I'm thinking about volunteering...

[Skweeky]

... in Ghana for 3 months.
I've been looking online and it would cost me about £2K to go but it would be a cool thing to do before I have kids.

What do yous think?

[Proper Bo]

Did you know these so-called volunteers don't even get paid?

[Skweeky]

:lol:

BTW
Whitley Bay was on the telly last night. Something about ASBO's

[Proper Bo]

Was it that we've got the lowest number of them in the country cause we're geet posh, like?

[Skweeky]

Not exactly.


BTW, does anyone else feel like killing that annoying guy who does the TELEWEST intro every time you switch on the box??? :angry:

[Proper Bo]

yes, though I find just changing the channel soon sorts that.

[suprafreak6]

i think you should do it, if i was old enough and out of college i would do it...

[BrolyBoo]

No, dont

[Buffalo]

Don't do it, you can come to Norfolk for only £1K and we need you, fact

[S!X]

Don't even think about doing that.

[Buffalo]

Hi Mr Linkin,
Norfolk is a nice place, nice fresh air, lots of veg & sea... fact

[Lilmiss]

I volunteer.

I get paid. :huh:

[callum]

i think that's called a job

[Lilmiss]

nut, it's called volunteer work. :happy:

[DanB]

wrong theaf :P

[Lilmiss]

:huh: wha?

[DanB]

:huh: wha?

Sorry confusuion should be over

[callum]

i done some volunteer work before, i was forced into it by the job centre

[Lilmiss]

I do it every so often, but don't expect owt from it.
Changing light bulbs, clearing gardens, taking peeps to visit their spouse in hosp, listening to oldies who don't wanna go into counseling.....everything is good.

Makes ya feel fucking great, as well as helping some poor ole dear.
Volunteering day is coming up in May or something, btw. :happy:

[mildthrill]

Here's my two cents... I volunteered in India for 6 months so this is a little of what I learned about the foreign volunteer experience.

1- If it's really about helping people, don't go, just send your money. £2K is a shit-ton in developing countries that would be able to pay locals to do the same thing you'd be doing for a longer length of time and do it 10X better given that they know the language, culture struggles and so forth. This way you'd be doing more with your money by creating jobs while still providing the work required to foster change.

2- If it's the experience you want, stay out of the way the best you can. Be independent: Seek your own accommodations, deal with getting food on your own, finding your own transportation. People inside the projects should be spending 100% of their attention on the projects, not on worrying if their volunteers are happy and taken care of.

Um, I don't want to tell you do it or don't, but maybe that'll help?

[100%]

For 2K£ you could go to any corner in the world and stay there for a long time, have a great time and help those you wish to help.
Especially africa, asia
I have a friend who does social help for the government in Malawi and Botswana, I am meeting her next weekend, if you want i can ask her if there are any jobs available down there, and or what would be the best thing you could do.
BTW what does that Ghana volunteer thing offer? What exactly will you be doing?
You could also go to a Kibutz in Isreal. It's a popular thing to do, can be alot of work though, feeding chickens etc
I have a friend who runs an art residency in Zambia, with housing etc if you want i could also ask him if there is anything which you could do which would really help the people down there.

[Skweeky]

Actually, I was thinking about teaching. I used to do some tutoring in high school and I really enjoyed being a trainer as well.
I don't have the time to get an actual teaching degree, but I know enough to teach the basics of just about anything

[100%]

ok i will ask around if you wish.
Have you looked for teaching jobs abroad?

[Jagarga]

nuclear propulsion

[Gripper]

Go for it Skweeky,do all you can before you settle down,you'll only live to regret it if you don't.

[Colt Seevers]

Just to clarify - you can get paid for volountary work. Just ask anyone in the TA (Territorial Army) That's volountary and they get paid, ...theres an idea skweeky join the TA and help out in Iragi / Afganistan in the rear with the gear though :)

They pay you, and it won't cost ya 2k :D

[Barbarossa]

Why go all the way to ghana when there's plenty of volunteering to be done in Scotland :blink:

[Jagarga]

why come to scotland at all. it's a shit hole.