Start date:
December 1, 2009
Sex:
All are welcome
Language(s):
English
Last updated:
October 7, 2009
End date:
May 30, 2010
Age:
Adults (18-64)
Area of Focus:
Family and Parenting, Women's Issues
Description:
Cultural Canvas Thailand seeks volunteer coordinator for Wildflower Home. This is a home for single mothers who do not have the means to take care of their kids. The women are all from hill tribe groups and many are in their early teens. The home offers temporary safe shelter to mothers and their children from crisis situations such as pregnancy out of wedlock, domestic abuse and severe poverty. They also provide mothers with educational and emotional support, which will help to move them from crisis and poverty to steady jobs or continuing education. Wildflower Home is a in a rural setting that is similar to the setting from which the woman come. They are taught to live more closely with nature through agricultural sustainability, organic methods or gardening and permaculture design.
Responsibilities include:
- Volunteer application reviewing
- Screening and placement of volunteers
- Introducing Volunteers to the workplace
- Overseeing work done by volunteers
- Problem solving or helping volunteers resolve any issues that may arise during their placements
