About
Platform2 is for people who wouldn't otherwise get the chance to volunteer abroad, so it's fully-funded for the volunteer. The programme includes:
- return economy flights from Heathrow
- travel insurance
- local food and accommodation
- a small weekly allowance in country
- pre-trip health screening
- a medical kit
- all minimum required vaccinations
- transfers to and from the airport in country and to and from the project
- full training in the UK and in country
Watch this 5 minute video to get a feel for what the scheme is all about:
Volunteering
All of the work is locally operated and supervised, beneficial to the local community and sustainable, offering you a structured placement. Projects include the following kinds of work: constructing community buildings like schools, toilet facilities and community centres with a local team; renovating existing buildings; developing new and existing gardens, play areas and sports pitches; caring for and teaching children in orphanages, kindergartens and schools; building infrastructure at ecological centres and helping community school groups to learn about protecting the environment.
You will travel out and back in groups of 12 to 16 people and will either stay in local family homes or in dormitories. Platform2 isn't all about the trip though. When you get home, you'll be supported to make a difference in your community by sharing your experiences. Before you travel, we'll give you ideas of how you might want to express your experience - through writing, poetry, music, art, photography, dance... whatever you're into. When you return you'll attend a three day workshop with other volunteers where you can share ideas and develop a plan of how you want to tell people about what you've experienced.
Who Runs the Programme?
Department for International Development
The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the UK Government which makes sure aid gets to poor countries and helps to bring poor people out of poverty. Thanks to UKaid from the British people, we help lift 3 million people out of poverty every year.
Our contribution helps fights diseases, provide education and helps poor countries cope with the terrible effects of climate change and prevent war and conflict. We also provide food, shelter and medical care in war situations or when humanitarian disasters strike.
Our collective effort with the rest of the world has helped 40 million more children go to school, 3 million get life-preserving HIV and AIDS drugs and 400 million people lift themselves from poverty in the last 10 years.
Recently, we introduced a new logo, UKaid, to show you how the UK government is investing in development to improve people’s lives and fight global poverty.
Christian Aid
Christian Aid is a development agency rooted in the communities of the UK and built around volunteers with a mission to expose the scandal of poverty, help the poorest of the poor and work to change the structures which give rise to poverty. We work with people of all and no faiths, and have a track record in the UK of working both within and without faith settings.
BUNAC
BUNAC is a leading provider of volunteering and work abroad opportunities. One of BUNAC's primary objectives is to encourage interest and understanding in overseas cultures among British students and young people; and to encourage interest and understanding in Britain among students and young people who travel to Britain on reciprocal programmes.
BUNAC has been operating work abroad experiences for 45 years. During this time, over 1/4 million students and young people have participated in their programmes.
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