Interested in becoming a volunteer?
If you are over 18 years of age you can apply to join the volunteer programme. When you submit your application, we will review it and validate your references. We will then apply for a visa from the Belarusian embassy. Once your visa is accepted you will be welcomed as a volunteer with BCP.
It's helpful if you want to travel with a family member or a friend. However many of our volunteers meet the group they travel with for the first time in the departure lounge in the airport. The BCP office will try to ensure that at least one member of your group has been to the orphanage previously. If you would like to volunteer or organise a group of up to 8 people, please contact our office. You may have specific dates in mind that suit you to travel, let us know and we will try to accommodate you.
A successful visit is enabled by volunteers working as a team. We actively encourage you to be open and honest with your group. We are all volunteers and we are all working for the children and young adults we meet and have their best interests at heart.
It's helpful if you want to travel with a family member or a friend. However many of our volunteers meet the group they travel with for the first time in the departure lounge in the airport. The BCP office will try to ensure that at least one member of your group has been to the orphanage previously. If you would like to volunteer or organise a group of up to 8 people, please contact our office. You may have specific dates in mind that suit you to travel, let us know and we will try to accommodate you.
A successful visit is enabled by volunteers working as a team. We actively encourage you to be open and honest with your group. We are all volunteers and we are all working for the children and young adults we meet and have their best interests at heart.
Volunteer Programme 2016
Firstly on behalf of the committee of BCP let me thank you for all have contributed to the project in 2016 and previous years. 2016 marked the 30th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Accident which occurred on the 26th April 1986. Thank you all so much for your continued support. If you have any fundraising ideas please contact us so we can help with T-Shirts, stickers, online fundraising pages, ideas, etc. All members of the committee give their time freely and we are hugely blessed to have a FÁS placement worker in our office, Siobhán, so every penny raised goes directly to projects in Belarus.
BCP will be following a strict volunteer process in 2016 to ensure that we can maximize the positive experience for volunteers. In addition BCP must ensure we meet our statutory obligations as a registered charity and most importantly the protection of all parties, in particular the children and adults we seek to help in Belarus. Therefore for those wishing to volunteer in Belarus in 2016:
Míle buíochas for all your help and understanding with the above. The volunteers of BCP are core to our success over the past 22 years.
The Burren Chernobyl Project Committee
BCP will be following a strict volunteer process in 2016 to ensure that we can maximize the positive experience for volunteers. In addition BCP must ensure we meet our statutory obligations as a registered charity and most importantly the protection of all parties, in particular the children and adults we seek to help in Belarus. Therefore for those wishing to volunteer in Belarus in 2016:
- All volunteers, new and old, must be Garda Vetted. This can take a number of months so even if you are unsure about travelling this year please undertake the vetting as without it we cannot allow you to travel. Online vetting is now in effect. Please download the 'BCP Vetting Invitation' document below and send it back to us with a form of ID and proof of address. If you have travelled with us before and have not been Garda vetted for BCP in the last three years you must resubmit a vetting form.
- Deposits must be received 6 weeks prior to travel.
- For new volunteers, 2 references, from persons who are not related to you, must be given and must make themselves available to be contacted.
- A limit of 8 volunteers per group is the preferred group size - this is to ensure adequate space for you when you arrive in Belarus but also to ensure that we aren't placing undue stress and workload on our wonderful staff, such as Iryna, in Belarus. These spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis but only once deposits have been paid. BCP cannot guarantee that all volunteers will get their first preference dates though we will do our best to accommodate all prospective volunteers.
- BCP also reserve the right to refuse applicants to their volunteer programme without prejudice.
- BCP shall not be held responsible for any loss of income incurred due to the late arrival of application forms etc. Volunteers shall be responsible for any extra cost in processing applications.
- BCP cannot guarantee that all applications for visas will be successfully granted by the Authorities in Belarus.
Míle buíochas for all your help and understanding with the above. The volunteers of BCP are core to our success over the past 22 years.
The Burren Chernobyl Project Committee
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