The procedures change from one destination to the next. In all cases, you need a valid passport that expires six or more months after your return date. The project manager in charge of your mission lets you know what the procedures are and what papers you need for each mission, but it is the cooperant's responsibility to obtain the documents within the required timeframes. Our mission partners handle flight reservations and insurance.
In addition to completing the administrative procedures, we ask that cooperants take part in a pre-departure meeting, during which they receive all the information they need for their trip. At this meeting, group members also fill their suitcases with all the devices and supplies they need for their mission. Everything is provided for by our local partners.
The assignments vary in length, a minimum of one week and generally two to three weeks depending on the location.
Cooperants usually work Monday through Friday. Additional periods may be added depending on the mandates.
The volunteers are free during the weekends and can extend their stay in order to visit the country.
Field partners are local health centres, NGOs and religious communities with which we have been working closely for many years to send teams of professionals. Field partners greet the teams at the airport, ensure their transportation to the work site and take care of their lodging. They also recruit patients and connect the community with the volunteers.
Are you a chartered professional accountant and want to contribute in another way?
You can be part of our team of volunteers here to help support the cause by volunteering a helping hand with fundraising or day-to-day operations to help us improve our processes and facilitate mission logistics. You can write to us at any time to apply for an upcoming recruitment mission or for a volunteer position.
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