Thanks for volunteering
...We often get so much from the world that giving back seems never enough...
LUKMEF is a not for profit organisation deriving most of its funding from donors and its workforce from volunteers. LUKMEF's volunteers are national as well as foreign. With work durations ranging from 3-24 months, our volunteers and interns are placed in key positions within the organisation that will give them the opportunity to exercise their skills and be more productive within the organisation. The same goes to our interns who often come in with academic qualifications but not always with work experience, thus requiring careful and coordinated follow-up and mentoring.
LUKMEF's volunteers program is designed to be a win-win situation; giving our volunteers a chance to render service, enrich their CV, gain insight into cultural issues and in most cases have some time for tourism. The organization, on the other hand, gains from the knowledge and work of our volunteers, enrich its profile, builds worldwide presence and forms the needed partnership base to raise funds for our activities.
We do not charge a fee to those wishing to volunteer with us. However, all volunteers and interns must be able to completely finance their flight, accommodation and feeding while here in Cameroon. Unless within the framework of funded projects, the volunteer is expected to pay his/her transport, feeding and lodging during field trips.
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Volunteer Openings
We currently have 6 volunteer openings within the organisation as well as within our partner organisations working on the field read more... -
Conditions
We do not charge a fee to skilled volunteers. Our first working language is English but we work comfortably with French speaking volunteers. Volunteers must be holders of at least and undergraduate degree. For more information, please click read more... -
How to apply
Our application process is simple and takes about a week to reach a final decision. send to us a copy of you CV and a motivation letter. Then download and complete the online volunteer application form.
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Why you should volunteer!
(1)We have a very good track record of working with volunteers of different backgrounds from around the world.
(2) We award our highly appreciated end of service certificate to all volunteers and interns who go through our organisation leaving verifiable impact.
(3) In addition, we keep you on our website as a reference for the services you offered. read more...
Former Volunteers
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Patrice Theunissen
Patrice volunteered with the Foundation for 12 months. He worked in the IT department developing strategic data archiving systems, Training young Cameroonians on website programming. He visits cameroon on a very regular basis since then.
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BjÖrn Bernstein
Bjoern volunteered for the organisation for 12 months. He worked in our peace and human security projects. During this time he lead the team to research on the root causes on inter tribal conflicts in Cameroon. He started the LUKMEF restructuring process with the redrafting of the constitution.
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Tamara palamakumbura
She worked for 3 months on the Projects department. Her role was project writing and fundraising. She pioneered the Rice project in Ndop and continue o contribute towards the project up till date.
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Janna Beiker
Janna worked for 12 months focusing on the orphans support project by proving technical support and regular review and evaluation.
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Antje .M. Simdorn
Her stay within the Foundation was short lived due to the national strike action that rocked the country during that time. She provided key input into the projects department.
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Sharon Martins
Sharon is generally called our volunteer of the year. She was first tricked by someone impersonating the CEO of LUKMEF before she finally got in contact with the Foundation. The voted to still render service even after huge sums of money was extorted from here. She worked for three months.