Boomers Abroad

Highlights

What is unique about this project?

The HavServe Team believes that volunteer placements can and should be about much more than one person helping the less fortunate. Cultural exchange has always been paramount on our projects with volunteers spending time in local Haitian communities, learning about Haitian culture and experiencing a different way of life. Our Skilled Volunteer Placements offer a unique chance for you to work with fellow professionals in your industry, sharing your ideas and learning to adapt your working methods to face a challenging new environment. Naturally, some of your new peers will be less experienced than you, and this will provide an opportunity to pass on some of your specialized knowledge and training. However, in many cases you will meet talented, well-respected professionals happy to engage in lively debate and offering you the chance to learn and apply valuable new skills.

What guidance and support is provided?
Upon arrival in Haiti you will be collected at the airport by local staff or a designated driver and escorted to your new accommodation in the Village. All of our volunteers stay with local host families, and you will be provided with plenty of food and filtered clean drinking water. Our friendly and dedicated staff are on call 24 hours a day to ensure your safety and wellbeing, and a member of the team will make frequent visits to check the standard of your accommodation and placement. You will also be invited to social events such as local music, soccer game, excursions to local attractions such as waterfalls, local market, and you will have the opportunity to meet new volunteers and relax after work.

You will also have the option to learn Haitian Creole with our local dedicated volunteers.

For the HavServe Haiti Team, sustainable development means meeting Haitians' needs today (food, shelter, employment, education, etc.) while empowering Haitians to take their future into their own hands. Please support our initiative by creating a personal fundraising page to share your HavServe volunteer initiative in Haiti with friends, family, and other network.

Volunteerism by millions of people will be critical to advancing the Millennium Development Goals in Haiti. Please join HavServe as we strive to meet the MDGs in Haiti, village by village, through community-led development.

Questions regarding any aspect of this placement are welcome, and your HavServe Team is more than happy to offer guidance and advice.

Qualifications

What skills or qualifications do I need?

In order to ensure high standards and help the project progress you will need to have attained Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent as an absolute minimum. Ideally, a qualified teacher on this project would also possess at least two years' experience of teaching in a primary or secondary school. It is important that you are confident in your ability to provide quality teaching and in your knowledge of current teaching methodologies. The person we have in mind would be confident, outgoing, friendly and creative, as well as having the patience required when working with less experienced staff and adapting to the challenges of a developing country, such as Haiti.

Even if you feel you do not possess the required skills or qualifications for this role, you can still help on the same project, contact us.

Minimum Education

Diploma/Certification

Languages

• English
• French

Cost in US$:

50 a day

Cost Include Description:

Credit Available

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

Age Range

This Program is open to

American, Canadian, European, Worldwide Participant. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Dormitory

Participants Travel to Haiti

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Phone/Video Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

HavServe Volunteer Service Network (HavServe)'s Mission Statement

HavServe's Mission is to utilize volunteers to strive to meet the Millennium Development Goals in small towns and villages through community-led development and by empowering villagers with the education, training, and basic services necessary for them to play an ever-increasing role in determining their own futures. The name, HavServe, comes from the understanding that if you have, you serve. If you have time, you serve. If you have compassion, you serve. If you have resources, you serve. If you have knowledge, you serve. Thus, HavServe aims to draw upon the skills and talents of those that have, to serve and to help implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through volunteering their time, resources, knowledge, and investing themselves in community-led development globally.

Year Founded

2010