While volunteering with SDF is free, volunteers may need to cover some costs related to their travel, insurance, and other expenses incurred during the volunteering period. However, SDF tries to minimize these costs as much as possible, and in some cases, can even provide financial support to volunteers who need it.
Yes, SDF allows volunteers to select the areas and projects they would like to work on, based on their interests, skills, and experience.
During their volunteering experience with SDF, our volunteers have the opportunity to gain new skills, knowledge, and experiences that can help them to grow personally and professionally. In some cases, volunteers can also be offered employment opportunities within the organization or in partner organizations.
SDF offers a high level of flexibility to its volunteers in terms of the duration of the volunteering opportunities, the types of activities they are involved in, as well as the location of the projects they can work on.
SDF takes the safety of its volunteers very seriously and conducts thorough risk assessments before placing volunteers. The organization also provides volunteers with safety briefings and guidelines on how to stay safe while working in different locations.
Volunteers at SDF can expect to have a significant impact on the communities they work with and be part of a team making a positive change in the lives of people in need. We recognize all the hard work put in by our volunteers and provide them with experience certificates and awards, as per our HR policy for exceptional work.