Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Initiative for Rural Development

Activity: To work in the kindergarten if you are a teacher (in August there are special activities), to help building the school if you are an engineer, to help in the farm if you are a farmer, to repair the cars if you are a mechanic, to help with the accountancy… Everybody is welcome.
Time: School hours for the school. Once in a week or everyday. Preferably 8 hours per day.
Comments: It is a family that lives from a farm and they have built a school. There are international volunteers that live in the farm for several months.
Address: Kuje
Phone: 0803 589 4802 (it is better to send a text, as the network is not good)
Web: www.hope-eden.org

Save the Falling Stars Foundation

Activity: To help organising events, to help cleaning orphanages and orphans, to train in health issues, to look for materials and funds.
Time: It depends on the activity. The office opens Monday to Friday 8am-6pm, but some activities don’t take place during this time.
Comments: They organise events every month, with the participation of children from ten orphanages. They also work with other orphans and street children.
Address: 2nd floor of Chelsea Group Building, 374e Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja.
Phones: 0703 566 2010 (Crystabel) // 0806 5544 007 (Seyi)
Email: krystabel2000@yahoo.com Web: www.savethefallingstars.com

City of Refuge (Durumi)

Activity: To organise activities with children, or just to show them you care for them.
Time: 10am-20pm.
Comments: It is an orphanage with about fourteen children between 0 and 4 years old. Address: Durumi phase 2, Abuja (in front of Living Faith Church, beside the parking space).
Phone: 080 330 858 25 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              080 330 858 25      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Emails: esther_cityofrefugeorphanage@yahoo.com, esther@cityofrefugeorphanage.com
Web: www.cityofrefugeorphanage.net

Daughters of Charity

Activity: To assist teachers during the lessons, to run new activities, to train teachers on special needs, to counsel or to train in HIV, to help in the hospital.
Time: For the school Monday to Friday 8am-1pm, for the counselling on HIV Monday to Friday 8am-4pm.
Requirement for hospital: professionals of health.
Comments: There is a school of about 50 children with special needs. Apart from common subjects they learn skills such as beads, tie and dye or postcards. When the children grow up there is a programme for them to work. The sisters also run a self-sustainable hospital with assistance for those that cannot pay for their treatment. There is a special section on HIV sponsored by an institution. The hospital has been working for several years and it seems to do well.
Address: Kubwa
Contact: 0803 666 2333 (sister Bibian) mbanumben@gmail.com

National Peace Summit Group

Activity: To train on peace and conflict mediation, to help in awareness campaigns, to design projects. Comments: It is a new coalition of two NGOs, CSDEA and Women for Peace in Nigeria, and two public institutions: IPCR and the Federal Ministry of Information and Communication. Email: nationalpeacesummitgroup@yahoo.com

Transition Monitoring Group (TMG)

Activity: It depends on the project.
Time: It depends on the project and the activity.
Comments: Volunteers are accepted for concrete projects, and there are not always projects on.
Address: Block B, Flat 2, Ogun Court, Gaduwa Estate, P.O. Box 11312, Garki, Abuja.
Phones: 967 05 240 // 0702 540 38 19 // 0802 3565 747 // 0806 158 2352
Emails: Lizzybcity@yahoo.com Lizybcity@yahoo.com

Rotary Club

Note: Here you cannot find a regular volunteer activity as such, but you may be interested in joining one of these clubs engaged in donations for charity purposes.
Meetings: Every Tuesday 7pm-8pm (this is for one of the many groups).
Comments: It is a big and old international club with several groups in Abuja. It is very institutionalised.
Address: New Chelsea Hotel, 123 Muhammadu Buhari Way, Central Business District, Abuja (for this group in particular). Phone: 8033118303 (Chinelo)
Email: nelobaby05@yahoo.com Web: www.rotary.org

Stop Cancer Foundation

Activity: To help in awareness campaigns and resource mobilization.
Comments: They are familiar with international volunteers.
Address: 92, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja.
Phones: 0803 8600 244 // 0803 588 5592 // 0807 8166 555 // 0803 705 4099 // 0805 2256 762 // 09 782 11 36 // 0803 5965 739
Email: theophilusekpon@yahoo.com Web: www.stopcancerfoundation.org

