We are not circus artists, so we are not juggling with percentages in nice looking charts. Transperency is very important for us. All numbers end directly where they belong.
Do you think it is logical for that you pay for your costs related to your stay to a broker or middle organization? We don’t! In our alliance you are sure you volunteer abroad transparent, therefore you pay all possible costs related to your experience directly to the person who’s taking care of this.
Volunteering abroad is associated with costs and it is not the intention that the community you are going to help is paying for this. If there were enough budgets to bear these costs, we would spend this on local employees who understand the local culture and it’s daily customs. You pay these costs directly on site to the people who organizing your stay. So you are 100% sure that your contribution ends up where it belongs and not in the hands an intermediate station.
The cost for housing vary from country to country and from project to project. Where you might have a hot water shower and a western toilet in a single room at one destination, you might stay in a small dorm with shared sanitary facilities at another destination. Each destination has its own charm, but it does affect the accommodation costs.
On the information page of each destination you can read exactly how much the costs are related to that destination, what is included and not included.
Many projects require a continuity of volunteers to create impact and we want to ensure sufficient inflow of volunteers to keep every project viable. Unfortunately volunteer recruitment comes with costs such as marketing. The fundraising done by the organizations in our alliance are exclusively used for development projects in the countries mentioned on this website.
The alliance fee serves to bear the costs of the alliance’s platform. We ask every participant a one-time alliance fee of € 130. This is a one-time contribution which you pay after being accepted for your first volunteer placement. After payment of this contribution you can do unlimited voluntary work in any project in the future (if there is availability and you meet the set requirements for that project).
As a member, we always inform you as soon as new projects are added in our alliance.
What is your alliance fee used for?
Our alliance is registered as a non-profit organization under number 0639.967.396 with the Belgian Authorities. Just like any other non-profit organization, we are obliged to submit our annual statements to the authorities.
We have no problem that you do voluntary work elsewhere. On the contrary, it is our mission to convince as many people as possible to engage in development cooperation.
Be careful when you commit with any organization and pay attention to following points in your evaluation:
Our team members are already active for years in development aid so you can rely on years of experience.
We do not believe in voluntourism. Volunteers are not tourists. Volunteers expect to serve, tourists expect to be served.
Create a network of people and organizations to have a positive impact on disadvantaged communities.
Registered as a non-profit organization with a clear financial structure.
