GVN News

9:43am 4 February 2010  
Filed under: GVN, GVN Foundation, News, Program Information, Programs

Thank you for your ongoing patience regarding volunteering in Haiti. To date we have received nearly 10,000 enquiries so as you can imagine it has been quite busy… I am on my way to New York to meet with Nadine McNeil who headed up the advanced team that just returned from Haiti. I will be able to give you more details following this meeting.

What I do know is that the emergency relief phase is taking much longer than everyone thought. In fact estimates are that nearly 250,000 people lost their lives during the quake. So our March date of beginning the next phase may be a little optimistic.

Accommodation continues to be in short supply and many of the relief workers have been getting sick from the water. The airport is still not open to commercial flights and may not open for another 3 weeks.

Nadine McNeil, GVN Haiti Advanced Team Leader and Project Co-ordinator has returned to Jamaica following the five day assessment in Haiti and provided us with a preliminary report which is available online for you to listen to:
http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/haiti/nadine.php

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9:56am 29 January 2010  
Filed under: GVN, News, Program Information

On Monday 25 January, the Advanced Team arrived safely in Haiti.

There are seven members of the team:
MCNEIL, Nadine, Jamaica, - Team Leader, Project Co-ordinator
ANDERSON, Danica, USA - Forensic psychotherapist and trauma expert
POMILLIO, Lawrence, USA - HIV/AIDS Specialist, Zen and Martial arts
KALENICH, Steven, USA - Construction and Logistics
FONS, Joseph, Spain - Communications and IT
SUICA, Andrea, Canada - PR
CARVALHO, Alex, Brazil - Physician

Nadine McNeil reports that the team are currently staying at the premises of AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team), in Delmas, just outside of the main airport.

“Currently we’re housed in a tent on the AMURT compound however may be re-locating later on this week. Conditions are tough and all of the team while suffering from sleep deprivation and varying degrees of discomfort, are in good spirits,” says Nadine.

DAY 1: 26 JAN

• Alex Carvalho has partnered with doctors from AMURT Haiti and will travel with them today providing hands-on support and donating medicine as and when appropriate.

• Andrea Suica and Lawrence Pomilio are accompanying AMURT on field assessment visits and meeting other NGOs to identify gaps in the support response.

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10:45am 24 December 2009  
Filed under: Costa Rica, Fees, GVN, Honduras, Peru, Program Information, Programs

Our partner organisations in Honduras, Costa Rica, and Peru have set their program fees for 2010.

Honduras

Due to increases in the cost of living and transport costs in Honduras, our partner will raise their program fee. This change will take effect to all volunteers who pay their application fees from January 1st 2010 onwards. The new program fee prices are:

• Cost for 2 weeks - US $756
• Cost for 3 weeks - US $861
• Cost for 4 weeks - US $987
• Cost for 5 weeks - US $1092
• Cost for 6 weeks - US $1176
• Cost for 8 weeks - US $1408
• Cost for 10 weeks - US $1686
• Cost for 12 weeks - US $1964

> Honduras volunteer program

Costa Rica

Due to increases in the accommodation costs and subscription fee in Costa Rica, our partner will raise their program fee. This change will take effect to all volunteers who pay their application fees from January 1st 2010 onwards. The new program fee prices are:

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11:38am 28 September 2009  
Filed under: Fees, Kenya, Program Information

To cover expenses for the GVN Kenya representative, the Kenya program fee will increase by US $50. This will apply to all volunteers who pay their application fee from Monday 5 October 2009 onwards.

The Kenya program fees for volunteers who pay their application fee from 4 October 2009 onwards are

• Cost for 2 weeks - US $697
• Cost for 3 weeks - US $797
• Cost for 1 month - US $897
• Cost for 5 weeks - US $997
• Cost for 6 weeks - US $1097
• Cost for 2 months - US $1297
• Cost for 10 weeks - US $1497
• Cost for 3 months - US $1697
• Cost for 4 months - US $2097
• Cost for 5 months - US $2497
• Cost for 6 months - US $2897

> Kenya Volunteer Program

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2:56pm 24 June 2009  
Filed under: Costa Rica, Fees, Program Information

Due to increases in the cost of accommodation, park entrance and coordination fees in Costa Rica, our partner will raise their program fee. This change will take effect to all volunteers who pay their application fees from July 1st 2009 onwards. The new program fee prices are:

Cost for 2 weeks - US $914
Cost for 3 weeks - US $1040
Cost for 4 weeks - US $1160
Cost for 4 weeks (2 programs) - US $1260
Cost for 5 weeks - US $1392
Cost for 6 weeks - US $1518
Cost for 8 weeks - US $1722
Cost for 10 weeks - US $2052
Cost for 12 weeks - US $2374
>Costa Rica Volunteer Program

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2:48pm  
Filed under: Fees, Program Information, Romania

Due to increases in the cost of living in Romania, our partner will raise their program fee. This change will take effect to all volunteers who pay their application fees from July 1st 2009 onwards. The new program fee prices are:

Cost for 6 weeks - US $1037
Cost for 7 weeks - US $1187
Cost for 8 weeks - US $1337
Cost for 9 weeks - US $1487
Cost for 10 weeks - US $1637
Cost for 12 weeks - US $1937
> Romania Volunteer Program

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5:33pm 23 June 2009  
Filed under: Fees, Program Information, Rwanda

Due to the need to hire a translator our partner in Rwanda will raise their program fee for 4 weeks to $1197/month. This change will take effect for volunteers who pay their application fee from 1 July 2009 onwards.
> Rwanda Volunteer Program

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3:23pm 6 May 2009  
Filed under: Fees, Program Information, South Africa

Due to the increase in the cost of living during the Soccer World Cup in South Africa in 2010, our partner program is applying a ‘world cup levy’ to volunteers volunteering between the dates of May 1, 2010 and July 17, 2010. During those dates the new program fee for 4 weeks will be $1347/month.
> South Africa Youth Volunteer Program

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11:52am 3 December 2008  
Filed under: Ethiopia, Fees, Program Information, Programs

Due to increases in the cost of living in Ethiopia, our partner will raise their program fee. This change will take effect to all volunteers who pay their application fees from December 11th 2008 onwards. The new program fee prices are:

Cost for 1 month - US $797
Cost for 2 months - US $1247
Cost for 3 months - US $1697

> Volunteer in Ethiopia

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4:33pm 16 September 2008  
Filed under: Ecuador, Fees, Program Information

Our partner organisation in Ecuador has announced their program fees for 2009. These fees will apply to all volunteers starting in 2009, who pay their program fee from 23 September 2008 onwards.

2009 fees for mainland reserves:

• 2 weeks: US $527
• 3 weeks: US $632
• 4 weeks: US $747
• 5 weeks: US $842
• 6 weeks: US $952
• 7 weeks: US $1042
• 8 weeks: US $1127
• 9 weeks: US $1232
• 10 weeks: US $1322
• 11 weeks: US $1427
• 12 weeks: US $1512
• 16 weeks: US $1892
• 20 weeks: US $2282
• 24 weeks: US $2657

2009 fees for San Cristobal (Galapagos Islands):

• 2 weeks: US $702
• 3 weeks: US $902
• 4 weeks: US $1097
• 5 weeks: US $1277
• 6 weeks: US $1447
• 7 weeks: US $1622
• 8 weeks: US $1792
• 9 weeks: US $1972
• 10 weeks: US $2137
• 11 weeks: US $2317
• 12 weeks: US $2487
• 16 weeks: US $3177
• 20 weeks: US $3872
• 24 weeks: US $4562

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