Hope for Survival

Activity: To organise activities with children, to teach them during their holidays.
Time: Week-ends 10am-12noon, 2pm-7pm.
Comments: It is an orphanage with about 40 children from 1 to 16 year old, constantly increasing in number. They have a school and a computer room.
Address: Gishiri Village (Maitama Ext.), Abuja. You can arrive taking a no-asphalted road from Nicon Junction. There are okadas that go there.
Phones: 095 230 901 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              095 230 901      end_of_the_skype_highlighting // 0803 604 1852 // 0806 532 4119 // 080808 34 994
Email: hso2006@yahoo.com

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Women’s and Children’s Right to Economic Development

Activity: To train staff in several issues, to write and present proposals, to organise activities and help in the existing ones, to work in the health sector if you are qualified.
Time: 9:30am-5pm
Comments: It is a very small organisation that has been working since 2004. They have their own centre where they organise trainings and consultations. They specially welcome international volunteers.
Address: plot 546a/565a, Jikwoyi Layout Phase 3, along Karish Road.
Contacts: 0808 3473 0382 aidsnep@yahoo.com

Lions Club

Note: Here you cannot find a regular volunteer activity as such, but you may be interested in joining one of these clubs engaged in donations for charity purposes.
Meetings: First Tuesday of the month 7pm (this is for one of the several groups).
Comments: It is a big and old international club with several groups in Abuja. It is very institutionalised and they run numerous conventions where members meet.
Address: Dabras Hotel, 368, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja.
Phone: 0805 306 4440 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0805 306 4440      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Email: darling5050@yahoo.com Web: www.lionsclubs.org

Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria

Activity: go for advocacy visits if you are a good advocate; do research (preferably professionals of health and with research background); train staff on advocacy, health reform, etc.; train professionals of other institutions to manage the change in health policy; etc.
Time: The office is open from 8am to 5pm.
Comments: They advocate on health issues for private and public institutions, mainly on health policy. They do projects as about maternal health, malaria, immunization, etc.
Address: 60, Lobito Crescent, off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent (opp. Visafone), Wuse 2, Abuja. Phones: 946 184 96 // 670 511
Emails: ahmedgana567@yahoo.com waylextelecom@yahoo.com

Bema Homes for the Less Privileged

Activity: To organise activities with children (including computer lessons, sign language and special education, sports, teaching); to train their teachers or nannies; to help teachers in the school; to train women; to consult if you are a medical doctor or a nurse, to counsel or train in HIV if you are an expert in this topic.
Time to be in the school: Monday to Friday 9am-12noon. To do activities with children and teachers: Monday to Friday 2:30pm-9pm, Saturdays and Sundays 7am-9pm. To train nannies: Monday to Friday 7am-1:30pm.
Comments: There is a small orphanage of 19 children and a school that other children also attend. There is also a training centre where other initiatives take place. Some of them have already started, others are waiting for volunteers or funds to start. They are planning to move to a new house in Lugbe.
Address: Sauka Mararaba. 15km drive from Gudu Cemetery behind Apo, New Mechanic Village Apo, Abuja. When you arrive to the end of the off-road turn on the right. They can offer you transport from Abuja. Web : www.bemaorphanage.org
Phones: 0805 274 6710 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0805 274 6710      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0805 274 6710      end_of_the_skype_highlighting // 080 5522 99 17 // 0808 661 3107
Emails: bema4thehelpless@yahoo.com bemedicta2007@yahoo.com

Anawim Home. Missionary Sisters of the Poorest of the Poor

Activity: To organise activities for children, young mothers, destitute, street children and youth or mentally ill; to take care of the patients and other people in the compound if you are a doctor.
Time: For the children 2pm-6:30pm.
Comments: There are around 18 sisters that work with orphans, mentally ill, around 16 young mothers (of unwanted pregnancy), destitute and street children and youth. All of them live in the compound except for the street children and youth. There are around 40 children of 0 to 15 years old, 20 mentally ill people and some destitute. There is also a skill acquisition centre for these groups.
Address: Opp. G.S.S. Dagiri, along Kaduna-Lokoja Express Rd. – Gwagwalada. P.O. Box 339
Phone: 0803 595 1455 0805 607 95 83
Email: oresoa@yahoo.com Web: www.anawim-ng.org

