Volunteer in Cebu, Philippines with Developing World Connections
Highlights
- Volunteers make an impact not only in the local communities but on themselves
- Volunteers return home with their eyes and hearts opened and their world perspectives changed
- We have long-term partnerships with the projects we work with ensuring reliability
- Our projects are sustainable, community-led and allow volunteers to have a meaningful experience
Overview
An ever-popular tourist destination, the Philippines has progressed in achieving gender equality in education and made major improvements in health such as water, sanitation and reduced tuberculosis rates. But social and economic inequality and regional disparity remain. In late 2013, the country was devastated by Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). More than 6,300 people died and almost 1.5 million were hurt or left homeless. Rebuilding and recovery continues.
Developing World Connections volunteers work in Cebu City on Cebu Island. Cebu City has a population of almost one million and is considered the second city of the Philippines after the capital of Manila. Cebu has a young population, with a median age of 20. About one-quarter of the people there have completed high school.
志愿者工作与我们的国内合作伙伴上升bove Foundation Cebu, a non-government organization with a long history in the Philippines. You will pitch in on a project that could involve building a home for people with an incurable disease, help fix up a school or do other work related to Rise Above’s efforts with education, food, oral hygiene and medical care programs. The Rise Above Foundation offers education, food, oral hygiene, medical and care programs for the people of Cebu, Philippines. With over 30 years of experience in missionary and humanitarian aid work, the founders have created programs that focus on the children of Cebu to ensure that they have access to education, food and support.
Volunteers will be working on construction projects with Rise Above Foundation Cebu. All DWC projects are of great benefit to a part of the population at great risk and struggling just to put food on the table. Opportunities to connect with the local people are numerous and rewarding. You’ll participate in building a future for people who have little. You’ll work alongside like-minded volunteers who are also passionate about travel and giving others a hand up, not a hand out.