Teaching English and cultural exchange in rural communities in Ubon Ratchathani
November 2 - November 15, 2009 December 7 - December 20, 2009 January 4 - January 17, 2010 February 1 - February 14, 2010 March 1 - March 14, 2010 April 5 - April 18, 2010 May 3 - May 16, 2010
Ubon Ratchatani is one of the main cities of the Isan region, in the North East of Thailand, close to the borders with Cambodia and Laos. Although it remains among the most traditional areas of the country, it is also the poorest and less developed part in terms of infrastructure or industry; creating a huge rural exodus and migration from the Isan inhabitants to Bangkok. The Khueang Nai District administration wants to dynamize the Deng Mor rural areas and stimulate English learning through the international volunteers' presence. The main target group of the project will be young people and children. Inside this larger framework, each project will address the specific target group in different villages in the Deng Mor area. Cultural exchange is the main work of the project. The volunteers will discover the typical Isan culture and traditions, visiting villagers, farmers and local artisans, helping them in their tasks. The volunteers will also hold English teaching workshops for the children of several district villages. The exact nature of the work will depend of the needs of the village at the time of the project. Study theme: The volunteers will learn about the culture of rural Thailand in general and the traditions and specificity of the Isan region. Thai language lessons will also be given to the volunteers. Special requirements: A correct level of English language and the will to teach it to kids is obviously necessary. The volunteers need also to be motivated to discover Thai culture and to present the one of their country of origin. Leisure time: Leisure time will be organised by the volunteers with the support of the group leader. The closest city is far but accessible. The region isn't very tourist attractive as such but the nature is of extraordinary beauty: rice fields, small temples and natural parks are all over the region. New years Eve, according to the Thai Buddhist calendar takes place in April. The volunteers in the April group will have the great chance to attend the ceremonies and festivities in the village with the local population. Accommodation: The volunteers will be hosted in a traditional Isan house in the community and have access to the same basic conditions as any villager. Location: The Deng Mor sub-district area is about 20 km far from Khueang Nai city and 60 km north west of Ubon Ratchatani city, in the Isan region, North east of Thailand. Age range: 18 and over
Qualified participants will receive, at no cost, the following study-related procedures:
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Laboratory tests
• Physical exams
• Electrocardiograms (ECGs)
• Office visits
• Study medication
Compensation for time and travel may be available.
I am seeking volunteers to take a short survey concerning opinions about affiliative and sexual behaviors involving members of the same gender.
Responses are entirely anonymous and confidential.
Most participants finish the survey in less than 5 minutes.
There is no compensation offered for completing the survey, however, your time and effort will contribute to answering important questions about social attitudes.
June 8 - June 21, 2009 January 4 - January 17, 2010 April 5 - April 18, 2010
volunteers will work along with different organizations involved in the development of the underprivileged. The slum reality is a big issue in the entire country; the aim is to spread awareness among the people and to give them more instruments to feel confident and free to decide for their future, and for the future of a new generation. The mission of this project is to:
• Organize a multi-purpose project to involve the community and sensitize local people about the Health & Hygiene problems.
• Educate the children to build a better and more conscious society.
• Spread awareness on Women rights issues and social welfare.
• Environmental issues.
• Working with other NGOs in community service projects.
The schedule and the focus of the project will be adapted to the season, the possibilities and the needs at the moment, with the aim to improve the achievements in a long-term view.
Volunteers should be 18 years old and over
• A State-of-the-Art Adoption Center where animals can live in a stress-free setting that prepares them for a life with a new family. The center will enable us to increase adoptions and serve thousands of animals each year.
• A Sanctuary to provide space for animals to run and play and a lifelong home for those whose special needs, age, illness or temperament are impediments to adoption.
• A Full Medical Facility to ensure excellent medical care for the animals in our care and to expand our spay/neuter programs for the community.
One of the studies compares three different treatment options for women who are overweight with a body mass index (BMI) of 27-42. Participation includes physical exams, study related medications, lifestyle intervention and dietary counseling.
The other study involves the evaluation of two different medications which may help you to become pregnant. Qualified volunteers will recieve physical exams, study medication and follow-up.
