The Year of Service Desk UK is a committee of the NSA of the Baha'is of the UK.
We help UK Baha'i youth (aged up to 25) to find volunteer service placements.
Contact us at yosdesk@bahai.org.uk
Unfortunately we can only assist in finding placements for UK youth.
UK Baha'is over 25 years should contact the Office of International Pioneering and Travel Teaching at OIPTT@bahai.org.uk
Baha'i youth from other countries must contact their own NSA and year of service committees.
The Baha'i community of Guyana on the northern coast of South America is looking for three or four volunteers to teach at a secondary school, the School of Nations and a not-for-profit rural school from July or August 2008 to July 2009. The volunteers need not be qualified teachers, they simply need to be open to serving at the school in teaching classes, helping with the sports programme, youth work, literacy, development work, etc.
Chipua Institute for Social Transformation is a Bahai-inspired NGO dealing with education, economic empowerment and character development of vulnerable youth and girls in slums of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is a civil society organization engaged in development at the grassroots level. Chipua
is seeking university graduate volunteers who are passionate about working with disadvantaged youth and children. For more information, please visit: www.chipua.org
The Baha'is of Western Australia are in real need of 2 volunteers in each of the south regions of Western Australia over the next 3 years. Teachers and assistants are needed for Baha'i' classes are being run in many primary schools in these areas.
Continue reading "New volunteer opportunities in Western Australia" »
Banani International Primary and Secondary Schools, Zambia, always welcomes female year of service volunteers!
Diverse, vibrant University 'A-cluster' Community Seeks Service Volunteer Manchester, in the North West of the UK, is blessed with over a century of Baha'i history and has connections to both the Master and the Guardian.
May writes
My Year of Service at New Era High School in India has, perhaps, given me more than a year anywhere else would have given me.To begin with I was somewhat apprehensive of my decision to return to New Era alone. I had first journeyed there with three friends who I had met while serving at the Bahá’í House of Worship in New Delhi. We had all wanted to experience somewhere else in India and wanted to attempt to start a Dance Workshop in a school, as we all had previously experienced and enjoyed it. We chose New Era High School, a Bahá’í inspired residential school in the town of Panchgani, with some 800 students.
Continue reading "May's YOS at New Era High School in India" »
Ruaha Secondary School in Tanzania is looking for volunteers.
The New Era High School in Panchgani, India is a Baha'i inspired school with some 800 students from around India and the world. Recently a dance workshop was started by a YOS volunteer. A new co-ordinator is urgently needed to continue this exciting initiative.
Continue reading "Dance Workshop Coordinator Urgently Need in India" »
Global Perspective Development Centre is a Bahá’í inspired non-governmental organization located in Prishtina,
Kosovo. The Centre is seeking an Intern/Trainer to assist with its work with youth.
Our friends in Perth write:
"Ever wanted to experience beautiful beaches, nice weather, and a laidback lifestyle AND have the opportunity to serve the Faith as well? Look no further, Perth is the place for you. There are many service opportunities in Western Australia that are in need of enthusiastic and ready-to-serve volunteers."
Our friend Daryl did his year of service in Japan a few years ago. Now, he's back East to study Japanese!
Rotary International offers "Ambassadorial Scholarships" for young people who have had at least two years of college or vocational equivalent. These scholarships are NOT for Rotary members or relatives.
The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. Today, the program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as ambassadors of goodwill to the people of the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with local Rotarians and others the experiences that led to greater understanding of their host countries.
Ben Lockwood's mother has written to ask people who knew Ben to attend a service project and memorial to remember Ben on the weekend of his birthday, Feb 17/18 (or, if you can't do the whole weekend, come for the memorial/dedication on the Sunday).
Ben was involved with Cheltenham through Global Footsteps, an organisation for international cooperation and youth education. With Ben's parents support, they are organising a memorial for Ben in the form of a bench alongside a local bike path. On Saturday February 17 there will be will be a service project, clearing the site ready for positioning the bench and maybe also a tree planting (with hot soup etc.) On Sunday the 18th, there will be a short ceremony and dedication of the bench.
Ben's parents can provide provide floor space and food for those who would like to join both days.
Please distribute to Ben's friends. Please let Jenny Lockwood know if you are going by emailing lockwood [at] oxenton [dot] demon [dot] co [dot] uk
Albany community in Western Australia requires the services of two energetic, creative youth volunteers to assist with children's classes in 2007.
Youth Can Move the World (YCMTW) programme in Guyana is looking for Year of Service or short term pioneers who wish to come for periods of three months and more to work on this programme.
