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Volunteer with Children Rescued from the Dumpsite
Volunteer with children being rehabilitated from a local dump in the Philippines and have the opportunity to participate in a rewarding outreach project and help contribute to making long-term actions and remove more children from working at the Tacloban City dumpsite. Scavenging for plastics and other recyclable items at the city dump is a grim reality of life for many children in the communit...
Volunteer with children being rehabilitated from a local dump in the Philippines and have the opportunity to participate in a rewarding outreach project and help contribute to making long-term actions and remove more children from working at the Tacloban City dumpsite. Scavenging for plastics and other recyclable items at the city dump is a grim reality of life for many children in the community. Most of these children are malnourished. A few attend school off and on, while the rest do not attend school at all. The children, some as young as five, work at the city dump to supplement their parents' meager earnings. On a good day, a child typically earns about 75 cents, enough perhaps to enable the family to have a second meal that day. The work is hard and dangerous, and the stench o...
Program Highlights
Volunteer at a city dump in the Philippines with the goal of stopping children from working at the dump.
Augment support to an understaffed project by providing activities for children enrolled in the dumpsite program.
Assist staff in monitoring the activity of children going to and from the dumpsite.
Help provide a long-term sustainable approach to removing children from the dump.
Spend at least two weeks living and volunteering in Tacloban City.
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- Tacloban City, Philippines
- 1-2 Weeks
- 2-4 Weeks
- 5-8 Weeks
- 9-12 Weeks
- 3-6 Months
- Childcare & Children
- Community Centers
- Community Development See more
- All Nationalities
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Volunteer with Dumpsite Project
September 16, 2013by: Duane S - ChicagoProgram: Volunteer with Children Rescued from the DumpsiteVolunteer for the Visayans is a great Philippine NGO in Leyte. The projects are ideal for someone wanting to get their hands dirty. My project was construction at the community center at the dumpsite . VFV is tuned into the needs of the kids and the community center has local buy in from the village. If you can't do a developing country don't do this program. Expect to make a million friends and be impacted by the children. You won't be the same after you do the program.
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Locations
- Tacloban City, Philippines
Types and Subjects
- Causes
- Childcare & Children
- Community Centers
- Community Development
Availability
Years Offered: Year Round
- 1-2 Weeks
- 2-4 Weeks
- 5-8 Weeks
Age Requirement
Age Requirement Varies
Guidelines
All Nationalities
This Program is also open to Solo, Couples, Group
Cost per week
Program Cost Includes
- Accommodation / Housing for Program Duration
- Some Program Activity Costs
- Some Meals / Partial Meal Plan
- Airport Transfer (Pick-Up)
Accommodation Options
- Home-stays
Qualifications & Experience
- Any/All Education Levels Accepted
Accepted Education Levels
Application Procedures
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- Online Application
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Volunteer with children being rehabilitated from a local dump in the Philippines and have the opportunity to participate in a rewarding outreach project and help contribute to making long-term actions and remove more children from working at the Tacloban City dumpsite. Scavenging for plastics and other recyclable items at the city dump is a grim reality of life for many children in the community. Most of these children are malnourished. A few attend school off and on, while the rest do not attend school at all. The children, some as young as five, work at the city dump to supplement their parents' meager earnings. On a good day, a child typically earns about 75 cents, enough perhaps to enable the family to have a second meal that day. The work is hard and dangerous, and the stench o...
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Volunteer with children being rehabilitated from a local dump in the Philippines and have the opportunity to participate in a rewarding outreach project and help contribute to making long-term actions and remove more children from working at the Tacloban City dumpsite. Scavenging for plastics and other recyclable items at the city dump is a grim reality of life for many children in the community. Most of these children are malnourished. A few attend school off and on, while the rest do not attend school at all. The children, some as young as five, work at the city dump to supplement their parents' meager earnings. On a good day, a child typically earns about 75 cents, enough perhaps to enable the family to have a second meal that day. The work is hard and dangerous, and the stench o...
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