Showing posts with label public institutions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public institutions. Show all posts

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

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)

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

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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)