Volunteers

Valued Visitor,

Cambodia is one of the developing countries full of wonderful people and scenery. Unfortunately, more than 19,000 Cambodian children are orphans. They scattered across town and street looking for places to stay and often dig foods directly from filthy trash hoping to find some good delicious left over meals.

Their everyday lives consists of roaming the streets, digging and touching trashes, hang out with other orphans (god knows what they are doing…drugs, robbery, begging…etc), and end their day by sleeping in the cold without warm blanket to cover their shivering body. Most are heavily affected with lice and have developed health problem.

With no one to provide shelter or care, many of these orphaned and abandoned children become undernourished and will not receive an education. Police often view street orphans as a menace to the community rather than minors that need their protection. They will grow up without ever feeling loved.

Your Cambodian Street Children Organization is struggling to improve the condition.

YCSCO is resource poor and need volunteers to run many programs. Volunteers can play a genuine responsibility to improve the life of orphans by providing education and extra curricular activities. Working in an orphanage is a perfect place for volunteers willing to share love, passion, and efforts for poor kids. You can make a difference by spending your next vacation helping orphans and abandoned children. Play with children in orphanage, teach street children, and have an experience you'll never forget.

Role of a volunteer

There are many activities to improve the educational and skills enhancement of the children. Volunteers depending on the need of a project and skills/interests can involve in any of the following activities:

· Teach languages, education, and life skills (1-2 hours a day)
· Help kids dress up
· Organizing fun extracurricular activities
· Helping kids in homework
· Help in food prep and distribution
· Assist in any other works
· Have fun with kids
· Helping with administration works

Accommodation for volunteers

YCSCO will assist you in every step to make sure your stay with us is fun and valuable. When volunteers arrive, they will have peace of mind that YCSCO has already prepared for them.

· Room is already reserved equip with air condition

· Airport pickup
· Hot meals

There are numerous options for volunteers to explore Cambodia in free time. They can use taxi/auto, motorcycle taxi to go around and explore more of it during weekends. Tours can be arranged to every part of Cambodia, unless not included in the package.

Attraction Sites

- Angkor Wat
- Museums
- Beaches
- Shopping Centre
- Movies Theatres
- Casinos
- Night Clubs
- And many more…

If you are interested in volunteering, please email to info@ycsco.org for more information.

1.: Candidates to volunteer positions must provide:

-full CV-recommendation
-police record (extrait de casier judiciaire) when possible.

2:Candidates must have a specialty that will be useful to staff and the work of Your Cambodian Street Children organization

3. YCSCO is not a training organization and, therefore, cannot accept students who need to gain field experience unless they can bring a specific skill to the teams or can carry out a specific duty that is useful to the organization in accordance with article 4.

4:Candidates will always work with staff (not with the children directly) to provide specific training, or will carry out a specific duty that will reduce the workload of the staff in administrative capacities (research, reports, presentations…)

5:No project is to disturb and interfere in the education/training curriculum of the children and must adapt to the YCSCO lesson plans and time-tables

7:All candidates that are approved will sign a contract and a job description based on the project proposal with YOUR CAMBODIAN STREET CHILDREN ORGANIZATION . The contract will be time-bound with expected results clearly identified. Maximum length of contract is 3 months, but can be renewed.

6. Working hours will be agreed to for purposes of communication and contact and in the event that there is any claim made by or against a volunteer. Volunteers must advise the Program Convenor they are working with if they cannot commit to the agreed hours on any occasion.

7. Any breach of the volunteer agreement will result in a first verbal warning from the Program coordinator or Program Convener to the volunteer. A second breach will result in a written warning and then a termination of volunteer contract.

8. Appropriate recognition will be given to all volunteers who assist with YCSCO projects.

9. Volunteering is not to be a process for recruiting new employees as it is a breach of the volunteer policy. Voluntary Service - It is a voluntary relief movement not prompted in any manner by desire for gain.

Volunteer management

11: YCSCO has a system for managing its volunteers that supports the Organization’s goals and objectives and has clear lines of responsibility.

12: Volunteers will be recruited, screened, placed and developed according to organizational needs.

13: YCSCO will provide volunteers with appropriate levels of support, management and orientation

14: YCSCO appreciates the work of its volunteers and is committed to recognizing their valuable contribution for their time and service.

15: YCSCO will review its volunteer management systems to ensure best practice is followed.