From a minimum of one month to a maximum of one year.
About Youth Volunteer Organization "Leadership":
Leadership is a non-profit organization bringing together young volunteers with the mission of involving youth in civil society through volunteerism, project design, and cooperation both locally and internationally.Leadership was founded on November 2005 as a youth volunteer organization under the auspices of the public association Leader, a centre of civic society initiatives.
Accommodation:
You will live with a local host family; they will provide you with your own room and all the necessary conveniences. You will join your host family for breakfast and dinner while lunch will be provided at the office with other members of Leadership.
You will be able to work in the following sphere of activities:
- Assist in the coordination of our youth volunteer and the organization of regular meetings as well as motivation and team-building activities. - Participate in the organization and implementation of various events. - Plan and implement short-term international volunteer projects and summer camps together with program coordinator. - Get involved in fundraising activities. - Actively participate in our current projects. - Hold language courses and discussion clubs. - Create any PR materials of our organization - possibilities include booklets, mini clips, photo exhibitions, etc.
Language:
Although the working language of international volunteers is English, at least basic knowledge of Russian is recommended in order to communicate efficiently with local volunteers and staff members of the organization. Beginner's Russian/Kyrgyz language lessons are included in the participation fee. Knowledge of other world languages is welcome; this will enable you to hold language courses with local volunteers and other youth in Karakol.
Other skills:
In order to participate in the program you are expected to have past experience with volunteer work, working as a part of a team, and depending on which project, working with teenagers. For certain projects, it is recommended to bring literature and CDs with language teaching programs.
We also expect you to be motivated and to actively participate in your own program's implementation and evaluation process.
Duration of the Program and Your Schedule:
In order to be admitted you must be able to participate for at least one month while the maximum period of involvement is one year. Your work will range from 6 to 8 hours per day, depending on a mutual agreement and the needs of the host organization. Normally volunteers work Monday through Friday, though special events and activities sometimes require their presence during weekends.
The program fee covers administrative charges, accommodation and food (provided by a host-family), pre-departure preparation assistance, beginner's Russian/Kyrgyz language classes and 24-hour support and guidance from professional, locally based staff. If you need a guided transfer from the Bishkek Airport to Karakol, an additional 50 EUR will be charged.
The program fee does not cover your roundtrip flight to Kyrgyzstan. Your visa, medical and travel insurance, airport departure taxes, and travel expenses during your stay in Karakol (if not directly connected to the volunteer work) are your responsibility. Costs of personal Internet time and phone calls are also the responsibility of the volunteer.
From a minimum of one month to a maximum of one year.
About CBT:
“Community based” means supporting products, services, knowledge and practices found in local communities and offered by local stakeholders.CBT is the practice of providing natural, value-packed travel services that utilize local accommodation, food, music, art, crafts and traditions. CBT is an excellent value and travel experience that supports rational and sustainable development. CBT gives travelers authentic visits inside homes, villages and heritages while delivering proceeds directly to the families that visitors stay with and buy from.
Tourism is one of the most rapidly growing of all industries globally. But despite the industry’s enormity and pattern growth, everyday tourism destination citizens have commonly found themselves left out of the decision-making and investment process. As a result, in all too many places among Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, unsustainable tourism has degraded communities, increased crime, damaged natural resources, ruined artifacts and destroyed sites of heritage. CBT shifts the paradigm from focusing on aggregate “growth” to include participatory stakeholder decision-making, investment opportunity for traditionally local inhabitants and sustainable environmental practices. Thus, CBT is used to describe a variety of activities that encourage and support a wide range of objectives in economic and social development and conservation.
CBT principles include:
- to rely on the participation of local stakeholders. - to contribute to the local economic development through increasing tourism revenues. - to develop socially and economically sustainable tourism.
Volunteer’s role:
- Actively participate in current projects of the Association. - Create any PR materials for the organization (by wish): booklets, video clips, photo exhibition, etc. and translations (especially French and Spanish). - Actively participate in daily work of the association (to maintain a database of guides, porters, cooks, to provide information for tourists). - Participation in management of CBT.
Leisure:
In May and June, CBT conducts practice trips into the mountains. If the volunteer is here during that time then they will also be able to participate in these tours. If the volunteer is here during another time, the opportunity may arise to go on other trips into the mountains.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will live with a local host family; they will provide a private room and all the necessary conveniences. You will join your host-family for breakfast and dinner while lunch will be provided at the office with other members of the CBT.