Friday, July 23, 2010

Centre for Children with Special Needs

Activity: To assist teachers during the lessons or to run new activities.
Time: Monday to Friday 8am-1pm.
Requirements: There are not requirements, but people with expertise in speech or physical therapy, music or art therapy, drama, IT skills, or teaching experience are mostly welcome.
Comments: It is a public school with toddlers, children and young people, split out into small groups and with individualized programmes. Their disabilities are very diverse. There is a physiotherapist working there. They have a garden, some play equipment and a small vegetable plot. There is an extra room for the young adult group.
Address: 4, Lake Chad Crescent, off IBB way, Maitama, Abuja.
Phones: 09 6720 399 // 0802 3053 454.
Email: ccsaabuja@yahoo.com

Ngoma Africa Brethrem Initiative

Activity: to farm or fish-farm; to distribute farming products among hospitals, prisons and underpriviledge; to transport materials; to teach crafts, dances, how to make musical instruments, tailoring, shoe-making or other skills; to help building a skill acquisition centre; to direct drama; to do storytelling; to help in the organization of punctual activities; etc. All skills can be learnt and taught later.
Requirements: to bring canvas, water-proof shoes and drinking water.
Time: it depends on the activity. Teaching sessions are for two hours.
Comments: There is a farm and a group of people that organizes several activities. The skill acquisition centre is being built.
Address: 117 Murthala Way, Abuja. Behind PW Company, opp. Gehova Witnesses. There are other venues for initiated volunteers.
Phones: 070400 773 70 // 0706 1254 716
Email: mbokrubby@yahoo.com Web: www.rubensnyngoma-africa.com www.myspace.com/ngomayafrica

Children’s Home

Activity: To organise activities with children or just to show them you care for them.
Time: 3-6pm Monday to Friday, 12-6pm weekends.
Comments: It is a public orphanage. There is a big compound with several buildings and a playground. There are about 75 children, from 0 to 16 years old.
Address: Karu, Abuja (coming from Karu bridge, go to the roundabout and take straight. Short after the roundabout you will see the sign of the orphanage on the left, in a long wall).
Contact: 0803 7011 074 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0803 7011 074      end_of_the_skype_highlighting (Suleiman)

Hope House School

Activity: To assist teachers during the lessons or to run new activities. The younger children need some help with meal times, toilet and dressing, meanwhile the older are more independent. In general they need more particular attention.
Time: 8am-1:30pm, Monday to Thursday. 8am-1:30pm on Fridays.
Comments: It is a private school with around 25 children with learning difficulties or disabilities, although none of them has a severe physical impairment. They are distributed in four groups depending on their abilities, and each child has a personal programme. They take lunch in the classroom. There is a trained teacher and one assistant in every group and the school is well equipped with pedagogical materials, although they don’t always use them much. There is a playground and a vegetable plot. They organise special activities in August, for the Special Olympics and trips.
Address: 27, Pope John Paul II Street, off Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja.
Phones: 0941 31316 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0941 31316      end_of_the_skype_highlighting, 2731 424, 0802 319 0026, 0703 679 8724, 0806 110 5598, 080 3314 3996, 0802 673 2620, 0807 854 8521.
Emails: info@hopehouseschoolonline.com, abswilly2000@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.hopehouseschoolonline.com

The Zamarr Institute

Activity: To train staff in arts, psychiatry, etc.; or to play with children.
Time: Any time for the training, 8am-5pm to play with children (mostly 8am-2pm).
Comments: It is a private school specialized in autistic children, although they have other children with other needs. They are 12 students in total.
Address: 27, Libreville str., off Aminu Kano crescent, Wuse 2.
Phones: 08033 143 671 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              08033 143 671      end_of_the_skype_highlighting // 0802 765 3255 // 0805 864 9760
Emails: zamarrinstitute@yahoo.com, info@thezamarrinstitute.org
Web: www.thezamarrinstitute.org

