ICS Empower Volunteers

Want to volunteer in community development overseas?

Part of the newly launched International Citizen Service (ICS), Progressio’s faith-based programme, ICS Empower, enables young adults of faith from all over the UK to experience life in a developing country. Working alongside local people, lives will be changed for the better – especially yours.

For 10 weeks, you could be doing anything from providing care and support to people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, to promoting sustainable farming approaches and helping farmers sell their goods. You could find yourself in Peru, El Salvador or Malawi and make a real contribution to development alongside local people. But wherever you are and whatever you do, you’ll know it’s making a big difference to some of the poorest communities in the world.

We’ve designed ICS Empower for people from diverse faith backgrounds, so provisions are in place to meet faith and cultural needs. Along with your fellow volunteers, you’ll also have the chance to explore your faith and learn about others’, from everyday practices to what they have to say about global poverty.

And that’s not all. When you get back to the UK, you’ll share your stories and help your own community to take action on global issues.

Right now, we are looking for participants who will be aged 18-22 in January 2012, and available to volunteer abroad in January. We want all kinds of people to go, so it doesn’t matter much who you are or where you’re from. What does matter is that you come with the right attitude and you’re up for taking action overseas and back at home. If you think that’s you, it probably is.

Apply now at www.progressio.org.uk/empower