you can be a valuable asset to someone in need. BERUDEP enjoys the interaction with volunteers of all nationalities and know that both parties can learn so much from the exchange. BERUDEP is a self-funding Cameroonian organisation who can't afford to pay the wages of international volunteers but provide help wherever possible with information and support.

Highlights

The Homestay Experience

This is the first of its kind in Cameroon, you choose the village, the number of days, the occupation of the family: crop farmer, cattle herder etc.

How do people from Cameroon cook their meals? Where do they get their water supply from? How does a polygamous family run? Do all children go to school?...

A Day in the Life of the rural Cameroonian:
(An example of what your day might hold)

* Arrive and meet the officials of the town
* Meet the family and eat together
* Walk through the village and meet the relatives and neighbors
* Walk for water with the children
* Pound fufu-corn for dinner
* Shop at the local market
* Walk to the waterfalls and caves
* Ride horses and milk cows
* Take a bucket bath
* Talk and roast corn around the fire pit
* Listen to the stories from long ago...

Everyone likes to do their holiday a different way. If you are an artist wanting to paint, a poet wanting time out to write or an enthusiast who wants to pack in as much as possible, we can give you the space and experience you want. Tell us what it is you expect to see and do and we will match your requirements as much as possible.

Travel Types

• BackPacking Abroad
• Birdwatching
• Climbing
• Eco Tours
• Ecology
• Environmental Studies
• Hiking
• Homestay
• Horseback Riding
• Language Immersion
• Nature Tours
• Overland Tours
• Student Tours
• Tours
• Volunteering

Qualifications

Any

Languages

• English
• French

Cost in US$:

personal expenses only

Program Fees Include:

You will not be charged a fee if you are helping out with BERUDEP work and will only have to pay for your own personal living expenses and travel to Cameroon. BERUDEP volunteers recommend the experience with some returning year after year and others continually renewed their visas instead of leaving as originally planned.

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Age Range

from 18 and above

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Group living
• Home-stays
• Independent living
• Other

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

any

Belo Rural Development Organisation's Mission Statement

BERUDEP work towards poverty alleviation of the rural population through education, health, income generating activities, and support of the disabled. BERUDEP teaches the rural population to be independent and to learn skills and methods of production which lead to self sustainability. Teaching others to help themselves. We need volunteers in all fields of work. We will be very happy to have you contribute to our strive towards the development of the rural population of Cameroon.

Year Founded

1997