Year of service volunteer Rosie Smith will be serving a the Banani school in Africa from August 2006. To raise funds for her trip, she has brought out her own CD called the 'Guilty Consumer.' It contains 'Mona's Song' which won the Christopher Goharriz Bahai songwriting competition last year. You can listen to 3 songs at www.rosiesmith.org.uk .
The Louis Gregory Centre in Mokhotlong, Lesotho, Africa is looking for a mature and responsible coordinator and / or project manager.
Continue reading "Lesotho, Africa - Mature Educational Project Manager Needed" »
The BEN LOCKWOOD Year of Service Preparation/Orientation Course
12-19 August, Burnlaw, Northumberland
This year's year of service orientation will be offered as a 7 day course during the morning of the Earthing the Spirit Bahá'í festival (12-19 August, Burnlaw, Northumberland). The course will prepare you both spiritually and practically for your year of service and will be facilitated by Jody Koomen.
As part of the week you will be able choose a skill building course which will run in the afternoons. These typically include reflexology, singing, drama, yurt building and circus skills. Throughout the day and in the evenings there will be an inspired concoction of live music, artistic sharing, magical evening happenings, daily sacred sessions of meditation, prayer, devotional music, drop-in workshops, deep bonds of friendship and skill sharing.
Ben Lockwood
This training session will be held in memory of our very dear friend, Ben. Ben was a wonderful, devoted Bahai youth who dedicated much of his life to offering service in different communities around the world, including India, Canada, Eastern Europe and all over the UK. He was very much involved with the work of the Year of Service Desk and helped to inspire many youth to serve. He passed away in a tragic car accident on Christmas Eve 2005. We miss him enourmously.
Ben (far right) in Eastern Europe
The Australian National Office are presently looking for youth year of service volunteers to serve at the Bahá’í Temple in Sydney, Australia.
The Trinidad & Tobago Baha'i community is looking for youth volunteers to initiate and support core activities devotional meetings, children's classes, junior youth groups, and study circles, plus home visiting for deepening and youth activities.
We've had some inquiries from youth outside the UK looking for ways to learn English. While we can't help organize these kinds of endevours, we can point you to a new Baha'i run language school in Wales!
The Baha'i-inspired School of the Nations in Macau (Asia) faces a very critical challenge. They are currently four to five teachers short for the new academic year commencing AUGUST 2006.
New Era High School, an international school, needs young people who can train Junior Youth Empowerment Program participants and/or have talents in music and performing arts. The school also needs primary school and O Level teachers.
Rabbani School, India, is looking for volunteers in the areas of horticulture, teaching spoken English, and teaching basic computer skills to students.
The National Spiritual Assembly of Germany is urgently seeking a youth who is willing to do a year of service at the National Bahai centre in Langenhain.
The French NSA is looking for volunteers to assist the National Secretary at the national Baha'i center in Paris. They are also looking for audio-visual assitants.
Continue reading "France - Administrative, Audio-Visual Service" »
Magic Years International Kindergarten is a Bahá’í-inspired kindergarten located in the suburbs of Bangkok. Magic Years is seeking applications for an early childhood educator for children ranging from 10 months to six years of age.
Lights of Unity is a dance project based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Numerous Year of Service volunteers are needed in Western Australia to work on Baha'i education children's classes, as well as child care and traditional medicine.
Youth are needed to help with Ruhi books in Northern Queensland; and with aboriginal children's classes in the Northern Territories. Youth are also needed in isolated communities with completed sequence of Ruhi books and experience with facilitating books 1 to 3.
Continue reading "Australia, Northern Queensland and Northern Territory" »
Two mature youth need to assist in classes in Wilcannia, Australia.
There are many new opportunities in Australia in the national and regional offices
Maxwell International Baha'i School in Canada is looking for a dance workshop coordinator and bookings coordinator as soon as possible.
For youth who would like to volunteer at the Baha'i World Center...
Volunteers are needed to work with an Indian Baha'i NGO, Foundation for Advancement of Science (FAS), to develop a Baha'i primary school curriculum.
Volunteers are needed to teach English in Macedonia
There are many ways to do a year of service in Belize in Central America doing core activities such as children's classes, ruhi and youth activities.
Baha'i residential schools in the USA that have year of service programmes include Bosch Bahá'í School in Santa Cruz, California, Green Acre Baha'i School in Eliot, Maine and Louhelen Bahá'í School in Davison, Michigan.
Various communities in Thailand frequently host Baha'i youth volunteers. Volunteers make new friends with youth and adults who speak English or who want to practice their English and invite them to join the three core activities: Devotional Gatherings, Children/Youth Classes, and Study Circles.
Rural Baha'i Inspired University in Cameroon needs Ruhi-trained travel teachers and year of service volunteers.