Services for both research studies are provided by The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
For more information call 215-349-5201 or email reproresearch@obgyn.upenn.edu
Yercaud is a beautiful hill station in the state of Tamil Nadu with a fantastic landscape - surrounded by coffee and tea plantations. The volunteer project is organized in cooperation with local NGOs to support local children, old aged people, and the local community. Starting from this year, the international volunteers will be also working with the local tribal community in the field of education, renovation, environmental protection, spreading health and hygiene awareness among the tribal villages. The volunteers will be working together on building a more peaceful and working environment. The work will be in villages in the beautiful mountains, isolated from the rest of the world.
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Visiting a new country and being welcomed by its people whilst sharing such a unique and positive experience is an opportunity not to be turned down. Live for the moment, take up the challenge and go!
Guaymas city has been suffering in the last years unusual weather phenomena. This year the hurricane Jimena has lashed the city of Guaymas leaving an important level of rain. 2009 is the year when it rained the most (in the last 50 years) and this caused an important damage to the population of Guaymas and to the city. The hurricane affected people of all backgrounds, leaving a lot of people in the middle of nowhere since they lost everything they had. Everything was affected, public buildings, leisure areas, houses, schools, there was no place that was not affected. This international volunteer project is organized in order to help in the reconstruction of the city of Guaymas with the support of motivated volunteers. There are many things to be done since there were several areas seriously affected. We need help to clean beaches, to rebuild sportive spaces, to clean up parks and community spaces, to fix roads, to help in rural communities by giving health workshops. After the hurricane, the children affected don’t have a place to continue their studies, they lost everything they had for their education: material, furniture, the roof collapsed and the walls were damaged because of the water and humidity. For that reason, at this first stage, the goal of the project is renovating and reconstructing two schools damaged by the Jimena Hurricane, so the children affected can return to their educative activities as soon as possible and in a clean and healthy environment, appropriate for their development and with the support of the international volunteers. This project will benefit 25 families for the first school and 180 families for the second school. Volunteers will help with the reconstruction of the two schools affected. They will help with reconstruction activities such as painting walls, reforestation, and cleaning the schools. They will contribute to renovate these structures through scratching and painting walls, and will also do some artistic work such as painting murals on the walls of the schools with the help of local volunteers with landscapes and thematic appropriate for the children. The volunteers will also help planting trees and reforesting the affected area, making and putting signals and signs. Age range: 18 and over
November 2 - November 22, 2009
December 7 - December 27, 2009
February 1 - February 21, 2010
Ayurveda is a 5000 years old Indian health care system that is widely practiced even today. "Ayur" in Sanskrit means "life" and "Veda" means "science". It is a perfect Science of health and longevity. This holistic science is the knowledge of complete balance of the body, mind and spirit, including the emotions and psychology, on all levels. It includes in its consideration, longevity, rejuvenation and self-realization therapies through herbs, diet, exercise, yoga, massage, aromas, tantras, mantras, and meditation. According to Ayurvedic tradition, health is the balance of elements air, earth, fire, and water, and illness is an excess or deficiency of any particular element. Ayurveda treats illness at its source, rather than at the level of symptoms, and helps an individual to take responsibility for their own health and well being. Ayurveda is also known as 'Ashtanga Veda' (the word literally means 'Eight branches of knowledge') as it is divided into eight specialized branches.
Yoga is a complete science of life that originated in India several thousands of years ago. It is the oldest system of personal development in the world, encompassing the entire body, mind and spirit. It is the union between a person's own consciousness and the universal consciousness. The classical techniques of Yoga date back more than 5,000 years. The word Yoga means "to join or yoke together," and it brings the body and mind together into one harmonious experience.
The volunteers will be learning the Basics of Yoga and Ayurveda in these three weeks of the project. Every day, there will be topics covered by a professional master (the person in charge of yoga and ayurveda classes), which will be practiced by the volunteers. Yoga will be practiced every day. Apart from this, the volunteers will also help at the herbal garden and the nearby school. Furthermore, the volunteers will support a local school in need of simple renovation work. The volunteers will also interact with the children teaching them basic English and Mathematics, Health and Hygiene awareness, environmental protection, etc.
In addition to states surrounding our area there are familie from AL,CO,MA,MI,TN&TX who need our help.
56 families have received Angels this year through us and its not to late to help the remanding families who have applied.
If you would like to help but can not afford to do a ful adoption I will be collectig new and very gently used toys for the children and dvd's, electronics, and clothing for the teenangers
I am trying to reach out to as many people as possible so that I can get at least one gift per child to the families who are in driving distance of me in DE, & South Jersey.
