Challenges Worldwide

Challenges Worldwide (CWW) offers you the chance to use your professional skills and experience on a volunteer project abroad.

The placements

Challenges Worldwide specialises in sending skilled professionals to work on short-term assignments overseas to help its partner organisations to strengthen their ways of working. These organisations focus on developing better education, health, livelihoods and environments.

There are various ways you can be involved. You could, for example, develop a strategic plan, improve IT infrastructure, deliver communications training, or put together an income-generation strategy for a social enterprise or an environmental organisation.

Challenges Worldwide is looking for professionals skilled in:

HR
IT
Law
Strategic Planning and Project Management
Finance/Accounting
Marketing and Communications
Administration
Fundraising

CWW wants you to feel you are in good hands so it carefully matches your skills and experience to the needs of its partners to ensure your work is as sustainable as possible.

In addition, CWW takes the time to evaluate your assignment using several key indicators, enabling you to use your time overseas as a career development tool.

Countries/locations

India
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Belize
St Lucia
South Africa

How long?

3-6 month assignments.

Pricing

3 months - £2,500
4 months - £2,800
5 months - £3,200
6 months - £3,500

The placement fee covers:

Food
Accommodation
Insurance
Recruitment and training
Careful assignment planning
Airport transfers
Full appraisal and debrief system upon return

CWW does not charge overseas partners for placements.

About Challenges Worldwide

Challenges Worldwide is a member of NIDOS (Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland) and has been in operation for ten years. They have a number of significant partnerships with organisations overseas and here in the UK.

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