GVN News

10:14am 23 July 2010  
Filed under: GVN, Program Information, Thailand

GVN now has opportunities for volunteers to work hands on with domesticated elephants who have spent their lives being exploited for the tourism industry.

Volunteers are needed to assist the local staff at the Refuge Centre to ensure that from now onwards the elephants have a better quality of life in their natural environment.

To find out more go to http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/thailand

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10:37am 10 June 2010  
Filed under: Fees, Ghana (Community Development), Ghana (Peace), Program Information, Programs

Our new Ghana partner allows volunteers to help in facilitating peace education cells in a small Ghanaian community, engaging in topics such as female empowerment and domestic violence. They have recently adjusted their program fees; this change applies to volunteers who pay their application fee from 17 June 2010 onwards.

The program fee for volunteers who pay their application fee from 17 June 2010 onwards will be:
Cost for 2 weeks - US $779
Cost for 3 weeks - US $969
Cost for 1 month - US $1159
Cost for 6 weeks - US $1539
Cost for 2 months - US $1919
Cost for 10 weeks - US $2299
Cost for 3 months - US $2679
Cost for 4 months - US $3439
Cost for 5 months - US $4199
Cost for 6 months - US $4959

> Ghana Peace Program

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11:47am 12 February 2010  
Filed under: GVN, News, Program Information, Programs

The meeting with the Haiti Advanced Team in New York went extremely well. Nadine McNeil, Project Leader,presented the Assessment Report which outlined the current state of conditions on the ground in Haiti; and the volunteer profile and skill set that will be required over the next 12 months.

Excerpts from the Team Assessment Report:
CURRENT OVERALL CONDITIONS:
The initial recovery teams have left and most crisis medical care has been done. The medical needs now are in the realm of broken bones that were never set, secondary infections and maladies due to toxic living conditions and poverty-related illnesses. The roads need to be repaired and built. Buildings need to be rebuilt or made structurally sound again. Communication systems need to be established. Housing needs to be a major priority as approximately 1.5 million people were displaced, a total of 3 million affected. Infrastructure basics such as running water and plumbing are needed to attenuate the ubiquitous diseases that have caused one of the world’s highest rates of infant mortality.

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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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