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The Volunteer Application Form

Things you should know...

WWF recruits volunteers aged 20 to 27 for work in Africa, Asia & Latin America. For Madagascar & Senegal placements, it is essential that you are able to speak and understand French to an acceptable level. Even if you only have English, please fill in the form so we can take your application into consideration when appropriate places become available

OPENING: CONGO RIVER BASIN & YAOUNDÉ FOREST SUMMIT
6-12 month placement with WWF Central Africa Regional Office; candidates should be bi-lingual French/English; self-starter, with strong networking & communication skills; background in forestry, carbon emissions, climate change an asset.
Starting date: to be advised
Read about WWF's work in Congo Basin

Dates for 2009/2010 Madagascar placements (see fact sheets on home page):

  • 15 September-15 December 2009
    Project:     Southern Toliara Marine Natural Resource Management, Maromena & Befasy
    6 volunteers in the field
  • 9 February-9 May 2010
    "Energy and Environment Synergy in South West of Madagascar", Andranohinaly & Ankilimalinika, Toliara
    Application deadline: recruitment finalized
  • 25 May-25 August 2010
    "Southern Ivohibe Corridor", Ivohibe
    Application deadline: 15 January 2010
  • 14 September-14 December 2010
    "Management of Vondrozo Forest Corridor", Vondrozo
    Application deadline: 12 April 2010

...and a bit of advice

Don't drive yourself insane by trying to fill in this form on-line straight-off.

Our advice would be to print it off, construct your answers in a word processor, then copy & paste them into this form. (It also means you have a back-up copy.)

Could save you from being in a whole world of pain :-)

Alternatively you can fax it to WWF on +41 22 364 4892

Financial obligations

Are you able to afford, upon acceptance to the programme, your roundtrip airfare, visas, medical vaccinations, food allowance and personal item costs such as clothing? This will come to approx. Euro 2,500.
If you answer "No" then we will be unable to process your application. 
Yes   No  
 

Identification

A few facts about yourself...

Please do not use initials or abbreviations.
 
First Name
 
Family name
 
Date of Birth
(year, month, day)
 
Nationality
If you are successful with this application, you must provide a photocopy of your passport as proof of age and citizenship
 
Are you 
Female   Male  
 

Contact Information

Permanent Address
Please ensure you include your postal code. 
 
Home Telephone
(include any applicable country, area, city codes, extensions)
 
Work Telephone
(include any applicable country, area, city codes, extensions)
 
* Email address
 

Languages & Locations

Please be aware that you must be able to speak French in order to apply for any openings in Madagascar.
 
Mother language
 
Other languages 
 
What's your French like? 
Fluent
Conversational
I can be understood
Not very good
 
What location/s are you applying for?
Often we have several vacancies in differing countries. Please let us know which location/s you wish to apply for.
 

Current status

I am a...  
Full time student
Part time student
Part time worker
Full time worker
 
If working, what is it that you do... 
 

Education

Please tell us about your current or most recent educational experience...
 
Name of Educational Institution
 
Last year attended
 
Area of Study 
 
Program of Study
Tell us more about what the course involved. 
 

Relevant Paid Work and Volunteer Experience

Tell us about the most relevant experience that you have had (now or in the past) that you feel would help your application.
 
Name of Employer
 
Type 
Volunteer   Paid  
 
Description of employment
What tasks or duties did you have to carry out. 
 

Lifestyle and Motivation Questions

What do you think would be the most challenging aspect of being a volunteer in a WWF field project in a developing nation? 
 
What do you think is the role of conservation groups in promoting conservation and sustainability in developing nations 
 
Describe work that you have done in conservation or other global issues. Explain to us what you learned from this experience 
 
What is your interest in creating multi media (videos, photos, writing etc) in order to share the story of your WWF volunteer experience 
 
Lastly, what are your expectations?
Say you get offered the chance to go, what do you think it will be like, what do you see yourself doing? This isn't a trick question, it's just so that - if you are chosen - we can properly orientate you to what it is going to be like, and what you are likely to get out of it. 
 

Recap, checklist and references...

If your application is taken forward, WWF will require that you provide written references from either your School or any of your employers. Family members cannot provide references. You may also be required to provide a copy of your passport details.

Good luck!
 
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Need help?

If you have any questions about this application, suffered any problems or have a comment, you can email yvp@wwfint.org.

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