We welcome volunteers who have a passion to share their skills and talents to help.
Volunteers are invaluable to us, mainly in the Philippines where we have projects and programs.
Current Vacancies
IT Technicians and programmers
We have over 260 CPU units that are in need of refurbishment and we need technicians to
teach the adults and out of school youth how to build and clean computers.
We also have one internet café and a second under construction, and need help with
networking and programming.
We also need programmers and coders to create databases and networked applications that
us to better manage what we do.
Builders and Carpenters
Large Construction Project
The Philippine Government has given us 1,500 sq/m of land to build a school which will
educate every child that is working on the largest dump site in the Philippines - right
up to College level. The construction will be made from, 106 x 40ft out of service shipping
containers to create four story building, and we are told that it will be the largest
construction of connected container vans in the world. We need carpenters, electricians,
plumbers, plasterers and labourers to work on site for us.
Small construction projects
In Manila we have funds to extend our school building which is located in a cemetery,
we need builder and carpenters and electricians to help.
Each of the squatter areas does not have any sanitation or wash areas, people dispose of
their human waste by wrapping it in a plastic bag and putting it in the sea or taking
it to the dump site. People wash themselves partially clothed in cold water from a bucket or
pail outside of the shanty in full view of everyone. We have the funds to build shower
and toilet blocks on two dump sites and one cemetery. We need labourers and plumbers.
We are moving our small office in Manila to a bigger premises, the office is being rented
to us very cheaply but is need of refurbishment.
In Monumento we have rented a large space for our internet café computer workshop,
we need plasterers for the walls and electrican and carpenters.
Social Workers
We have vacancies for volunteers to work with our Welfare and Community Services Department
to assist with baseline surveys and research so that we can continue to assess and
monitor the needs and our progress with in the community.
We also need committed volunteers who would be willing to donate a few hours a week to
befriend some families and form long lasting relationships with them.
Teachers
Volunteer teachers who are willing to be part of rota and teach arts and crafts to
the children in our schools and also teachers who are willing to be included in a
monthly schedule to teach different handicrafts to the parents.