Showing posts with label punctual activities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label punctual activities. Show all posts

Friday, January 28, 2011

The Likeminds Project

Activity: To mentor youth, to help in advocacy activities, to collaborate in fundraising activities, to help in schools with special needs, to do activities in the orphanages, to collaborate in sensitization on social issues.
Comments: It is a group of friends that meet regularly, organize activities, and donate to contribute to community development in Abuja.
Address: 8, Amazon street, off Alvin Ikoku street, Maitama, Abuja.
Phone: 0803 5044 215 Email: likeminds.project@gmail.com
Facebook: Likeminds Project

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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

Friday, July 23, 2010

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

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

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)