Volunteering conditions

Candidates for volunteer positions must provide
   - full CV
   - references
   - police record (extrait de casier judiciaire) when possible
  The volunteers will be directly supervised by and will be responsible to Friends-International. At Mith Samlanh, a specific Team Leader will be appointed to be in charge of each volunteer, under the direct monitoring of the Director.
         
Candidates should have a specialty that will be useful for staff and the work of Friends International.   All volunteers will undergo an orientation visit and basic training on street children before starting their work, whatever the duration of their volunteering time.
         
Friends Programs are not training organizations and, therefore, cannot accept students who need to gain field experience unless they can bring a specific skill to the teams or can carry out a specific duty that is useful to the organization in accordance with article 4.   Volunteers must work exclusively on the project assigned to him/her. Any change must be first approved by the Project Manager and the Country Program Director.
         
Candidates will always work with staff (not with the children directly) to provide specific training, or will carry out a specific duty that will reduce the workload of the staff in administrative capacities (research, reports, presentations…).   Progress of the volunteer's work will be monitored by the Project Manager in charge and reported to the Country Program Director.
         
No project is to disturb and interfere in the education/training curriculum of the children and must adapt to the Friends International lesson plans and time-tables.   Upon completion of work, all reports, papers, etc. produced by the volunteer, remain the property of Friends-International. An intellectual property clause in the contract clarifies the use of material / work by the volunteer. Any abuse can lead to legal prosecution.
         
Volunteers must present an application with an outline of a project that must take into consideration points 2-3-4-5 and must include a tentative budget. All proposed projects will be examined by Friends-International management and any proposition that does not fit Friends-International's needs will be turned down.   A letter of recommendation is issued based on the outcome of the volunteer's work.
         

All candidates that are approved will sign a contract and a job description based on the project proposal with Friends-International. The contract will be time-bound with expected results clearly identified. Minimum length of contract is 3 months, this can be renewed.

     

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