Meaningful Volunteer - Project Lifecycle - My Body My Time

  Philippines

Romblon

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months

Description: Project Lifecycle enables you to make a real and meaningful stand for women's rights.

You'll get the chance to work with and form local women's groups and help market and promote our Lifecycle Necklaces.

What are Lifecycle Necklaces?

Lifecycle Necklaces are a 100% natural birth control method.

The necklace has a small rubber ring that is moved around the necklace one day at a time. The rubber ring starts on the first day of the women's menstrual cycle. If the women has sex on the "white bead" days, then she will almost certainly not get pregnant.

The Lifecycle Necklaces are 95% effective if used correctly.

Lifecycle Necklaces help to reduce the average family size. The smaller family size you have, the more money you have for things such as food and education. Poverty goes down as family size goes down.

By volunteering with Project Lifecycle you'll get to:

* Make a real and meaningful standard for female human rights
* Form women's groups in villages and teach them about the beads
* Give talks to community groups
* The Catholic Church supports the Lifecycle Beads and you'll have plenty of opportunities to talk to church groups
* Work with families to discuss the necklaces and the process
* Help market the necklaces

Highlights: Make a stand for Women's right!

Project Lifecycle makes use of Lifecycle Necklaces - that are coordinated with the women's menstrual cycle to find the safe times for pregnancy free sex.

You'll have the opportunity to work with and empower local women, coordinate the making of the necklaces and look at ways to market the program and the necklaces.

Qualifications: Be over the age of 18.

Cost in US$: 852

4 weeks - USD 852
6 weeks - USD 1108
8 weeks - USD 1364
10 weeks - USD 1620
12 weeks - USD 1876
14 weeks - USD 2132
16 weeks - USD 2388
18 weeks - USD 2644

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: A typical volunteer with Meaningful Volunteer comes from is a North American student. All demographics are welcomed.

Age Range: 18 above.

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

Participants Travel to Philippines Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 2 - 3

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Meaningful Volunteer's Mission Statement: Meaningfulness: Every project that Meaningful Volunteer undertakes must be meaningful. Accurate records must be kept to ensure that a project continues to be meaningful. Financial: Meaningful Volunteer is first and foremost an organization that enables volunteers to have a meaningful impact on developing communities. It is not a charity and will not be run as such. MeaningfulVolunteer will be run like a for-profit business. However, any profits that Meaningful Volunteer does make will be reinvested back into the communities it is trying to help in the forms of educational supplies, medical supplies and so on. Meaningful Volunteer finances will be 100% transparent. All financial statements and a breakdown of volunteer fees will be available on-line. Local Investment: Meaningful Volunteer believes that people in developing countries are an untapped goldmine of talent! As a result, Meaningful Volunteer will only employ local staff and pay them 200% of market rate. Local folk must also invest in some way to the projects they are participants in. Nothing in Meaningful Volunteer is free! An investment in a project means a project is much more likely to succeed. Sustainable Solutions: Any income generating projects that Meaningful Volunteer engages in must be self-sustaining. Meaningful Volunteer may provide some start-up capital, but the project must self-sustain without financial input from additional financial input. All projects must submit budgets and a business plan as a minimum. Corruption: Corruption is a large problem in developing communities. Meaningful Volunteer has a policy of: * No corruption means no corruption no corruption. * We will not deal with any corrupt organization and any staff member found to be accepting bribes will be summarily dismissed

Year Founded: 2008