Foreign Volunteers
- Job title:
Volunteer service with underpriviledged children in rural Sri Lanka - Job details:
From its beginning as a Tsunami response, the Sri Lanka Children’s Trust has relied upon a handful of highly motivated and qualified full time foreign volunteers. Experience shows that successful projects—especially in remote areas-—require the presence of diligent and qualified volunteer project administrators.
During year 2005, shortly after the Asian tsunami, we accepted dozens of volunteers from abroad, typically for a month or two. But often the young inexperienced volunteers from developed countries found themselves ill-prepared for the social conditions of rural Sri Lanka and had little practical experience to work productively alone or in a team. With that experience, we now provide volunteers with a more structured project environment, including family-type arrangements for their accommodations & meals, while still giving them great freedom to be innovative. They should, however, be able to carry on with local support and report regularly by email & phone. All our project sites have computers and most have broadband Internet facility as well.
We now have openings for mature volunteers to oversee small scale projects at locations across Sri Lanka, from Colombo District in the west to the high tea country of Badulla District to the east coast where we work with tsunami-affected children. Depending upon your background and experience, you may be teaching basic English and computer literacy to rural children, helping the handicapped in the Hill Country to get an education and livelihood, or helping local project staff to improve their English, computer, and administrative skills.
If you can live and work independently in a rural village setting, and have skills/experience in small project administration, accounting, or teaching of English as a foreign language and basic computer literacy, contact us for more details about SLCT-affiliated projects & activities including project locales--most of our projects host their own web sites that provide more information including photos. - Qualifications:
Essential
• Must be a native English speaker
• Comfortable working in cross-cultural environments
• Independent and self-motivated
• Good social skills and organizational skills
• Flexibility and creativity in problem solving
• Functional computer literacy such that you can introduce Microsoft Office and other common applications to novices.
Desired
• Experience of working within an Asian social environment
• Knowledge of international education and development issues
• Some knowledge of spoken Sinhalese or Tamil - Salary and benefits:
This position is for volunteers. Arrangements for your accommodation and food will be arranged locally through the Sri Lanka Children’s Trust and may vary from project to project and district to district. Project expenditures such as transport and other sanctioned expenses will be reimbursed through your local project. All other costs such as clothing, toiletries, etc. are your own responsibility -– but it is possible to live extremely cheaply in rural Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Children's Trust will sponsor you as a registered social worker and assist in obtaining your entry and residence visas for Sri Lanka. If you have any queries about living conditions & costs in Sri Lanka or for any inquiries please contact us at info@slctrust.org. - Job summary:
Volunteer positions in Sri Lanka helping children affected by tsunami, poverty, or disabilities. No experience required. Looking for volunteer teachers of ESL, basic computer & arts, as well as small project design, administration & accounts. Do something in your life to help those who need your help most! Many different projects to suit you, or design & implement your own project to help needy children. Details at www.SLCTrust.org and other project web sites like www.NavaShakti.org and www.HCDG.org.
For more details about voluntary work with the Sri Lanka Children's Trust, see positions.
To apply to serve as a Sri Lanka Children's Trust volunteer, write to info@slctrust.org