Language:
Although the working language of international volunteers is English, at least basic knowledge of Russian is recommended in order to communicate efficiently with local volunteers and staff members of the organization. Beginner's Russian/Kyrgyz language lessons are included in the participation fee. Knowledge of other world languages is welcome; this will enable you to hold language courses with local volunteers and other youth in Karakol.
Other skills:
In order to participate in the program you are expected to have past experience with volunteer work, working as a part of a team, and depending on which project, working with teenagers. For certain projects, it is recommended to bring literature and CDs with language teaching programs. We also expect you to be motivated and to actively participate in your own program's implementation and evaluation process.
Duration of the Program and Your Schedule:
In order to be admitted you must be able to participate for at least one month while the maximum period of involvement is one year. Your work will range from 6 to 8 hours per day, depending on a mutual agreement and the needs of the host organization. Normally volunteers work Monday through Friday, though special events and activities sometimes require their presence during weekends.
The program fee covers administrative charges, accommodation and food (provided by a host-family), pre-departure preparation assistance, beginner's Russian/Kyrgyz language classes and 24-hour support and guidance from professional, locally based staff. If you need a guided transfer from the Bishkek Airport to Karakol, an additional 50 EUR will be charged.
The program fee does not cover your roundtrip flight to Kyrgyzstan. Your visa, medical and travel insurance, airport departure taxes, and travel expenses during your stay in Karakol (if not directly connected to the volunteer work) are your responsibility. Costs of personal Internet time and phone calls are also the responsibility of the volunteer.
From a minimum of one month to a maximum of one year.
Age:
20+
About Public Union “Ravenstvo”:Ravenstvo (translated as “Equality”) is a non-governmental organization that works with disabled people of all age groups. The organization was founded in 2004 and unites 400 people with disabilities in 4 areas of the region. Ravenstvo has its own specialized school for 15 disabled children and a library for blind people.
Volunteer’s Role:
You will be able to work in the following sphere of activities...
- Participate in the organization of various activities/programs (music, photography, art etc.) with disabld people including children and the elderly. - Hold language and computer courses (upon request). - Take part in meetings with parents of disabled children.
The organization has preferences to work with volunteers who are...
- IT specialists - Contribute to organization’s development - Have skills to work with mentally and disables kids
Accommodation:
The volunteer will live with a local family, which will provide the volunteer with their own room and all the necessary conveniences. You will join your host-family for breakfast and dinner; lunch will be provided at the office together with other members of Ravenstvo.
NB:
A volunteer is requested to have basic skills working with disabled people, as well as basic Russian or Kyrgyz language skills. New methods/approaches are always welcomed.
Language:
Although the working language of international volunteers is English, at least basic knowledge of Russian is recommended in order to communicate efficiently with local volunteers and staff members of the organization. Beginner's Russian/Kyrgyz language lessons are included in the participation fee. Knowledge of other world languages is welcome; this will enable you to hold language courses with local volunteers and other youth in Karakol.
Other skills:
In order to participate in the program you are expected to have past experience with volunteer work, working as a part of a team, and depending on which project, working with teenagers. For certain projects, it is recommended to bring literature and CDs with language teaching programs. We also expect you to be motivated and to actively participate in your own program's implementation and evaluation process.
Duration of the Program and Your Schedule:
In order to be admitted you must be able to participate for at least one month while the maximum period of involvement is one year. Your work will range from 6 to 8 hours per day, depending on a mutual agreement and the needs of the host organization. Normally volunteers work Monday through Friday, though special events and activities sometimes require their presence during weekends.
The program fee covers administrative charges, accommodation and food (provided by a host-family), pre-departure preparation assistance, beginner's Russian/Kyrgyz language classes and 24-hour support and guidance from professional, locally based staff. If you need a guided transfer from the Bishkek Airport to Karakol, an additional 50 EUR will be charged.
The program fee does not cover your roundtrip flight to Kyrgyzstan. Your visa, medical and travel insurance, airport departure taxes, and travel expenses during your stay in Karakol (if not directly connected to the volunteer work) are your responsibility. Costs of personal Internet time and phone calls are also the responsibility of the volunteer.
Founded by mountain guides of Issyk-Kul Oblast in 2006, IGPA unites guides, porters, cooks, interpreters and organizations who are interested in developing ecotourism in Kyrgyzstan. Their mission is to realize sustainable ecotourism in Kyrgyzstan through providing high quality service to their clients, protecting members’ rights, improving members’ work conditions and offering ecotourism education for local people.
