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HAITI
Many concerned friends are looking for ways to volunteer in Haiti but opportunities are almost non-existent at the moment. Those organizations that may be recruiting are looking for volunteers with technical skills in health care or other disaster relief experience. See below.
Volunteers for Peace hopes to resume volunteer projects in Haiti as soon as possible but realistically that may not be for awhile since our Haitian partner’s volunteer facility was damaged and the country is in crisis.
In past years, VFP has offered a variety of projects in Haiti, including working with children and youth, teaching, and environmental projects. Disaster relief projects, however, often involve clean-up and rebuilding, too.
If you are interested in being contacted when those opportunities present, send your email address to vfp@vfp.org with the word Haiti in the subject field. You will be notified by email when projects are available. If you have already contacted VFP about volunteering in Haiti, and received an e-mail reply, we have your email address saved.
In addition:
Nurses may register at RNRN Disaster Relief
http://www.calnurses.org/rnrn/rnrn-volunteer-form.html
Nurses and Doctors may register at
Doctors Without Borders
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/work/field/
Partners in Health reports they are recruiting surgeons, anesthetists, nurses and other medical professionals to travel to Haiti to help with staffing in the very near future. PIH has worked in Haiti for decades. Visit http://www.pih.org/home.html or email the volunteer coordinator at volunteer@pih.org.
Partners In Health
888 Commonwealth Ave, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02215
VFP Scholarships
VFP will shortly have two scholarship types to announce and apply for:
* Basic Scholarship which waives the $300 VFP Fee
* Pierre Ceresole Memorial Scholarship which waives the $300 VFP Fee and includes a $500 travel stipend
VFP Scholarships are available to US volunteers who would like to participate in either a US or an international voluntary service project. We have raised donor contributions to offer three Basic Scholarships and four Pierre Ceresole Memorial Scholarships this year.
Visit the VFP Scholarship page on or after Friday, January 22 for information including the 2010 scholarship requirements and application forms. Applications must be received before March 15 for consideration. Scholarship winners will be announced on March 19.
Complete 2010 Project Directory
There are currently 455 service projects available in the Open Project Directory, most for late winter, spring and early summer. Most of the summer projects will be announced to VFP members ONLY on March 15th immediately following our international partner meeting in Berlin.
The COMPLETE 2010 Open Project Directory will include 3000+ international voluntary service projects in over 100 countries.
Between March 15 and March 28, only VFP members will be able to view and register for summer projects… 2 weeks before any non-members.
PROJECTS FILL UP FAST!!!
Members have a better chance of getting placed on their first choice of project/s.
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