City of Refuge (Maitama)

Activity: To organise activities with children, or just to show them you care for them.
Time: 4-6 pm., Monday to Friday. Weekends or during vacational periods: 9am-6pm.
Comments: It is an orphanage with more than forty children between 0 and 11 years old, but those elder than 6 are in boarding schools and they live in the orphanage only during vacational periods. Children lack in love and discipline.
Address: 5, Asa Street, off Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja.
Phone: 080 330 858 25 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              080 330 858 25      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              080 330 858 25      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Email: esther_cityofrefugeorphanage@yahoo.com, esther@cityofrefugeorphanage.com
Web: www.cityofrefugeorphanage.net

Mother Theresa's Children Home

Activity: To take care of children: feed them, change them, play with them…
Time: 10am-6pm.
Comments: It is an orphanage with about 30 babies from 0 to 2 years old. There are plenty of staff and good conditions, including a teacher. It is run by Yeye Bolanle Dare Foundation.
Address: House 6, Road 353, off 35 Rd., 3rd Avenue, Gwarimpa
Contact: 0978 00350 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0978 00350      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0978 00350      end_of_the_skype_highlighting // 0805 4343 033 // 080 66 000 600
Email: yeye_apesin@yahoo.com Web: mothertheresaorphanage.org

SOS Children's Village

Activity: look for funds.
Comments: It is a very well equipped and organised village of orphans inside a compound, as other villages from SOS Children’s Villages in other countries. This one was commissioned in 2007, and so it is half of its capacity now: about 75 children up to 13 years old, who are orphans or come from very poor families.
There is a medical centre, a school where other children come and twelve houses with a mother (staff), a housemaid and about six children of different ages, that will become twelve when the village will be full. There is a man that plays the role of the father of all children, and also works as the director of the village: he controls the diet, supervise the village, make sure that the UN children’s rights and other policies are respected… Children have coaches to play football with other teams. During festivities they make trips. When they will go to Secondary School they will live in a flat with a youth counsellor.
Address: Dukwa Road, Gwagwalada. P.O. box 288 FCT Abuja.
Phones: 094 832 452 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              094 832 452      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              094 832 452      end_of_the_skype_highlighting // 0805 670 2227

Saint Mary’s Children’s Home for Orphans and Destitute

Activity: organise activities with children.
Time: 2pm-6pm on Fridays. 8am-6pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
Comments: It is an orphanage with 40 children of all ages and some young people up to 23 years old that are in boarding schools. Four sisters and one staff run the home.
Address: Maryland, Gwagwalada (along Coca-Cola road)
Phones: 0806 4044 678 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0806 4044 678      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0806 4044 678      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0806 4044 678      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0806 4044 678      end_of_the_skype_highlighting (Sister Chidaly) 0803 612 80 34 (Sister Mary Henry Udodike)
Emails: chimaiwuagwu@yahoo.it njyvic@yahoo.com

Unity Orphanage

Activity: to organise activities with children, help in the clinic if you are a nurse or a doctor, train staff, etc.
Comments: It is a public orphanage. There is a big compound with several houses, opened in March 2010. There is space for more than 70 children of all ages, but it is not full yet. There is a classroom for nursery school and a clinic with two nurses.
Address: Gwako, Gwagwalada
Phones: 0803 786 9998 080 333 445 00 0703 19899 03

