Orphans International Haiti Volunteer

  Haiti

Jacmel,  Montrouis,  Port-au-Prince

Duration of Program: 1-2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 years

Description:
Artists-in-Residence:

Fine arts, theater, music and dance will each be emphasized in our academies. Guitar playing is extremely popular in North Sulawesi and is featured in most church services there; it is the most popular of all student instruments. We plan to have a strong arts component, with artists from around the world working with both children and older adults. For example, a visiting Japanese artist could create a stone garden, or a Dutch artist-in-residence could build a modern sculpture representing the intersection of cultures and ages found on our campuses.

Artists will be chosen from around the world, but also from Indonesia, Haiti and Guyana. Indonesian art is starting to be collected with enthusiasm internationally. Recent auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's produced a 'boom' in Indonesia art. Of special interest will be sculptures to help create our Rain Forest Sculpture Gardens, and painters and photographers to capture the early years of the Institutes. Many prominent artists have emigrated from Guyana seeking better patronage and remuneration; the present government has pledged to encourage artists to remain, perhaps on the Jagan Institute campus. Half of the art created by the Artists-in-Residence will be available through auction, perhaps through Christie's which has an office in Jakarta; proceeds will go to support the work of Orphans International Worldwide.

Highlights:
Our Chautauqua Programs

Our academies will offer an abundance of adult educational programming for visitors, residents and staff. The programs will be modeled after the Chautauqua movement in the U.S., which had its beginnings in a summer training program for Sunday School teachers, started on Lake Chautauqua, New York 125 years ago - described as 'a cultural playground of concerts, ballet, opera, theater and art exhibitions.' Our Chautauqua programs will include the visual arts, including the plastic arts ' painting, sculpture, print-making, photography, film, video, decorative arts ' and those aspects of the performing arts such as ballet, theater, opera, orchestra, etc. Our academies will also encompass the sciences ' biology and geology ' language, history, sociology and anthropology. Our Chautauqua Programs will likewise incorporate indigenous arts. The freedom to discover and build a distinct tradition has encouraged artists to reveal more subtle and complex themes of expression, to develop a pride in the folk-traditions and ethnic contributions of previously submerged elements, and to build a society which can sustain a thriving artistic and intellectual community.

Qualifications:
- International Houseparent Volunteer Wanted

Orphans International - Haiti/ Raising Global Citizens

Orphans International Haiti is a new style of orphanage in Haiti. We come to Haiti to help orphans and abandoned children to grow into solid citizens, with the potential to become future leaders in Haiti, through a sound educational program and family-type environment that is inter-faith and inter-racial.

To achieve this goal, we are looking for dedicated persons to work with us as house parents on our campus located in Cyvadier (Jacmel). Each home will consist of 4-6 children with a house parent. Eventually we anticipate a campus of 60 homes, school, clinic and arts and crafts center.

Requirements to be a candidate as an international houseparent volunteer:

- Between 25 45 years old.
- Dynamic and creative.
- Capacity to work as a team.
- Be patient and accept the children as they are; not as they are supposed to be.
- Love and respect the children.
- Be able to work with a new approach to raising children.
- To live with the children on the campus.
- Be a model for the children.
- Be a loving parent and friend of the children.
- Be interested in this position on a long-term basis (eg, 10 years).
- Teaching or training in Montessori techniques is desirable.
- Prior experience working with and/or caring for children is desirable.

Please submit your candidature with the following papers to Orphans International Haiti c/o OI America.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Assist with creation of two homes in Cyvadier and Montrouis, as well as facility in Port-au-Prince; liase with American staff; accomodate international delegations 3 times per year; work with 8-12 orphaned children, teaching French, English or other courses in Creole.

Age Range: 18-50

This Program is open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Haiti Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview Required
• Letters of Reference
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Orphans International Haiti's Mission Statement: Our mission is to help orphaned or abandoned Haitian children grow into solid citizens of the world through a sound structure that is simultaneously Interfaith, because there are many paths up the mountain; Interracial, because there is but one race - the human race; International, because our neighbors are our family; Intergenerational, because there is much to learn from our elders; and Internet-connected, because the world today is at our fingertips.

Year Founded: 1999