We need your help! Youth-led community projects in the mountains of Livingstonia, Malawi

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  Descrição

  ABOUT US:
  Welcome to a youth-led community-based organization (CBO) operating in the rural Livingstonia Mountains of Rumphi district, along the Eastern border of the Nyika National Park, in northern Malawi. Since our formation on 19 November 2020, we have been dedicated to driving positive change and empowering communities in the Phoka Area. Our projects are self-starter initiatives that tap directly into the exact needs of our daily lives. We work to uplift our status quo using local solutions, and all our efforts are centered on building and strengthening rural projects.
  
  WHAT IS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
  A community foundation is a philanthropic organization that serves a specific geographic area, pooling resources to support local-driven developmental projects. These foundations empower communities by mobilizing both in-kind and in-cash resources, channels those resources to invest them back into the community to address the most pressing local needs, inorder to improve quality of life and drive sustainable community development.
  
  HOW VOLUNTEERS CAN HELP BUILD OUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
  As we transition into a youth-led community foundation, volunteers would play a crucial role in building this structure from the ground up. Volunteers will be instrumental in the following aspects:
  •Engaging with local residents to understand their needs and priorities.
  •Assisting in capacity building efforts to strengthen our organization's governance, fundraising, and strategic
  planning capabilities.
  •Contributing to program development and implementation, ensuring that initiatives are responsive to community
  needs and priorities.
  •Supporting partnership-building efforts to forge collaborations with local organizations, government agencies, and
  donors.
  •Documenting and sharing our journey as we establish the place as a community foundation, including
  storytelling, photography, videography, and reporting.
  
  PROJECTS:
  We host volunteers who would love to help in the following projects:
  1. Elderly Companionship Projects: Providing companionship and support to elderly members of our community. Specific activities include:
  a. Visiting elderly individuals in their homes
  b. Engaging in conversations and social interactions
  c. Assisting with household tasks and chores
  d. Organizing recreational activities and outings
  
  2. Fighting Menstrual Issues Among Adolescent Girls in Schools: Conducting education and awareness programs to address menstrual health challenges. Specific activities include:
  a. Conducting workshops and training sessions on menstrual hygiene management
  b. Distributing sanitary pads and hygiene kits to adolescent girls
  c. Facilitating discussions on reproductive health and menstrual health education
  d. Collaborating with schools to implement sustainable menstrual hygiene programs
  
  3. Community Sustainable Agricultural Projects: Implementing sustainable agriculture practices and promoting food security. Specific activities include:
  a. Establishing and maintaining community gardens and agricultural plots
  b. Training community members in organic farming techniques
  c. Introducing agroforestry and permaculture principles
  d. Promoting crop diversification and conservation agriculture
  e. Animal farming
  
  4.Office Work, Data Collection, and Analysis: Assisting with administrative tasks, data collection, and analysis. Specific activities include:
  a. Assisting with project planning and coordination
  b. Collecting and organizing data from field activities and surveys
  c. Conducting data entry and analysis using software tools
  d. Assisting in report writing and documentation of project outcomes
  
  5.Community Education: Conducting educational programs on various topics to empower our community. Specific activities include:
  a. Organizing workshops and seminars on relevant issues such as health, education, and entrepreneurship
  b. Facilitating training sessions on life skills, financial literacy, and vocational training
  c. Hosting awareness campaigns on social and environmental issues
  d. Providing mentorship and coaching to youth and community members
  
  6.Ending Poverty by Empowering Youth and Women: Implementing initiatives to empower youth and women economically. Specific activities include:
  a. Establishing youth and women's entrepreneurship programs
  b. Providing training in business skills, financial management, and market access
  c. Supporting income-generating activities such as small-scale farming, handicrafts, and micro-enterprises
  d. Facilitating access to microfinance and savings groups
  
  VALUES: We uphold the following values:
  1. Determination
  2. Passion
  3. Hard work
  4. Results
  5. Self-motivation
  6. Team spirit
  7. Reciprocity
  8. Transparency
  9. Accountability
  