Volunteer’s role:
- Actively participate in current projects of the Association. - Create any PR materials for the organization (booklets, video clips, photo exhibition, and translations). - Actively participate in daily work of the association (to maintain a database of guides, porters, cooks, to provide information for tourists). - Participation in management of IGPA.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will live with a local host family; they will provide a private room and all the necessary conveniences.
Language:
Although the working language of international volunteers is English, at least basic knowledge of Russian is recommended in order to communicate efficiently with local volunteers and staff members of the organization. Beginner's Russian/Kyrgyz language lessons are included in the participation fee. Knowledge of other world languages is welcome; this will enable you to hold language courses with local volunteers and other youth in Karakol.
Other skills:
In order to participate in the program you are expected to have past experience with volunteer work, working as a part of a team, and depending on which project, working with teenagers. For certain projects, it is recommended to bring literature and CDs with language teaching programs. We also expect you to be motivated and to actively participate in your own program's implementation and evaluation process.
Duration of the Program and Your Schedule:
In order to be admitted you must be able to participate for at least one month while the maximum period of involvement is one year. Your work will range from 6 to 8 hours per day, depending on a mutual agreement and the needs of the host organization. Normally volunteers work Monday through Friday, though special events and activities sometimes require their presence during weekends.
The program fee covers administrative charges, accommodation and food (provided by a host-family), pre-departure preparation assistance, beginner's Russian/Kyrgyz language classes and 24-hour support and guidance from professional, locally based staff. If you need a guided transfer from the Bishkek Airport to Karakol, an additional 50 EUR will be charged.
The program fee does not cover your roundtrip flight to Kyrgyzstan. Your visa, medical and travel insurance, airport departure taxes, and travel expenses during your stay in Karakol (if not directly connected to the volunteer work) are your responsibility. Costs of personal Internet time and phone calls are also the responsibility of the volunteer.
About Leader (NGO):Leader is a non-profit, non-governmental, community-based organization located in a regional center of eastern Kyrgyzstan. Founded in 1991, Leader’s original mission was as a youth and student club, a role it maintained into the late 90s. In 1998, the organization’s goals became broader, including a wider range of services for the community, and in 2001 Leader acquired its current name and mission. Leader today provides a wide array of services for eastern Issyk-Kul Oblast, and Karakol City in particular, including an active volunteer center, a community internet access and training center, assistance for organizations and individuals designing projects, a microcredit center, and numerous seminars for assisting other NGOs in their own development.
Our mission:
“To develop the civic leadership and potential of non-commercial organizations and initiative groups, to empower them in the construction of civil society.”
Volunteer’s Role:
- Skills development projects for the fundraising activities of the organization. - Document translation Russian - English. - Work in the credit department, search for sources of credit portfolio. - Running and organizing social enterprises for the organization to diversify income. - Organizational development and develop a plan of financial stability.
Accommodation:
You will live with a local host family; they will provide you with your own room and all the necessary conveniences. You will join your host family for breakfast and dinner while lunch will be provided at the office with other members of Leader.
Note:
Basic Russian is necessary.
Language:
Although the working language of international volunteers is English, at least basic knowledge of Russian is recommended in order to communicate efficiently with local volunteers and staff members of the organization. Beginner's Russian/Kyrgyz language lessons are included in the participation fee. Knowledge of other world languages is welcome; this will enable you to hold language courses with local volunteers and other youth in Karakol.
Other skills:
In order to participate in the program you are expected to have past experience with volunteer work, working as a part of a team, and depending on which project, working with teenagers. For certain projects, it is recommended to bring literature and CDs with language teaching programs. We also expect you to be motivated and to actively participate in your own program's implementation and evaluation process.
Duration of the Program and Your Schedule:
In order to be admitted you must be able to participate for at least one month while the maximum period of involvement is one year. Your work will range from 6 to 8 hours per day, depending on a mutual agreement and the needs of the host organization. Normally volunteers work Monday through Friday, though special events and activities sometimes require their presence during weekends.
The program fee covers administrative charges, accommodation and food (provided by a host-family), pre-departure preparation assistance, beginner's Russian/Kyrgyz language classes and 24-hour support and guidance from professional, locally based staff. If you need a guided transfer from the Bishkek Airport to Karakol, an additional 50 EUR will be charged.
The program fee does not cover your roundtrip flight to Kyrgyzstan. Your visa, medical and travel insurance, airport departure taxes, and travel expenses during your stay in Karakol (if not directly connected to the volunteer work) are your responsibility. Costs of personal Internet time and phone calls are also the responsibility of the volunteer.
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