Meaningful Volunteer - School Building and Maintenance

  Philippines

Romblon

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

Description: Help us build our Educational Highway! Build concrete steps to education.

Deep in the mountainous areas of Tablas island in the Philippines is a community in dire need of help. When it rains, the mountain paths become too dangerous to walk down. School children sometimes go for weeks without schooling.

We plan to build a concrete path up the side of the mountain.

This will have countless benefits to the community. Not just in education, but in economics and health as well.

Highlights: Pick up a hammer and help build a difference!

Qualifications: Be over the age of 18

Cost in US$: 852

4 weeks       852 USD
6 weeks    1,108 USD
8 weeks    1,364 USD
10 weeks   1,620 USD
12 weeks   1,876 USD
14 weeks   2,132 USD
16 weeks   2,388 USD
18 weeks   2,644 USD

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