What’s involved?
Photographer : Mark DeFriest
Want to volunteer overseas?
What’s involved:
WWF is giving young people opportunities to volunteer for 2 – 3 months at their field project sites in Madagascar. There are three intakes annually, and applications are open to individuals world wide.
In particular, WWF wants you to record your experience via film, photography, writing – any way you can really, in order for you to share your experiences with people in your home community.
“There's no right or wrong thing to say, so long as you are just being honest and telling it like it is.”
If you’re:
- Capable of fundraising or saving around $4000AUD to cover airfare, vaccinations, personal insurance, visa/passport etc
Submit an application form, which you can access
here
If you’re application form is successful you’ll undergo an international phone interview with a WWF rep in Switzerland to verify that you can converse in French
Then you will need to find two referees (e.g. Employer and University Lecturer)
And then...
Photographer : Mark DeFriest
WWF covers:
- The cost of internal travel (travel within the country)
- The use of a video camera whilst there
- The cost of language classes and other activities
- And medical Insurance for the duration of your participation
What will you gain?
- WWF hopes that you will learn more about conservation as WWF practices it.
- That you will begin to understand the reality of everyday life in a developing country and increase your cross-cultural understanding
- And that you will become more self-reliant, adaptable, a better communicator and team member
“Overall, WWF wants to provide you with an insight into the world of conservation work on the ground, in the field. In doing so it hopes and believes that you will be inspired and motivated by what you see and what you do, and that you will carry this through the rest of your life.”
Not bad eh?
Photographer : Mark DeFriest
This work is licenced under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence.
© 2008. First published on actnow.com.au
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