International Volunteering Opportunities
- Are you a Malawian Diaspora in the UK?
- Do you have a passion in making a positive difference in people's lives through international volunteering?
- Are you a highly organized individual and capable of generating and managing your own workload?
- Are you adaptable and flexible to work in resource-constraint settings within the health and education sectors of Malawi?
- Are you enthusiastic, motivated and a strong team player comfortable working within diverse and multi-disciplinary settings
- Do you have sound academic qualifications and experience in the field of education or health (in the broadest sense) as outlined in the scope of work below?
Answered yes to most or all of the questions above? Then MIND would like to hear from you. We will offer you personal development and meet the cost of flights, insurance, accommodation, food and general upkeep whilst in Malawi. You will in turn, share your skills within our international Diaspora volunteering program which lasts between 4-6 weeks
About MIND: An International Development Organization formed by Diaspora Malawians and fully registered as a charity in Scotland. MIND mobilizes resources, recruits and deploys skilled volunteers from the Diaspora to work in the education and health sectors of Malawi aimed at improving the socio-economic life of disadvantaged communities
Our funders: UK AID/DFID, through Voluntary Service Organization (VSO)
Motivated and interested? Then email your two paged CV and a cover letter to:
MIND, 11 Queens Crescent, Glasgow G 4 9 AS
Deadline for receiving applications: 8th May (Previous Volunteers and those who sent a speculative CV only need to send a cover letter indicating preferred placement location (s) and deployment period
Interviews: First week June Venue: TBC
Deployment plan: First batch second week of July, second batch first week of October 2010
POSITIONS, SCOPE OF WORK AND SKILLS REQUIRED
Teaching, curriculum review & development
- Blantyre Teacher Training College
- Montfort Teacher Training College
HIV/AIDS (Advocacy, health promotion, counseling, outreach work, community support, home-based care, volunteer development)
- The Light House, Lilongwe
Maternal and child health settings, nursing services, public health, research and capacity building to local staff
- Likuni Mission Hospital (Lilongwe)
- St John's Mission Hospital (Mzuzu)
- Malamulo Mission Hospital (Thyolo)
- Ekwendeni Mission Hospital (Mzuzu)
Teaching, curriculum development, student supervision
- St John's Nursing School, Mzuzu
- Malamulo College of Health Sciences, Thyolo
- Lilongwe College of Health Sciences
Mental health Services and nursing care
- Bwaila Hospital, Lilongwe
Counseling services
- The Light House, Lilongwe
- Bwaila Hospital, Lilongwe
Mentoring and staff development
- Applicable to all of the above positions
Systems development and organizational management
- Applicable to all of the above positions