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Help Improve Nutrition & Health Awareness in the Philippines!

The experience

Empower local moms & kids in Tacloban to fight malnutrition and boost food security!

As a Worldpacker, you will be the core collaborator in the Community Feeding Project. Your contribution will have a direct impact on the health of up to 35 local pre-school children.

What you offer

4 hours of help per day

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 950 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: $950 USD per 2 weeks $120 USD per week thereafter The fee covers the comprehensive program costs necessary for a meaningful and safe social experience: Airport Reception, Homestay Accommodation with a local family, 2 Meals a day (Breakfast and Dinner), Program Orientation, Waray Waray language lessons, and 24-hour Local Staff Support.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

As a Worldpacker, you will be the core collaborator in the Community Feeding Project. Your contribution will have a direct impact on the health of up to 35 local pre-school children.

We expect a proactive, committed, and positive attitude. You should be ready to fully immerse yourself in local life with your host family and be a culturally respectful partner. You should expect to spend your hours planning, budgeting, and delivering educational workshops to local mothers. This position requires a strong focus on long-term solutions for food security, such as investigating community feeding kitchens and self-sustainability plans.

What you will receive:

Safe Homestay Accommodation
Two daily meals (Breakfast & Dinner)
Waray Waray Language Lessons
24-Hour Local Staff Support

Activities & Shift

Activities:

- Plan and prepare supplementary feeding menus for pre-school children.
- Monitor and analyze clientele growth data (e.g., child weight/height tracking).
- Budgeting and purchasing for the Community Feeding Project.
- Organize interactive seminars and workshops with local mothers on nutrition.
- Investigate and implement long-term solutions for food security (e.g., community feeding kitchens).
- Education and advocacy efforts to change attitudes toward consuming less salt and sugar and more vegetables.

Shifts:

- Hours: 4 hours per day, Monday to Friday (minimum 20 hours per week).
- Schedule: 08:00 AM – 12 Noon. The afternoons are free for language lessons, preparation, or exploration.

Rules

Visa: Volunteers are required to apply for and secure their own travel visa to the Philippines.

Program Location: You will be staying in the general Tacloban City area, and the specific homestay location will be assigned after trip confirmation.

Cultural Respect: You will be living in a local family homestay; respect for house rules, local customs, and host family traditions is paramount.

Diet: The project emphasizes healthy eating; adherence to specific dietary restrictions (vegetarian, allergies) must be cleared before confirmation.