  STRATEGIC GOALS:
  1. Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030)
  2. Malawi Vision 2063
  3. Malawi Growth and Development Strategies (MGDS III)
  
  STRATEGIES:
  1.Climate Action and Sustainable Agriculture:
  a. Training communities in practices to reduce environmental degradation and alter global temperatures.
  b. Advocating for biodiversity conservation and carbon emissions reduction.
  2.Water, Sanitation, and Health:
  a. Empowering local authorities to manage water resources.
  b. Improving sustainable access to water supply and sanitation.
  3.Women and Youth Empowerment:
  a. Increasing women and youth small and medium-scale businesses.
  b. Promoting education and training to reduce child marriages and early pregnancies.
  
  FUNDRAISING:
  As a newly built community foundation, we rely on both the local and international community of partners and or volunteers' help to mobilize finances, items, ideas and all other resource that is useful for our work. Volunteers will assist in organizing local and international fundraising campaigns, seeking donations, grant applications and mobilizing resources to support our projects and initiatives. Your support makes a difference in realizing our community development goals.
  
  AMBASSADORSHIP:
  Become an ambassador for our organization! Spread awareness about our mission, engage with your network to garner support, and represent our organization with pride and enthusiasm. Your ambassadorship can amplify our impact and reach new heights in community development.
  Join us in building a brighter future for Livingstonia.
  
  JOIN US!!
  Are you ready to embark on a meaningful journey of impact and adventure in rural Malawi? Apply now to join us in Livingstonia as we build a brighter future for our community!
  
  We look forward to welcoming you to our team!

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Trabalho beneficente

  Projetos artísticos

  Prática de idiomas

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Companhia para idosos

  Ensino

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Hotelaria/turismo

  Manutenção geral

  Ajuda com computadores/internet
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  It will be an unforgettable experience - you will get to engage in Malawian life, learn more about the culture, share your knowledge and have meaningful interactions with the locals.
  You will be assisting a small grassroots organisation which is run entirely by volunteers, sources funds from internal contributions, tree nursery sales and receives no international funding. Your time and help will make a difference to some of the poorest people in Malawi.
  Volunteering can be a great way to build confidence, develop personally, learn new skills or even just develop old ones. It looks good on your CV (resume) and may give you something interesting to talk about in a job interview.
  
  VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMES
  When you apply to volunteer with our project we will do our best to tailor a program which is suitable to your skills and the needs of the organization. Please let us know before you arrive if you have any specific skills or areas of interest so we can plan activities accordingly.
  When you arrive in Livingstonia, Rumphi, you will be met by a member of the our project team and taken to your accommodation to get settled. We can also help you with other tasks such as buying a local SIM (for internet data, texts and calls) or any other essentials you may need.
  The next (weekday) morning, you will be taken to our project’s office where you will be able to meet other members and volunteers. You will be given a chance to learn more about our project and to introduce yourself to the team. Together we will create a programme which can make best use of your skills, interests and time.
  Volunteers generally work five days a week and have their weekends off, although this timetable is flexible (sometimes there will be an activity planned at the weekend.) Every Monday morning there will be a team meeting at the projects office for us to share ideas and plan the activities for the week ahead. All volunteers are expected to attend this meeting weekly to enable us to collaborate effectively as a group. All volunteers will also be invited to the our projects Whatsapp group, where we share photos and information about our activities with other members.
  For those who have a laptop or who would like to help with grant writing, blogs and other administrative work, we generally spend the mornings in the office (from approximately 8:00 until 12:00) before going home for lunch. The afternoon activities can vary depending on the day and the program of the volunteers.
  Volunteers with specific skills and experience can request to work with one of our local partners outside of our project. For example, we can help doctors or those with a medical background to be placed in a local hospital or arrange for teachers to assist in a school. Volunteers are encouraged to come forward with creative concepts for new projects which can help the community. While we welcome all ideas, we do request that you continue to involve our project in your plans during your stay through continued communication with other members, and by attending the weekly meetings.
  
