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Volunteering

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Sabine Di and Lauren Stephaney

Thank you for being interested in becoming a Green Gecko Volunteer. As you may have guessed by now, spending time with the Green Gecko children can be as full on as it is rewarding. While we love having volunteers to hang out with, there is much more to it than that.

GGP is a Cambodian NGO, all of our employees are Khmer. It is our goal to make our project sustainable and to do this we need to strengthen the skills of our Cambodian team and rely less on foreign input to keep the wheels in motion. The volunteers that are of greatest value to us are people who have invaluable skills or experience that they are willing to impart to the Khmer Staff… so the ball keeps rolling long after they depart.

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Todd and Tortna Hollie Lauren

While volunteers bring so much energy with them, they do also (inadvertently) create more work for the staff: orientation, supervision, guidance, translation. For this reason we need to be sure that what a volunteer brings to gecko outweighs the energy they require. :-)

Anyone who can implement training programs will be the first to be considered: Vocational skills, counseling, culturally appropriate social work and of course anyone who is handy in the performing arts department: circus, singing, dancing, drama, music, costume making, art or set designing are always sort after.

While the time a volunteer stays varies greatly, we have found the longer the stay the better. It provides the kids with much needed stability and consistency, three months seems to work well.

Successful applicants will need a scanned image of their passport, relevant references, a police check from their country of residence and to abide by our strict Child Protection Policy. The reasons for this - we are sure - are obvious. South East Asia is sadly a breeding ground for child sex-crime and pedophilia and protecting our children is our highest priority.

:: POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Trainers of Circus and Street Performance, Drumming, Drama and Art.

:: VISITORS
If you only have a few days or hours and would still like to visit - no problem - please contact us via volunteer@greengeckoproject.org or call us on +855 92 238 520 or +855 92 270 038 to make an appointment. 

:: NOT SO MUCH EXPERIENCE BUT A LOT OF LOVE TO GIVE?
If you feel you may not have the experience or skills to impart at Green Gecko but would still like to give something to those less fortunate than yourself, there is a wonderful volunteer placement organisation called www.globalteer.org that has many projects within Cambodia, Peru and Columbia and Thailand that would love your contribution.

:: WHATS NEXT?
If after all this, you think you've got what it takes to be a Green Gecko volunteer, then please feel free to read more.

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Christian Antoine Laura


 
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