{"id":31995,"date":"2022-02-23T16:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T15:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/?p=31995"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:46:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T09:46:57","slug":"being-a-volunteer-with-electriciens-sans-frontieres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/actualites\/being-a-volunteer-with-electriciens-sans-frontieres\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a volunteer with Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][easy-social-share buttons=”facebook,twitter,linkedin”][vc_column_text]With more than 1,200 members, Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res is one of the few NGOs that relies so heavily on volunteer work. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you want to get involved but you don’t exactly know what volunteering with Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res entails? How long does it take? If your profile is suitable? This article is for you! Find here all the information about volunteering at Electricians Without Borders.<\/em><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Volunteer commitment, the driving force behind our actions” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left”][vc_column_text]For more than 35 years, the commitment of our members, partners and employees has guaranteed the quality of our actions around the world and strengthened their continuation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Volunteer commitment is at the heart of Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res\u2019 model.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″]

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A volunteer with Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res since 2016, I am convinced that electricity is a great vector for development. It was the <\/em>Caf\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re project in Madagascar<\/em><\/a> that led me to join the NGO. Indeed, the commercial activity is entrusted to a delegate who is encouraged to ensure the proper functioning of the installation, thus guaranteeing its continuation. I am in charge of the assessment of the socio-economic impacts, to statistically measure the effects of the establishment of a Caf\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re on health, education, economic activity, food, the attractiveness of the locality and of course the electrification of the uses. For this purpose, 600 households have already been surveyed in 12 localities, half of which will host Caf\u00e9s Lumi\u00e8re. Once they are operational, the same households will be surveyed again, in order to compare the evolution of the 6 localities equipped with a Caf\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re with the 6 that do not have one yet.<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>\"<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

\n\t\tCharlotte, volunteer with the \u00cele-de-France - Hauts-de-France delegation of Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res<\/strong><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”31999″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”32008″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″]
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I have been a member of Electricians sans fronti\u00e8res since 2018. My first contribution was to spread the word about Electricians sans fronti\u00e8res\u2019 actions around me as well as at trade fairs. I then joined the project team of volunteers working on the development a professional sector of electricians in <\/em><\/strong>Diofior, Senegal<\/em><\/a>. At the beginning I observed a lot, listened and asked questions. A novice eye is always useful! Then I did research on solar pumping techniques and equipment in Africa and participated in communication plan in the media and with partners. I thereby actively participated to the preparation of the mission that was to take place in March 2020. I should have gone there, but the pandemic forced us to cancel the trip while maintaining the mission. The support was therefore done remotely, which was unprecedented in the delegation.<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\"<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

\n\t\tC\u00e9line, volunteer with the Limousin - Auvergne - Poitou-Charentes delegation of Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res<\/strong><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″]
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Since 2011, I have been Regional Delegate and I have different roles within the delegation: ensure the administrative management, animation, be the referent of the association to the members, represent it to the regional partners, to the regional multi-actors network, ensure the horizontal activities entrusted by the headquarters… All this leaves little room for a Regional Delegate to participate in projects, but in October 2020, the NGO launched its “<\/em><\/strong>Covid-19 Plan<\/em><\/a>” to address the sanitary situation in the countries where we intervene. The Aquitaine delegation offered to support three projects in Burkina Faso and I joined the teams of two of these projects.<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\"<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

\n\t\tVincent, volunteer with the Aquitaine delegation of Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res<\/strong><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”32001″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Why get involved as a volunteer?” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left”][vc_column_text]Because we need you, but not only! Being a volunteer means giving a little of your time to help others. And without even realizing it, you have a lot to gain!<\/p>\n