Working in an Orphanage

  Cameroon

Buea,  Kumba,  Yaounde

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks

Description: Volunteers would be expected to help children in their school work, teach English, German and improve the children's computer skills. They will also be expected to create activities which would be beneficial to the kids, such as sporting and out door activities. In fact, volunteers will have to take part in every aspect in the life of an orphan. Counsel the children on HIV/ AIDS and sex education. Volunteers with medical or nursing experiences would be of great help in the centre's infirmary. Volunteers will also spend time with orphan children, assisting or planning activities based on the needs of the orphanage. Volunteers might plan sports and games, help in art or music lessons, or organize clubs.

Highlights: Excursions to the Mountains and a Zoo.

Qualifications: Minimum of High school certificate

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: CAPEC volunteering program has as vision to bridge social gap on a global scale between people and places. Our volunteering landscape in all its diversity helps to shape a positive, healthy, fair and learning society at home and abroad. Our volunteer program is open to: Students seeking internship; Unemployed graduates seeking professional experience; Professionals that are yet to be employed; Anyone( without discrimination of age, education, sex race, color, religion,) who has something to offer towards the development of the society. There are lots of needy and underprivileged children who are abandoned to their fate in Cameroon. Most of these children do not all have Cameroonian origins. Some of them especially street children around Yaoundé come into Cameroon from neighbouring countries. In the absence of a clear government policy to handle issues concerning vulnerable and underprivileged children, kind hearted and humanitarian gestures in favour of these children could only be the work of individuals , churches and other organisations.

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

Participants Travel to Cameroon Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Cameroon Association for the Protection and Education of the Child (CAPEC)'s Mission Statement: To learn about the 'Volunteering Landscape' of Cameroon and serve within an international context as the National Centre of Excellence to appreciate and maximise the positive impact of volunteering on individuals, groups, organisations, the community and society. To develop and strengthen the idea of national volunteering and develop a sustainable network across the country; To provide services that address members' needs; To provide advocacy, media and promotion services;To develop partnerships and innovative projects; To provide training, information and knowledge exchange services.

Year Founded: June 2003