Help Build a Community
Volunteer
with our Community and Soccer Development Program
in Sierra Leone.
As a volunteer for this Community and Soccer Development
Program, you will be involved in various aspects
of work, including orphanage assistance, home-based
care, HIV/AIDS education and soccer coaching.
Sierra Leone has spent the last Five years in
reconstructing its country in the aftermath of
a 10-year civil war. Impoverished and scarred
from warfare, the village people of Waterloo,
Hasting and Lunsar have endured fatal floods and
demolishing cyclones. Our program works to rebuild
this community both figuratively and literally—by
helping the people strengthen their skills and
self-esteem while repairing damage caused by the
war.
As a volunteer you will spend
your time both in Freetown and seven miles outside
the city in the bush land. In the bush, people
live in huts and many children are orphans who
can’t afford to attend school. There you
will facilitate craft workshops, participate in
HIV/AIDS awareness discussions and help teach
English when necessary. In Waterloo, you can help
rebuild a local orphanage, visit villagers who
are too sick to leave their homes and coach underprivileged
children in soccer.
As a volunteer you
can:
Facilitate craft workshops
and cultural days
Visit sick villagers at their homes
Orchestrate HIV/AIDS prevention discussions
Teach soccer skills to local children
Work to change the negative perception of disadvantaged
people in local communities
Project Length:
Minimum: 2 weeks
Maximum: 1 year Any Friday throughout the year.
Orientation is Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The
project begins on Monday.
Project Cost:
2 weeks: US $1,495.00
4 weeks: US $2,395.00
8 weeks: US $3,295.00
12 weeks: US $4,700.00
Each additional week: US $500.00
Cost Includes:
Airport pick-up and drop-off
On-site orientation and project training
Transportation to and from the project
Accommodations
Three meals per day
In-country support and program
coordination
Emergency travel insurance
24-hour emergency number
Volunteer donation
Schedule:
Volunteers will typically work 8 hours per day,
from about 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and have the weekends
free. The exact details of your day will be decided
during your volunteer orientation. Schedules vary
depending on project needs and volunteers should
remain flexible.
Accommodations:
Base camp lodge with dorms and bunk beds
Communal bathrooms
Shared kitchen
TV lounge with board games and deck with pool
table
Surrounded by garden with communal barbeque
Interested in being part of this project
please contact the Program Coordinator or Secretary
general at salis@aypad.com
for full detail of the program.
