CARRY OUT A MISSION FOR A SMALL NGO
You can help on a project that could use your qualifications or experience,
either from home or on-site …
Are you familiar with the various positions?
Volunteer
A Volunteer is someone who contributes, be it regularly or occasionally, to aid organisations at home or abroad without remuneration or obligation.
Aid Worker
An Aid Worker is usually someone who works on a full-time basis for an international aid programme for a defined period. The Aid Worker is bound by an employment contract and receives an allowance.
More info:
• Aid Workers Network: This forum for aid workers from around the world has a few discussion threads on getting started.
In France :
The International Exchange and Solidarity Volunteers (V.I.E.S. Volontariats Internationaux d’Echange et de Solidarité )
This generic term groups all the French volunteer operations which allow all ow people to donate their services according to their motivations and free time:
- hands-on international operations
- international solidarity volunteering
- public service
- solidarity holidays
Only two of these areas are remunerated - the international solidary volunteers (in accordance with a set payscale) and public service (around 450 € per month, with accommodation).
- hands-on international operations
- international solidarity volunteering
- public service
- solidarity holidays
Only two of these areas are remunerated - the international solidary volunteers (in accordance with a set payscale) and public service (around 450 € per month, with accommodation).
For the other types of service no specific remuneration scale for the volunteers in the other areas. These volunteers should raise funds for their mission or finance themselves.
To find out more you can:
- consult the French Volunteers (France Volontaires) website
- download the French Volunteers (France Volontaires) presentation of V.I.E.S. (in French)
Internship
An internship is a period of learning, training or improvement during which a student, who is registered with a higher level education institution, can put his theoretical knowledge into practice and discover the realities of professional life. It is usually part of a training agreement between the educational establishment, the host establishment and the trainee.
Humanitarian aid sites
These are visits which are organised to allow volunteers to participate in the realisation of group projects for a community (building a school, giving literacy classes, environmental protection…).
Employment Missions
These are professional missions defined as part of a work contract in your country or abroad.
Advice and formalities
For information concerning entry, stay, health, security, transport etc. in a particular country, please consult the diplomatic website of your Embassy in this country.