For the families who are not in driving distance I am accepting Gifts Cards to K Mart, Wal Mart, Target, Game Stop, Best But, Toys R Us, Doller General, Acme, Shop Rite, Thrift Way, and Save A lot. Donations for these families can also be sent through paypal using email account send-an-angel@hotmail.com or by money gram/western union.
If you would like to personally adopt a family that you can meet with at least three gifts per child in the family or if you would lik to help by donating a toy, food, cothing, or gift cards please cmail your inqury to send.an.angel.donors@gmail.com
Below is a list of the gender and ages of children that need gifts they are listed by location.
The families marked with *** are priority adoptions
Donations are especially needed for Teenagers they are the hardest to get adoted. Used games for all gaming systems and used gaming systms ate always a great gift for a teen so are your old mp and mp4 players and gift cards
DE Family wit a 16 yr old Boy and 15 yr old Girl
In NJ
****** Pennsville Boys age 1 and 4******* Priority Adoption ******* The Donor who contacted me to help was a scam tryig to send a cashiers check
****** Pennsville Boy age 14*********** Priority Adoption******** Same donor as above offered to help and it was a scam
New Jersey,
Clementon Girls age 9, 15, & 17
Garfield Boys 7 & 11 Girl age 10
Glassboro Girl age 15
Gloucester City Boys ages 11 & 13 Girls ages 1, 9, & 15
Gloucester City Boy age 2 Girls ages 2 months and 17 with Disability
General orientations are held every Wednesday evening at 6pm. No appointment is needed. (Other times can be arranged by contacting Shannon O’Neill at 302-427-8514, ext.5) You can read more about being a volunteer and download a volunteer application from our website.
Brief history of the project: Volunteers are needed in Nyahera Health Centre, located in the small town Nyahera, not far from Kisumu city in Nyanza Province.
Volunteer work: Volunteers' major duties include:
• Attending to patients.
• Responsible for day-to-day coordination with the hospital staff and patients to ensure performance of the hospital operation.
• Counseling of the patients.
Note: All these duties will be directed by the hospital senior management.
All volunteers are also required to bring a letter of approval from the Ministry of Health or a University in their country.
The volunteers will be working from Monday to Saturday. The number of hours will be decided by the hospital management.
Special requirements: Doctors, nurses, paramedics, pre-med students and medical students are required for this project. However, we have an open policy and applicants with other ideas to share are also welcome to apply and will be considered.
Volunteers need to contribute/initiate ideas and by that would be promoting the growth of the Hospital. This is an opportunity for the volunteers to work at a community/grassroot level in capacity building and training in self-sustainability.
Language: English
Duration of the project: The program will run for a minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 6 months. The program is running throughout the year.
Orientation: Orientation meeting will take place in Nairobi before proceeding to the project.
Care and support for abandoned children in South Vietnam July 19 - July 31, 2010 August 16 - August 28, 2010 October 4 - October 16, 2010
Every few months, the monks find a new baby left in front of the pagoda gate. Ky Quang Orphanage is run by Ky Quang Pagoda, which was built in the early part of the 20th Century in 1924 and is quite famous in Ho Chi Minh City. The pagoda is now a place of charity for unlucky children and also helps treat diseases. Now, the pagoda is taking care and bringing up more than 200 children in the South of Vietnam. The children here have unfortunate backgrounds as many have been abandoned by their parents and relatives. The head monk sometimes receives phone calls from hospitals requesting him to take in abandoned babies. At the moment, about 200 children are living in the Pagoda, their ages ranging from 5 days old to 40 years old. 90 of these are orphans that are suffering from cerebral-palsy, blindness or Down's syndrome. At present, about 30-40 local children have a chance to study at Ky Quang as some local teachers teach Vietnamese for them in the morning. Volunteers will spend time with the children and help improving their English, organizing games and other activities for them. Volunteers will also help redecorating the houses and classrooms, planting vegetable, cleaning the area. Volunteers will get closer to the children’s life and try to build up wider horizon for the children and encourage them to learn better for brighter future. Project language: English Location: Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City Age range: 18 and over
One of the studies compares three different treatment options for women who are overweight with a body mass index (BMI) of 27-42. Participation includes physical exams, study related medications, lifestyle intervention and dietary counseling.
The other study involves the evaluation of two different medications which may help you to become pregnant. Qualified volunteers will recieve physical exams, study medication and follow-up.
Services for both research studies are provided by The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
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604-628-7400
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