  WEEKENDS
  During weekends volunteers might chose to visit places of tourist attractions around Livingstonia such as the Mantchewe falls, Ancestral caves, farm eco-lodge, the old Livingstonia missionary church, Stone house museum, hiking at the Chombe plateau, hiking to the Nyika National Park.. Workawayers might also chose to visit the beaches at the fresh water lake Malawi which is 15km from Livingstonia. We have a motorbike at the office, which you could rent for your travels to help us raise income for our office works.

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  Projetos que envolvem crianças

  Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

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  Ajuda

  Workawayers would be very helpful in the following ways..
  - help us with organising project activities and executing them
  - represent the organisation in meetings with different stakeholders
  - help us in the field with companion visits and donating items
  - photography and videography
  - help with developing project documents such as concept notes, reports, minutes of meetings, business plans, activity plans, budgets etc.
  - help with organising fundraisers for different causes- within our community and on online platforms
  - we need help from volunteers whom can share their skills and knowledge.
  - help manage our social media platforms and scheduling for posts during the whole period of their stay.
  
  To achieve sustainable development in Livingstonia, Rumphi, Malawi.. workawayers will be very useful in all our project thematic areas:
  ● Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture: Tree planting activities, promotion and construction of improved firewood cooking stoves, briquette fabrication from market wastes and maize husks, promotion of organic farming techniques and raising awareness about environmental issues.
  ● Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH): Training of villagers in hygienic issues, waste collection activities, facilitation of the construction of public toilets and awareness raising about the importance of a clean and hygienic environment, menstruation hygiene in schools and the community.
  ● Women and Youth Empowerment: Training in income generation activities and encouragement to take part in decision making processes, facilitation of access to schools for underprivileged girls and boys, managing pen-pal schemes to improve communication, cultural awareness and language skills, training and awareness raising on HIV/AIDS prevention and the importance of healthy nutrition..

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja: Fluente

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  We're interested to learn your mother language.
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  Acomodação

  We encourage volunteers to opt for our homestay accommodation option, where you will be hosted by one of our project’s members or friends in their family home. This is a great opportunity to experience the unique culture of Malawi and to interact and make friends with a local family. You will have your own room and private space for sleeping or relaxing in the evenings. We will do our best to ensure that you are comfortable and well looked after during your stay, however please be aware that facilities are basic, some hosts and you must be comfortable using local drop toilets and bucket showers.
  
  Your food will be prepared by the family and you will receive 3 meals a day. The food mainly consists of tea/coffee and some bread/cake/porridge or potatoes for breakfast. For lunch and dinner we generally eat rice or nsima (a local dish made from maize flour) with some vegetables, beans, meat or fish. Sometimes, fruit or salad will also be served. This is the staple food here and we hope you learn to love it! Volunteers will also be able to help their host family with preparing the food and even cook a dish from their own country if they wish.
  
  We do not limit volunteers the right to contribute towards groceries and accommodation costs. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements before arriving - Vegetarian, vegan and other diets can be catered for. If volunteers require any other snacks beside the three main meals these can easily be purchased in the local market. Bottled water is not included but is also available at the local market.
  
  If the volunteer prefers to stay on their own, other arrangements are also possible. For volunteers that are travelling in a car or are carrying tents, we can provide free access to a fenced space with running water and sanitation facilities. If needed, we can also provide a charcoal stove for cooking.
  
  For those who prefer to cook for themselves and have more privacy, the option of renting a small private apartment can be discussed with us. There is the a lodge available and we can assist you in finding an affordable option if required.

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  Algo mais...

  The Livingstonia mountains being at the foot of the famous Nyika National PARK, provides a great playing grounds for people who love-- hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking, photographing.
  
  The fresh water lake is 15km down the mountains. With nice beaches to spend your free time. You will enjoy walking on foot in the path of GORODI, looking at a the amazing scenery beauty and beyond the lake to Mozambique and Tanzania. The closest city is Mzuzu, about 3 hours away on public transport.

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  We have fast 5G network provided by TNM and Airtel, making it easy for digital nomads.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  2

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  Horas previstas

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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