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Information for Volunteers:
What Makes a Good Volunteer
- Flexibility: The assignment may sound like one thing when described by your sponsoring agency, but may turn into something completely different once you are there. You need to be willing to scrap the carefully prepared script and do what needs to be done.
- Adaptability: Living conditions, including food, housing, and transportation arrangements may be very different that what you have at home. In most cases, hosts provide the best that they can. It is important to appreciate what is provided, and to be willing to experience it, rather than complaining about what you don't have.
- Commitment: Commitment to stay with the project through its completion; to establish trust from the host agency; to put short term goals of host agency at the forefront yet without compromising long term goals for technology sustainability; and commitment to adjust your expectations according to field situations.
- Some Knowledge of the Place you are Volunteering: While this may seem obvious, even minimal knowledge of the history, culture, politics, and social environment that you will experience can make the visit much more enjoyable, and will go a long way in your success (or lack thereof) with your sponsor. Click here for information on where to find these things out about various countries and regions.
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