Gawad Kalinga Builders Corps
Philippines
- Luzon:
Metro Manila,
Paranaque City,
Quezon City
- Visayas:
Tacloban City,
Cebu City
- Mindanao:
Davao,
Iligan,
Cagayan de Oro City
Durations of Program: 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 7-12 months
Dates: flexible
Description:
Gawad Kalinga means "to give care" in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines. Volunteers will be involved in the ground level operations of at least one of Gawad Kalinga 7 programs: shelter/site development, child/youth development, health, productivity, community empowerment, environment, or culture/tourism.
Highlights:
Volunteers have the opportunity to make a lasting and sustainable impact in our war against poverty.
Qualifications:
A successful Gawad Kalinga volunteer:
-has a genuine love, concern, and compassion for the poor
-can commit to at least 6 months of service in the Philippines
-is a team player
-possesses skills/interests in any of the following: administration, architecture, arts, athletics, child/youth development, communications, community organizing, environmental science, health, management, teaching, urban planning
Credit Available: yes
Experience Required: no
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Volunteer Types :
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- agriculture
- appropriate technology
- arts
- athletics
- building maintenance
- childcare/children
- clerical and office work
- community centers
- community development
- community health
- community organizing
- consciousness-raising
- conservation
- culture
- digging
- drug or alcohol recovery
- economic development
- education
- environment
- feasibility studies
- food
- gardening
- grassroots organization
- health
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- health care
- health education
- homelessness
- housing
- income-generation
- infrastructure planning
- journalism
- medicine
- micro-enterprise
- microcredit
- Music
- natural resources
- nursing
- nutrition
- office work
- organic farming
- organizational development
- pastoral work
- peace
- planting
- popular education
- primary education
- professional services
- public policy
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- recreation
- religious instructor
- renovation
- repairs
- reporting
- restoration
- sanitation
- secondary education
- small business development
- social services, social work
- solar & hydro projects
- sports
- strategic planning
- street kids
- teaching
- technical assistance
- tourism
- tutor
- volunteer management
- volunteering
- water
- youth
- youth development
- youth ministry
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This Program is open to
American,
Australian,
Canadian,
European,
Kiwi,
South African
and Worldwide
Participants.
This Program is also open to
Families, Couples and Individuals
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Typical Living Arrangements :
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Participants Travel to Philippines
Independently
Typically Participants Work
Independently
Application Process Involves:
- Essay
- In-Person Interview when Feasible
- Letters of Reference
- Phone Interview
- Resume
- Transcript
- Written Application
Post Services Include:
- Exit DebriefingAbroad
- Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
Gawad Kalinga 's Mission Statement: We strive to provide land for the landless, homes for the homeless, food for the hungry, and health and education for all! We subscribe to a holistic approach to poverty eradication, made possible through a culture of volunteerism, public and private partnerships, and an attitude of love for the poor.
Year Founded: 2003
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