VSO India
E-4, Clarion Collection
The Qutab Hotel Complex
Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg
New Delhi 110 016
Email: infovsoindia@vsoint.org
Telephone: +91 (11) 4668 1501-04
Fax: +91 (11) 4668 1505
Last date for receipt of application: 04.12.2013
VSO India would request your support in helping us reach out to talented and competent young individuals who would be interested in taking the lead in building one of our youth run and led programmes, the International Citizen Service.
International Citizen Service (ICS) is a 3 month international
volunteering programme that aims at building mutual respect and
understanding among young people and facilitates the process of
becoming active citizens in an increasingly global world. In India the
ICS programme is implemented by VSO India, a development organisation
that seeks to foster partnerships with organisations and people in order to channel the spirit of volunteerism towards development goals of health, education, livelihood and disability. The programme involves working with young people from the United Kingdom for a period of three months, while living in a rural community in India. The time period for the programme would be March 31, 2014 – June 30, 2014.
A learning opportunity for young people
ICS offers an opportunity to learn by experience about the diversity of peoples’ lives within the global community, develop knowledge, skills and values. The programme will provide you with the opportunity
to engage with critical, social and developmental issues first hand and contribute to the learning and development of a cross cultural team.
ICS looking for a highly motivated young person, who can work with a diverse group of young people, is well organised and is up for the challenge of a highly intense experience.
Structure of the programme:
The programme is structured around five 'core components’.
Counterpart Pairs: Each volunteer has one counterpart from the United Kingdom with whom they shall live. They may also have another counterpart with whom they work.
Host communities: The volunteers live and work in a rural/non-urban Indian community that is new to all of them.
Host homes: Each pair of volunteers will be staying with a family in the host community. Just as we look for diversity in our volunteers and communities, we also encourage variety in our host homes.
Work placements: Work placements are structured such that the volunteers are able to have maximum take away about the community and its issues and at the same time make a positive and practical contribution to community initiatives.
Educational activity days (EADs): Usually held once a week, EADs provide the volunteers with an opportunity to come together and engage in active learning about community development issues affecting India as a whole. Each week, different counterpart pairs run the sessions.
For this programme the applicant must:
Be an Indian national
Between the ages of 21 – 25 years
Is comfortable conversing in both Hindi and English
For more details on the International Citizen Service please visit our websites www.volunteerics.org/vso-ics or contact Pallavi Kaushal at 011- 46681501 - 04 and /or mail us at pallavi.kaushal@vsoint.org or
Organisation:
VSO India
Email Address:
Website:
www.volunteerics.org/vso-ics
Minimum Education required:
Postgraduate
Specialisation required:
Others
Type of employer:
Charity/NGO
Work location:
Delhi
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