Children Better Way . Why Volunteer?

Site last updated on: June 27, 2007

Why take this opportunity to volunteer? Working with CBW is a very unique opportunity because currently Global Volunteer Network is the only organization supporting an indigenous group at the camp: CBW was started by Liberian refugee, Semeh Roberts, and its efforts are to save the refugees; GVN's goal is to support these efforts with willing volunteers. Over 30,000 Liberians live at this camp; they live in a country that they cannot call home and many of them have been there for ten years or more. By becoming a volunteer and going to the camp to work with CBW you will make a direct impact on the lives of many displaced people: there are thousands of children at this refugee camp who can use your help, but more importantly, a loving presence in their lives.

What is unique about this situation is the fact that because there are no other organizations on the camp working to help the lives of the refugees, especially the children, no matter what you do from teaching, health education, and camp cleanups to sitting around in the evening talking with camp residents, you will make an important difference and hopefully encourage others to do the same. Hopefully one day all the residents will be able to return home to Liberia, but in the meantime CBW wants to improve the plight of the refugees in Ghana, and only by choosing to volunteer, to go and truly understand their situation and give your time and talent, can you make a difference.

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