Women of Vision Association

Activity: To collaborate in the identification, planning, funding, monitoring and evaluation of projects; to train staff on developmental or technical issues; to organise other activities; to represent the association in a network.
Time: Mostly 8am-6pm every day, depending on the activity.
Comments: It is a small association of Nigerians that volunteer for the development of rural areas since 2006. They are not highly qualified, but they are being trained and they try to be serious in their tasks. They organise literacy classes for women and training on different skills: cooking, farming, tailoring… They also have health projects, a little work with micro-finance, campaigns and network with several organisations.
Address: You can meet them in Abuja, but they mostly work in Karu Local Government (Nasarawa State, around half an hour from Abuja).
Phones: 0805 905 4214 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0805 905 4214      end_of_the_skype_highlighting (Mr. Premous) // 0807 532 89 34 (Engr. Glory).
Email: womenofvisionassociation@yahoo.com
Blog: http://womenofvisionnigeria.wordpress.com

Women’s Right to Education Programme

Activity: To collaborate in the planning and funding of projects.
Time: 10am-5pm, Monday to Friday.
Comments: It is a small organisation of Nigerians with experience and good practices. Several staff work in the office.
Address: Block A 3 Kaduna Court, Gaduwa Housing State, Apo, Abuja.
Phones: 0802 339 0227 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0802 339 0227      end_of_the_skype_highlighting // 0808 777 0559. Web: www.wrepnig.org
Emails: info@wrepnig.org mimidoo@wrepnig.org wrepnig@yahoo.com

Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care

Activity: To help collecting and distributing goods to the orphanages, to transport goods to orphanages in other states.
Time: Every last Saturday of the month, 10am-4pm. For trips to other states, there is not a fixed time.
Comments: They collect goods for orphanages. They also organize sponsorship for scholar fees and hospital bills for children in the orphanages. They some opened libraries in orphanages, too. They work with 17 orphanages in different states, but for logistic reasons they mostly support those in Abuja FCT.
Address: 11, Thames Street, off Alvan Ikoku street, Ministers’ Hill, Maitama, Abuja.
Phones: 0803 6171 388 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0803 6171 388      end_of_the_skype_highlighting // 0808 969 3240
Email: kwajafa@giplc.org Web: www.giplc.org

Ifendu Ukonu Foundation

Activity: To stablish a collaboration between the foundation and other NGOs, Government Agencies and Donor Agencies involved in poverty alleviation and related programmes; to promote self-employment in small income generating activities.
Time: Monday to Saturday, 8am-5pm.
Requirements: First degree or HND.
Comments: It is a small organisation that promotes employment creation, poverty alleviation, gender equality, etc.
Address: 6, Boke Close, Wuse 2, Abuja.
Phone: 0803 725 7108 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0803 725 7108      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0803 725 7108      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0803 725 7108      end_of_the_skype_highlighting Email: ifendukonu@yahoo.com

Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE)

Activity: to organize the office, to do administrative work, to do a data base, to do contacts, to write proposals, etc.
Time: 8am-4pm, Monday to Friday.
Comments: It is an old international organization that has been in Nigeria since 2007. Members are mostly prisoners and their families. They mostly advocate for the Government to improve the conditions of prisoners and do trials faster.
Address: FF15, Seta Plaza, Karu, Abuja.
Phone: 080 343 65657 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              080 343 65657      end_of_the_skype_highlighting // 0802 466 1093
Email: uhaasj@yahoo.co.uk curenigeria@yahoo.com
Web: www.curenational.org

Global Vision Educational Foundation

Activity: To train teachers or women, to give ideas and counseling, to do activities with children, mainly on Saturdays.
Time: Friday and Saturday, 10am-2pm.
Comments: There is a children’s library and a classroom for about 20 children out of school, who attend daily. On Saturdays there are special activities. The NGO also assists widows and people HIV possitive.
Address: After the palace of the king in Ibo road, behind Karu LG Secretariat, Nasarawa State.
Phone: 0704 162 40 57 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0704 162 40 57      end_of_the_skype_highlighting Email: globalvision_foundation@yahoo.com

