VOA : Volunteer of ACCESS

A. ACCESS area based program

1. Smokey Mountain 2 ( Tondo, Metro Manila)

    Health Training

    Youth

    Women

    Livelihood (Rosary making)

Meet Up at Betty Go LRT Station

Riding a Jeepney

Touring SM2

Woods for Charcoal Making

Children in the Charcoal Area

Swimming at the Pasig River

2. Perez (Alabat island, Quezon province)

   Scholarship program - Feeding program

   Kamalayan (youth organization)

   Mapayapa (Livelihood program, Coonut product making)

   Kagayaka ( Experimental farm project and organic feed hog raising project)

3. Pinatubo (Porac, Pampanga province)

Education program.

    Daycare Center

    Support elementary school

    Tutorial Class for out of school children

    Feeding Program

Farming program.

    Organizing obrero (Farmers using carabao)

    Mango growing

    Carabao dispersal project

    Planting crops on lahar soil

   

B. ACCESS major activities

1. Implementation of program in each area

2. Study tour (Long, short, one-day)

3. Staff development (study, training)

4. Fair Trade

5. Communication with ACCE Japan (Supporters in Japan)

6. Microfinance program (Start from Perez)

7. Advocacy

C. Expected participation of volunteer.

1. Communication for Japanese supporters (translation, interpretation, making report, photo recording, video recording)

2. Visitation of program sites.

3. Research, recording, data analysis in coordination with ACCESS

4. Expansion of advocacy members. CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). Fund raising.

D. Classification of volunteer.

1. Intern - With contract. More than 6 months. 40 hrs per week.

2. Volunteer Staff - Basically participates with voluntary will but has certain task in activity.

3. Volunteer - No binding. Participate with voluntary will. No regular task.

4. Retainer - Contribute his/her professional capability with minimum compensation.

The VOA falls in the category of volunteer staff.

We conduct study tour for the project sites, tapping the network we are involved with Students, Offices and Friends.

We help in in selling the fair trade goods in bazaar.

We record the events by taking pictures.