National Desmond Tutu Building on Faith event - Habitat for Humanity SA
“DEMONSTRATE
LOVE IN ACTION”
2008 opens opportunities for volunteers to build 2 houses for
orphans and vulnerable children in
Ntshongweni
WHY SHOULD YOU
OR YOUR CHURCH PARTICIPATE?
U A golden opportunity for you to put your
faith into action – 1 John 3:17-18
U A wonderful networking opportunity with
other churches
U A great chance for groups within your church,
(men, women and youth) to join hands and reach out to help caregivers taking
care of orphans and vulnerable children.
U Make a difference in the Ntshongweni
community by assisting two families in need to have a home - taking them out of
poverty conditions and giving them hope
R 75 735.00 will provide a new 3 bedroom home with a bathroom
and kitchen/lounge. We are trusting in God for both financial support to help
us help this community and volunteer support to help build the houses. By
joining us in this event you will give the gift of HOPE where there has been none. You will bring the love of Jesus to
those desperately needed to know and experience that love.
Please join us!
For more
information contact:
Ben
Tshiteya - Volunteer Co-ordinator HfHSA (KZN region)
Regional Office: 031 309 8482 Cell: 082 339 7623
Register on-line for our newsletter at www.habitat.org.za
Habitat volunteer question
Volunteering with the idea of securing a Job.= wrong motive!
Hi Linda.
You are touching an issue here that does not actually help volunteerism in SA. Why?
Some public sector agencies used volunteers for cheap labor, and give them the carrot of a possibility to secure a job after say 2 years of volunteerism, e.g. the police community forums.
This promise was honored in some cases but brought with it, what you experience namely to do volunteerism to secure a job, doest matter where you volunteer.. even places like Habitat. This wrong unspoken motive creates more problems than solving some.
I believe this is not beneficial for most non profits where any form of volunteerism is now seen as to be a paid job after a while.
Yes it is true that it help the 50% jobless to focus their energy to some good causes, but this perception create expectations that certainly cannot be met by the majority of non profits. Can you imagine with the Aids pandemy what an difficult situation it creates where everyone must help but there are not money to pay salaries etc.
Therefore some volunteers would go as far as use their savings money to do volunteering with the hope of getting a salary in a month or two.
To make it even worse my experience in SA is that the few foundations that give money, do it towards equipment, buildings or projects and stipulate clearly, that their money is NOT to be used for salaries, or stipends.
Thanks for pointing out that this HUGE gap between the Real need on the one hand and then the huge labor force that want to help on the other hand. This gap need to be manage by managing the expectations and that asks for a lot of skill, marketing and publicity.
Hope that you can come with some creative solutions that works here.
Hey and thanks for coming out here to help us build home in Africa!!
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