Hope Worldwide Nigeria

Activity: To counsel in health facilities, to provide community services for Orphans and Vulnerable children in the communities, to help in the administrative office, to plan community outreach events, to participate in the annual “Great Hope Walk”.
Time: Usually 8.00am – 5.00pm, but it depends on the activity. Monthly activities are one possibility.
Requirements: Basic academic qualification, basic understanding of what volunteerism is about, heart to serve.
Comments: This NGO works with vulnerable groups in general. Some training is offered to volunteers, as well as guidance to assign her/him the most suitable activity.
Address: suite 41, Garki II Shopping Centre, opp. City Plaza, Garki, Abuja.
Phone: 080 2323 6553 (Ogundipe Akinwale Johnson) // 070 660 81 227
Email: akinwale.johnson@hwwnigeria.org preciousy2000@yahoo.com
Web: www.hopeww.org

Initiative for Promoting Girl’s Educational Advancement (GAP)

Activity: To mentor or to guide young girls in skills acquisition and income generating works, to train young girls in personal skills, to collaborate in the planning of activities.
Time: mentoring activities don’t have a fixed time. Meetings are held on some Saturdays at 4pm.
Comments: It is a small NGO that regularly meets a group of young girls in the church. Quarterly projects are designed to fulfil their needs and help them in their future.
Address of the meetings: St. Raphael Catholic Church, military barracks, Lagos street, Garki 2.
Phone: 070 363 514 11 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              070 363 514 11      end_of_the_skype_highlighting Email: mariadalpha@yahoo.com

Children under 5 health initiative

Activity: To find the patiences’ files, to open new files, to measure and weight children, to provide medicines, to consult if you are a doctor, to interpret local languages, to advise people in health issues, to teach adults how to read and write, to take care of a kindergarten, to organise other activities for the development of the village, etc.
Time: Fridays 3pm-6:30pm for health activities. The other activities don’t have a fixed time.
Comments: Every Friday a group of local and international volunteers meet at 3pm to go to Kobi, a village a few kilometres from Asokoro. They provide with free medical services for children and then they go back to Asokoro. Now the association is expanding to other areas, also in Kobi, a village a few kilometres off from Asokoro.
Address: 52, Mamman Nasir crescent, off TY Danjuma street, Asokoro, Abuja.
Telephones: 0803 595 2373               0803 595 2373      // 070 33 11 9994 Emails: chabengowe@yahoo.com

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

CBM

Activity: To train staff if you are a professional of health, to help in special programmes as parties.
Time: Once in a month they do training for staff during the whole day.
Comments: It is an international NGO for development that works with people with disabilities. In Abuja they are implementing the project Community Based Rehabilitation, in different villages where there is a social worker to identify people with disabilities. They work with their families towards rehabilitation. They have professionals on mental health, special education and physiotherapy.
Address: Opp. G.S.S. Dagiri, along Kaduna-Lokoja Express Rd. – Gwagwalada. P.O. Box 339 (in the same compound as the Missionary Sisters of the Poorest of the Poor)
Contacts: 080 555 15 919 ogahlawrence@yahoo.com

United Nations (UN)

Activity: It depends on the project, which can be related to different technical areas: disaster and crisis prevention, environment and climate change, delivery of basic services (primary healthcare and HIV/AIDS, strengthening of local governance), management, finance, etc.
Requirements: University degree in a technical field, minimum of two years of professional work, experience in the relevant area, not younger than 25 years, good command of one of the UN languages.
Time: minimum 3 months contract, full time.
Comments: The UN system in Nigeria comprises 14 agencies: FAO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNHCR, UNAIDS, UNIFEM, UNODC, WMO, WHO, ILO and IOM.
UNV is administered by the UNDP and contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by promoting volunteerism globally and recruiting UNV volunteers for numerous projects in different technical areas.
There are two categories of UNV volunteers: international and national.
A Roster of IUNV volunteers has been created and is managed at the UNV Headquarters in Bonn. You can visit the UNV web site and register to become an International UNV volunteer: www.unv.org
NUNV volunteers are identified by Country Office Teams and/or host agencies in the country of assignment which means that a demand should come from the host project or agency to the UNV Programme which will process the recruitment. UNV positions are advertised in local newspapers.
You can also practice, share your skills and volunteer on line:
http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/ (home-based and free of charge work).
The UNV Online Volunteering service is a platform that puts volunteers into contact with organizations around the world. In addition, online
volunteering gives you an opportunity to contribute to the development,
learn about other countries and contribute to sustainable development
staying at home.
Address: Plot 617/618, Diplomatic Zone, Central Area District.
Phone: 9 4616 274 Fax: 234-9-4618546/4618507
Emails: galina.chus@yahoo.fr
Web: www.unv.org (international volunteers)
www.ng.undp.org/unv/ (national volunteers)
www.onlinevolunteering.org/ (online volunteers)

