Description

Project Lifecycle enables you to make a real and meaningful stand for women's rights. You'll get the chance to work with and form local women's groups and help market and promote our Lifecycle Necklaces.

What are Lifecycle Necklaces? Lifecycle Necklaces are a 100% natural birth control method.

The necklace has a small rubber ring that is moved around the necklace one day at a time. The rubber ring starts on the first day of the women's menstrual cycle. If the women has sex on the "white bead" days, then she will almost certainly not get pregnant.

The Lifecycle Necklaces are 95% effective if used correctly. Lifecycle Necklaces help to reduce the average family size. The smaller family size you have, the more money you have for things such as food and education. Poverty goes down as family size goes down.

By volunteering with Project Lifecycle you'll get to:
* Make a real and meaningful standard for female human rights
* Form women's groups in villages and teach them about the beads
* Give talks to community groups
* The Catholic Church supports the Lifecycle Beads and you'll have plenty of opportunities to talk to church groups
* Work with families to discuss the necklaces and the process
* Help market the necklaces

Highlights

Make a stand for Women's right!

Project Lifecycle makes use of Lifecycle Necklaces - that are coordinated with the women's menstrual cycle to find the safe times for pregnancy free sex. You'll have the opportunity to work with and empower local women, coordinate the making of the necklaces and look at ways to market the program and the necklaces.

Qualifications

Be over the age of 18.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

852

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support
• Language instruction
• Pre-departure orientation/Training
• Registration fees

Program Fees Include:

Meaningful Volunteer is committed to be as open and honest as we can with all out volunteers. This extends from detailed explanations are free resources for all our projects, right down to the day-to-day costs of running the organization.

This extends to the fees that we charge for our volunteer placements. Our fees are broken down item-by-item. Fees also differ depending on whether it is the first or subsequent months of your placement. See below for a full breakdown for this project.((

Note also that there is a USD 100 application fee that applies to all projects.

Filipino Accommodation - USD 116.00
The accommodation portion of your fees goes directly to the host family you'll be staying with, or towards the dormitory fees. You will be provided with a bed, and three meals a day. Volunteers in the Philippines will either stay at a host family's house or in the dormitory.

Manila Tour - USD 40.00
(All volunteers go on a day tour of Manila - the Philippines biggest city. You will learn about the history of the Philippines as well as visiting some places that most people don't get to go to. You'll visit one of Manila's slum and Smokey Mountain - a mountain made completely of garbage and home to a large community of people. (

Filipino Training - USD 40.00
(Upon arrival in placement area, you will receive a one day training session. This will familiarize you with the culture, the dos and don'ts, basic language training and what you can expect upon arrival. (

Aquino Airport Transfer USD 30.00 (
Upon arrival in the Philippines, you will taxi a taxi to the guesthouse in Quezon City. Our staff will pay for the taxi as you arrive.

3 days board in Manila - USD 50.00
(You will stay at our guesthouse in Quezon city of three days before heading off to the placement area. This will give you time to adjust to the Philippines as well as have a tour of Manila and get your training done.

Travel to Romblon - USD 30.00
(Travel from Quezon City to Romblon is included in your fees. (The journey takes around 24 hours and includes: a taxi, a bus, a ferry, a Jeepney (similar to a bus), and a tricycle (!).

Project Lifecycle Donation - USD250.00
All of our volunteer fees have a donation component built into them. This helps us cover the costs of the project. For the Project Lifecycle program, this includes such things as SDM necklaces, and other sexual heath supplies.

Filipino Admin - USD 250.00
(Meaningful Volunteer is a 100% non-profit organization. Any profits we do make are reinvested back into the communities we work in. Much of our admin money goes towards keeping the organization running on a day-to-day basis. A large portion of the money goes to keep out wonderful local staff employed. Meaningful Volunteer is committed to empowering local people in local communities.

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Community Health
• Family Planning
• Health Education
• Women

Typical Volunteer

A typical volunteer with Meaningful Volunteer comes from is a North American student. All demographics are welcomed.

Age Range

18 above.

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 2 - 3

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

less than 3 days

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network

Meaningful Volunteer's Mission Statement

Meaningfulness: Every project that Meaningful Volunteer undertakes must be meaningful. Accurate records must be kept to ensure that a project continues to be meaningful. Financial: Meaningful Volunteer is first and foremost an organization that enables volunteers to have a meaningful impact on developing communities. It is not a charity and will not be run as such. MeaningfulVolunteer will be run like a for-profit business. However, any profits that Meaningful Volunteer does make will be reinvested back into the communities it is trying to help in the forms of educational supplies, medical supplies and so on. Meaningful Volunteer finances will be 100% transparent. All financial statements and a breakdown of volunteer fees will be available on-line. Local Investment: Meaningful Volunteer believes that people in developing countries are an untapped goldmine of talent! As a result, Meaningful Volunteer will only employ local staff and pay them 200% of market rate. Local folk must also invest in some way to the projects they are participants in. Nothing in Meaningful Volunteer is free! An investment in a project means a project is much more likely to succeed. Sustainable Solutions: Any income generating projects that Meaningful Volunteer engages in must be self-sustaining. Meaningful Volunteer may provide some start-up capital, but the project must self-sustain without financial input from additional financial input. All projects must submit budgets and a business plan as a minimum. Corruption: Corruption is a large problem in developing communities. Meaningful Volunteer has a policy of: * No corruption means no corruption no corruption. * We will not deal with any corrupt organization and any staff member found to be accepting bribes will be summarily dismissed

Year Founded

2008