Volunteer Organization ? Where Volunteering Initiates

Posted by ifrevolunteers1 on January 5th, 2013

Volunteering for a cause overshadows resume highlight with its sparkle of humanity. It enables you to meet new people, participate in socio-economic rebuilding and satisfies your need to explore offshore locations.

Volunteering abroad could be an expensive affair, but the cost can come down with the right online volunteer organizing partner. There are many volunteering activities like teaching orphans, women empowerment, working for AIDS awareness, medical and healthcare projects, working with children at risk and many other programs. With your help and support, the underprivileged gets a fair chance and greater hope in facing life’s challenges together.

Many countries in Asia, Africa, and South America could benefit from voluntary activities. When you join in support, you not only share in the charitable work but also get a deeper understanding of foreign cultures, and the food and find new similarities between two people and lifestyles even if they are apart by a few continents. There are ample opportunities of volunteer in Argentina, Ghana, Brazil, Ecuador, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Panama, Mexico, Kenya, Peru, China, Uganda, Guatemala and Tanzania.

Volunteering has its rewards too. A great deal of personal value addition occurs in the form of certificates of completion and participation and research for personal projects. A volunteering program could be of as short a duration as 7 days and as long as 3 months. Usually the program fee includes accommodation and regular meals, emergency medical attention, travel insurance, airport pick up and drop, fund raising assistance and many other volunteer services. There are volunteer organizations, which offer programs starting from as low as 0.

Volunteer organizations offer customized projects options. There are internship and summer projects for those who want to gain a firsthand experience in their respective fields.  A typical NGO volunteer in Cambodia, volunteer in Africa includes staying with host families and working for at least 25 to 30 hours per week.

There are Volunteer organizations in UK and USA and many other countries which provide a wide range of volunteer projects at affordable fees. To participate in a voluntary activity of your choice and budget, get in touch with these organizations through their website and choose a program. You can browse through their catalogue of programs, locations, fee and facilities and then pick up one that is suitable to your needs.

Author Bio:

IFRE is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization based in Dallas, Texas, USA. They founded IFRE’s volunteering abroad program in 2005 after realizing the need for safe and affordable volunteer abroad programs. IFRE was officially established in 2005, but it was not until 2006 that they began looking abroad – traveling to 12 different countries, researching potential service projects and screening potential and experienced coordinators. They initially selected Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania and Thailand as their volunteer abroad program destinations.