Based on our experiences, we have prepared a detailed tutorial for running a volunteer initiative. It offers both general overview and practical implementation notes. We hope it will help make your project a success, and enjoyable for everyone involved.
The tutorial is split into 4 parts:
- Preparation
- Planning
- Defining the profile of the volunteers
- Finding and preparing volunteers
- Some strategies for reaching young volunteers
- The interview
- Hosting new volunteers
- The training
- Managing the field work
- 1st step – contact with the schools
- 2nd step – registration of volunteers in the sessions
- 3rd step – contact between the coordinator and the teams
- 4th step – confirmation with the schools
- 5th step – the session
- Coordinating, monitoring and evaluation
- Maintaining connections between volunteers
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Recognition