Volunteers For Community Development
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1. Working with volunteers at grass root level:
Rwenzori
Rural Health Services (RRHS) offers professionals and intern students
the opportunity to work as volunteers to improve rural communities. RRHS
believes that when professionals combine efforts, issues related to
poverty may reduce. Working to develop communities in rural areas in the
Rwenzori Region is a very enriching experience for good volunteers. It
might open widows for future career in development as well.
RRHS
considers the volunteers program as an important aspect of its work,
since upon return to respective area of origin, the volunteer can inform
their family friends, private supporters about the work, culture, life
of the people in rural areas. The volunteer gives professional guidance
to communities and communities directly share experience with the
volunteer.
The
volunteer usually expresses the need in writing, explains his/her
capabilities or completes the official application to
serve the community. RRHS defines the tasks to be handled by the
volunteer when approved.
The duties of the volunteer ranges from:
- Working in the office (database filling, general communication, project proposal development, ICT) etc.
- Working with communities on activities like educating young people on HIV/AIDS, either in school or out of school
- Working on a water and sanitation program (= educating water committees on maintenance of water springs, general hygiene in home)
- Handling issues of maternal health; and any other community program that the community may demand.
Rwenzori
Rural Health Services expects that the volunteer, when completing
his/her mission, shall prepare a report to RRHS and - where applicable -
assists in publicizing the services of RRHS, even when he or she has
returned to his/her respective country/area of origin.
2. Purpose of working with volunteers:
- Increasing global partnership for rural development
- Capacity strengthening of RRHS and bridging the gap between professionals and rural communities
- Stimulating professionals willing and interested to work with rural communities for grass root development
- Stimulating national and international students to start thinking about values of voluntary service and rural community experience sharing
3. Who can be a volunteer?
Volunteers
working at RRHS are mostly people with good behaviour, reliable,
trustworthy, self motivated, willing to serve, with a profession, new
graduates or interns, of age between 18 to 65.Volunteers may come with
professions or skills related to social work or community
development. The volunteer shall work for RRHS for a period ranging from 1
week.
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4. Volunteer commitment
a. All services done by a volunteer in the Rwenzori Region will be voluntary.
b. Costs related to work may be cost shared.
c. Volunteer must comply with the rules of the organization and the regulations of the country.
d. The volunteer is expected to be open and respectful.
e. The volunteer is considered as a staff of the organization and he/she
should accept to contribute to the growth of the organization.
5. RRHS' Commitment in receiving volunteers
- RRHS prepares a job description for the volunteer.
- RRHS commits itself to welcome the volunteer and points one staff to support him/her during period of stay.
- RRHS reserves the right to accept or refer the application of volunteers. In case of gross in disciplinary action, management shall cancel the contract with the volunteer, after discussion about the issue.
6. How to register an interest:
If you would like to register an interest to volunteer or intern with RRHS, please email us for more details at ruralservices60@gmail.com.
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| RRHS -Values planning Most. Feel free to come and join our meetings for Development. 7. Letter from the Executive Director - Call for Volunteers: Dear / Sir /Madam.
Subject: APPLICATION FOR A VOLUNTEER
Rwenzori
Rural Health Services (RRHS) is seeking to work with an
international volunteer for a purpose of skill sharing, capacity building and
institutional development.
Rwenzori Rural Health
Services, Website: http://rrhskasese.blogspot.com/
which is rural based is working with small rural communities, and schools to
ensure that health is improved.
Rwenzori Rural Health Services
was founded to improve rural services, support communities in need and
supplementing Government efforts in achieving some of the sustainable
Development Goals No. preferably No 3 and 17
We need a volunteer that
would support communities on the RRHS Core programs below:
If you are interested, or know someone who is, please email us at ruralservices60@gmail.com
We remain yours faithfully, Kiima T. Charles Executive Director
8. Recommendations:
To Whom it May Concern: July
25, 2011
I have had the
great pleasure of volunteering Rwenzori Rural Health Services (RRHS) in Kasese,
Uganda in 2008, and assisting Mr. Charles Thembo with RRHS from the United
States for the past three years after. During my time in Kasese, I worked very
closely Mr. Thembo in a variety of settings, including helping patients in a rural
public healthcare clinic, performing educational community talks about health
and sanitation, and planning access to clean water supplies. As part of my experience,
I was able to transport a microscope from the United States, donated by Mark
Fosbender of Micro Optics in Ft. Laurderdale, Florida, as well as raise funds
which helped to purchase medications which treated over 1,000 patients, and
purchase building materials for a rural healthcare clinic focused towards women
and children.
What strikes me
most about Rwenzori Rural Health Services is their multifaceted approach to
healthcare. The primary goal of RRHS is to improve healthcare for the underserved
people of rural Uganda, with a focus on women and children. What is remarkable
about RRHS’s strategy is their understanding that good health stems from many factors.
This is clearly demonstrated in their different endeavors, which include:
educational talks in local communities about various health- and
sanitation-related topics; supporting a local high school drama group that
performs HIV/AIDS awareness plays; holding free health fairs for rural
communities; building clean water tanks in remote regions; and constructing a medical
clinic in a rural village to provide access to health care for women and
children.
The president of
Rwenzori Rural Health Services, Mr. Charles Thembo, is an intelligent, capable,
honest, and dedicated individual, who works with exceptional passion.
Concordantly, his fellow RRHS members are quite remarkable, all professionals working
free of charge in a community where many struggle just to put food on the table.
RRHS has made great progress from starting from scratch in 2003 to being
presented at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2010, due to the dedication of
its members and their ability to inspire both their local community and caring
individuals internationally.
Having known this
organization and worked with them closely for the past three years, I feel very
confident in highly recommending them for your grant to build a healthcare
clinic that will aid in improving the health of impoverished children and their
communities. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration of RRHS for your grant.
Sincerely,
Mithai Avondstondt
University
of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Candidate
for Doctorate in Medicine, 2012
1133 Sevilla Ave, Coral Gables, FL
33134
M.Avondstondt@gmail.com
(305) 915-9677
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