Help the Starving ?

Question

I would like to help the starving..like actually go over there and feed them! How do i do this i mean i cant afford to just fly over there! WHO do i work for so that i can go and help?

Answer 1

you sound just like bush!look around you young lady.SEE YOU AT THE SOUP LINE

Answer 2

Are you an expert in organic farming? Urban farming? Nutrition? Can you train others in high yield food production? Are you a logistics expert?

Unless you have expertise that you can train others in that will help them produce/have better access to food, you aren't needed to serve food -- there are local people desperate for jobs in poor countries, and the money is better spent hiring those local people, so they can, in turn, feed their families -- rather than flying you over, housing you, etc.

There is a listing of the more-than-30 member organizations of the International Volunteers Program Association (IVPA) that is a good place to find reputable volunteer-for-a-fee programs -- programs where you don't need to have much experience in order to participate, and the placements are just for a few weeks or months. But be prepared to pay:

http://www.volunteerinternational.org/

The goal of organizations working in poor countries is to give the local people jobs and to keep money local, not to give Westerners a feel-good vacation/experience -- hence why short-term placement agencies (in contrast to the aforementioned) charge volunteers a fee, or require these volunteers to pay their own way (flights, in-country transportation, health insurance, accommodation, food, security, translators, training, staff to supervise and support them in their service, liaisons with the police and local officials, etc.).

Here is a web site that can help you learn more about the skills and experience desired by long-term placement organizations, and how you can gain that experience locally, wherever you are right *now*, no matter your age. You are never too young nor too old to start engaging in activities and training that will make you a viable candidate for long-term volunteer placement agencies, such as the PeaceCorps or UN Volunteers:

http://www.coyotecommunications.com/volu...

Answer 3

Peace Corps, UN, churches that have charity trips.

Answer 4

Peace Corps is the first place to check. What a wonderful thing u are considering of doing.  Good luck.

http://www.peacecorps.gov/