Family Care Foundation Eduvision

Activity: To work in the medical camps if you are a doctor or a nurse, to help organising activities, etc.
Comments: This branch of the international foundation has a house for volunteers from different countries. They work both in the social sector, with projects in Abuja FCT and the Northern Nigeria, and as a Christian organisation. The work is mostly done by the volunteers that are living in the house.
Address: 114, Ebitu Ukiwe str, Jabi.
Contacts: 0806 159 47 18 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0806 159 47 18      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0806 159 47 18      end_of_the_skype_highlighting // 0806 977 77 11 familycareis@gmail.com
Web: www.familycare.org/network/f30.htm

NGOs THAT DON’T ACCEPT VOLUNTEERS

Cat holic Relief Services (CRS)
Education as a Vaccine Against Aids
Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment in Africa

RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATIONS

Remember your rights and duties:

1. RIGHTS OF VOLUNTEERS:
a) To receive the proper information, orientation and support to develop their functions.
b) To be treated without discrimination and respectfully.
c) To participate actively in the organisation, collaborating in the identification, planning, implementation and evaluation of the activities, respecting the statutes or rules.
d) To have an insurance for the time they are developing their activities.
e) To be compensated for the expenses derived from their activities.
f) To have an identification card or letter of their status as volunteer.
g) To develop their activities in proper conditions of safety and hygiene.
h) To get respect and acknowledgment for their work.

2. DUTIES OF VOLUNTEERS:
a) To match all commitments acquired with the organisation.
b) To respect the rights of the beneficiaries of the activities.
c) To keep confidentiality of the information received and got during the development of the activity.
d) To refuse any payment that they may get for their work.
e) To act conscientious and with solidarity.
f) To participate in all trainings organized by the organisation being directly related to the activities the volunteers do.
g) To use properly the identification and signs of identity of the organisation.
h) To respect and take care of all material resources the organisation offers to volunteers.

3. RIGHTS OF THE ORGANISATIONS THAT WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS:
a) That the volunteers respect their commitments.

4. DUTIES OF THE ORGANISATIONS THAT WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS:
a) To match the commitments acquired with volunteers.
b) To offer insurance and identification to volunteers.
c) To properly train and inform volunteers to develop their activities.
d) To guarantee proper conditions of safety and hygiene to volunteers during their activities.
e) To expedite a certificate after the services offered by volunteers.
f) To keep a record of new and ex-volunteers.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Why a guide for volunteers in Abuja FCT?

When I arrive to Abuja in 2008, and even before, I was looking for organisations I could volunteer for. The task became very hard, but little by little I starting discovering many organisations that would welcome volunteers. This is the reason why I decided to do this guide for volunteers in Abuja FCT, with the aim of helping other people like me, looking forward to being useful to this society. Here you can find and choose among many organisations where your services will be welcome, mostly working towards the development of Nigeria.

Response from the organisations

As this is a personal work from a volunteer, you may find a few personal comments, although I tried to do an objective guide detached from personal experiences. The response from the organisations may vary considerably from one another, so I encourage you not to dismay and go on looking for the one where you feel comfortable, in case of any disappointment. Reliability of the organisations is not guarantee.

Help other volunteers

This is not an exhaustive guide, or a final version of it. It will need constant additions and changes, and you can contribute to it by sending relevant data from this or other organisations, by telling your experiences as comments in the blog or by volunteering to make it a more comprehensive and useful tool. I would also thank those that want to spread the voice of this new guide.

Contact

If you want to volunteer in Abuja FCT and you would like to receive a personal counselling, more guidance from my part or more information on a particular organization, please contact me in:

volunteer.abuja@gmail.com