📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Voluntary Workcamps Association of Nigeria (VWAN) is a registered non-profit organisation founded in 1963. Our activities are carried out through the service of volunteers towards community building and promoting a culture of peace, promote global citizenship, facilitate learning and exchanges on topical global issues and local challenges. We organize volunteering support for the development of grassroots community projects and initiatives, which enables meaningful exchanges of volunteers across the globe to live and work together and break down barriers.
💼 What the programme involves
Construction of classrooms, making bricks and collection of building materials.
Raise public awareness on the importance of personal and environmental health in school.
Drilling bore hole in the community.
School based hygiene and sanitation clubs.
Stimulating the formation of various youth clubs connected to community development.
Establishment of youth/children water committees (CWC).
Create community awareness on the contribution of poor environment sanitation, poor personal hygiene and use of unsafe water to drink to diseases.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Near the School project, volunteers will stay together in Accommodation provided in a School classroom within the project community or Guest Houses. There are latrines and bathrooms.
📍 About the location
Abaren is a small village closer to Mowe Town and almost sharing border point between 2 States (Lagos & Ogun States). Leisure closer to consider are resorts, nature, historical places with cultural values.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteer should apply through our partner organisation and also fill a placement form to ease the process of exchange. Volunteer will also be picked up from the Airport and return back to the Airport after the project without any cost (free).