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Join The Welman Project to help us fill a classroom, not a landfill! Volunteers will work to sort, cut, combine and curate materials for creative lesson-plan-ready packs for teachers! Our group focus will repurposing business overflow materials, recyclables and re-use paper supplies to make 'Wellie Kits', chock-full of items for collage, junk sculpture, upcycled journals, sensory packs, and more! No special skills needed, we will lead the way for curating our supply packs.
Volunteers will also get to tour our donation room and warehouse (full of supplies for educators and non-profits!) and have time to check out our curiosity shop for vintage and secondhand items, cool creative supplies and original artwork.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Wellie Supply Kits - Morning	15	n/a	n/a
Wellie Supply Kits - Afternoon	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Impact and goal of the organization:

We run One of India's Happiest, Remotest Schools! Our pilot school called Happy By Nature School runs purely as a social enterprise – focused on good education and on changing the lives of the less privileged children.

We welcome volunteers to help us in this mission. There are some definite shortcomings of rural education. Every effort to overcome those shortcomings - by way of regular or occasional interventions, through volunteering programs is welcome.

The current volunteering program is scheduled from Mon, 24 Mar 25 to Sat, 29 Mar 25. (Volunteers will be required to reach the school by Sat, 22 Mar).

Main tasks:

As a volunteer, you shall be expected to:
a) Travel to Devidhar, Dunda (in Uttarkhand) and engage in activities with the children and teachers, for a duration of 2 weeks or longer
b) Curate your program in detail, in consultation with us. Let us know any teaching aids, instruments, stationery etc. that you may need in the process
c) Undertake activities beneficial to the children and aligned with the objectives of the school

Time zone:
Volunteers get upto 5 hours on school days. The dates are planned in advance, by the school management setting aside this time from the normal routine.

Volunteering programs take place generally between:
- 09:30am to 03:00pm (Oct to Mar)
- 08:30am to 02:00pm (Apr to Sep)
(India Standard Time)

Duration and frequency:

The current program is of one week duration. Programs of longer durations are possible in consulation with us.

Agenda:

We encourage volunteers to take up any of the following activities (in discussion with us). The target group is a group of about 25 students in the 10-14 year age group. The children primarily speak and understand Hindi (and some English):
• Technical Workshops – That help students to improve the analytical, creative, problem-solving, decision -making skills e.g. Making Mathematics more meaningful, Science Workshops, Computer Skills or Programming Tips and Tricks, Scientific experiments etc.
• Creative Workshops – Essentially in areas that help in exploring body movement, expression, creativity and social confidence E.g. through Art, Dance, Music, Theatre, Photography and Video Making, Translating Emotions into Pictures,
• English Writing & Reading, Interview and Language Development, Poetry Recitation, Interactive Story-telling, Book Reading, Debating etc.
• Socially Relevant Projects – Short projects in areas such as environmental awareness, waste recycling, garbage disposal, reduce-reuse-recycle plastics, water conservation, afforestation etc.

Volunteers are kindly requested to [bring/wear/have/etc.]:

Clothes appropriate for the season with the awareness that the weather is often unpredictable in the Himalayas. Volunteers are required to dress appropriately for the school environment and be respectful to the local customs and traditions. (Shorts / skirts shorter than knee length and/or revealing dresses are not permitted).


We will provide:

Given that it is a small school in a remote area, the logistics around travel & stay are somewhat difficult. Travel ahead of Dehradun is only possible by road (takes about 5 hours). Volunteers are expected to travel to the school at their own expense. We will guide you along the way and arrange their reception at the school premises.

We also accomodate volunteers in our guest rooms, at very nominal charges. Rooms are often shared between two people of the same gender. Simple vegetarian meals are provided. These are made available at nominal charges (not exceeding INR 750 per person per night)


Additional comments:

We expect all voulnteers to strictly abide by our Social Media Policy.

