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Impact on Volunteering – Marie Curie Individual Fellowship Call for Proposals
Impact on Volunteering – Call for Proposals The Marie Curie Individual Fellowships is a European funding programme that supports mobility and career development. It offers generous compensation as well as mobility and family allowances and research costs. The Fellowship is expected to last 12-24 months. Candidates applying for this position…
The Impact of Volunteering – proposed Marie Curie Individual Fellowship Research
The Impact of Volunteering VMM are seeking a researcher funded by Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Individual Fellowshops. For information on the role and to apply, click here. Problem What is the impact of international volunteering on the host institution, the volunteers’ health, wellbeing and professional development, and on the volunteers’…
Making Children’s Rights Real
Emily Hosford, VMMs Child Safeguarding Mentor was interviewed by Patrick Harte The latest UNICEF child marriage rates in Uganda are 40% married by the age of 18 and 10% by 15. A UNICEF-coordinated national survey on violence against children in Kenya had 73% of males and 66% of females…
Progress: A Shelter for Victims of Human Trafficking.
James Fahey, VMM’s short term volunteer at HAART in Kenya, wrote this insightful article for this month’s newsletter. To read more about his time in Kenya, have a look at his blog https://jimfat7.wordpress.com/ On the 8th of June I traveled to an undisclosed location in Kenya to visit HAART’s shelter for…