WWF Global Youth Volunteer & Internship Programme

WWW is recruiting Volunteers and Interns for its programme. Do you want to save the planet? Are you young and have passion for the planet? Have you been waiting for the right opportunity? Are you between the ages of 20 and 27? If your answer is yes, then this is for you!

WWF recruits volunteers/interns aged 20 to 27 for assignments in Africa, Asia/Pacific & Latin America, as well as at WWF International in Gland, Switzerland. WWF’s mission is to stop the
degradation of the earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

WWF is running a global volunteer/internship programme for a select number of young people in such places as Madagascar, Malaysia, Kenya, Paraguay, Bolivia, Fiji, Greater Mekong.

Requirements

• A commitment to conservation
• An ability to adapt to changing situations
• An ability to work respectfully in cross-cultural situations
• An ability to take direction from supervisors
• The confidence to provide feedback to supervisors
• A collaborative approach to working with colleagues
• A capacity for ongoing learning

What you’ll learn…

• Gain an insight and awareness of conservation as WWF practices it
• Get an idea of the day-to-day reality & living standards of people in developing nations
• Increase your cross-cultural understanding
• Significantly improve your communication skills
• Enhance your teamwork skills
• Evolve your self-reliance skills
• Improve your innate adaptability

Various Deadlines (To participate in the Kenya, Vietnam or Paraguay programme)

WWF Africa Kenya - 25 August 2014

WWF Team Vietnam - 17 August 2014

WWF Team Paraguay - 15 September 2014

For more information and application details, please Click Here to Visit the WWF Programme Website