We appreciate that volunteers can bring their wide array of experiences and skills to the children. The benefits flow both ways. Children get to interact with people from across the country and the world, learn about their perspectives and acquire useful knowledge that may otherwise not be taught in the classroom. Volunteers get exposed to realities and hardships of rural life, get an opportunity to serve those less privileged and can go back enriched with myriad of experiences themselves.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	4	n/a	n/a

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Help stock, clean and organize our warehouse or sort incoming donations as we are on a mission to help fill a classroom, not a landfill! We take in corporate and local donations of school, office and other supplies to provide free items and support to teachers and other non-profits. Our warehouse is fine sorted and organized so educators can scan and shop (for free!) for just what they need, including creative reuse items! If you love organizing and sorting, we'd love to have you help in our Batcave sorting incoming donations.

Volunteers will also get to tour our makerspace and have time to check out our curiosity shop for vintage and secondhand items, cool creative supplies and original artwork.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Educator Warehouse	8	n/a	n/a

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This activity aims to raise potential donors' awareness of our organization and encourage them to donate. This will enable the organization to receive the total budget goal for the projects and achieve its overall goals and purposes.

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Ocean Debris Cleanups: We are actively addressing Kauaʻi's marine debris issue through cleanup events. In 2024, over 300 volunteers, supported by 28 local organizations, successfully removed over 100,000 pounds of marine debris from Kauaʻi's marine ecosystems.Plastic Upcycling Program: We believe in turning challenges into opportunities. Through our plastic upcycling program, powered by precious plastic machinery, we upcycled over 1,000 pounds of ocean plastic in 2023, transforming it into functional and beautiful creations. This initiative not only addresses plastic pollution but actively involves the community in creating a cleaner, greener future.

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Take this training and learn how to facilitate a clean water workshop virtually or in person at community colleges.

Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) is launching a new STEM outreach program specifically designed for community college students to promote diversity in STEM and explore real-world global challenges—particularly how engineering contributes to community development. Clean water, essential for life and the most common need requested by communities partnering with EWB-USA, is the initial focus of the program. Through interactive activities and real-life stories, the 1-hour virtual workshops that you can facilitate will explore clean water access, quality, equity, and various related career paths.

Learn more about our STEM outreach program at https://volunteer.ewb-usa.org/s/article/Engineering-for-Global-Development-STEM-Outreach-Program
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Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Workshop Facilitator Training	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Garlic mustard pull! Enjoy the wildflowers and remove some garlic mustard and other invasive plants from this beautiful preserve along the Pocono Creek.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Join us at Glen Run Nature Preserve as we continue the work of removing invasive species from the restoration area.
The weather could be doing anything this time of year, so be ready & we’ll tackle the invasive shrubs we come across.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Due settimane di immersione negli usi e nella cultura della regione di Antioquia (Colombia). Per aprire gli orizzonti vivendo un'esperienza che include tre giorni di visite culturali, quattro giorni di volontariato nei centri giovanili fondati dall'associazione, cinque giorni di missione nei villaggi portando beni di prima necessità ed entrando in relazione con la popolazione locale per un arricchimento mutuo.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Generale	no limit	n/a	n/a

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The Jacksonville Science Festival invites you to "NERD OUT" with us Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 10, 11, & 12, 2025 at the 13th annual festival. Volunteers are the heart of the festival and assist the students in having a wonderful experience presenting their research. THANK YOU!

Our Mission:
To serve as a vehicle for educational equity and justice for K – 12 students by providing an annual science festival, summer camps and after school programming using strategic collaboration with teachers, experts in STEAM fields, mentors, local businesses and Universities & Colleges.

Volunteer opportunities include:
Tour Guide - in this role, you will lead a group of students and their teachers through the festival areas on Thursday and Friday only
Art Booth - in this role, you will assist with the STEAM Art booths helping visitors create individual and community art projects
Surveyor - in this role, you will ask visitors to complete an informative survey using a QR Code or on a tablet

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Volunteers for April 10th	150	n/a	n/a
Volunteers for April 11th	150	n/a	n/a
Volunteers for April 12th	150	n/a	n/a