Humana is an environmental organization with a presence in 46 countries, supporting international development cooperation projects through the collection and sale of second-hand clothing in its stores. We believe that the active participation of volunteers plays a vital role in our mission to combat inequality. That is why, in partnership with DRH Lindersvold and Humana People to People, Humana Volunteers promotes a 10-month International Volunteer Program for people who want to contribute to meaningful change through international volunteering.
First Stage TRAINING
Your journey begins at DRH Lindersvold, where you will take part in practical and theoretical training to prepare for your volunteer experience.
During this stage, you will learn about international cooperation, development, politics, economy, agriculture, health, culture and traditions. You will also develop the mindset and practical skills needed to contribute meaningfully to the project where you will be placed
Second StageDEVELOPMENT COOPERATION PROJECT
During the project stage, you will join an established development cooperation project and work alongside local teams and communities.
Depending on the needs of the project, you may contribute to initiatives related to sustainable agriculture and environment, health, community development or education. Your role will be to support ongoing activities, learn from local realities and take part in collective action.
Third Stage AWARENESS-RAISING AND REFLECTION
After returning to Europe, you will take time to reflect on your experience, share what you have learned and help raise awareness about global inequalities and development challenges.
This final stage is a time to reflect, share what you have learned, and become an active voice for solidarity, cooperation, and long-term change. It is also a moment to look ahead and consider how this experience can inspire a new direction in your life, studies, or future career.
Fill in the form and our Volunteer Advisor will send you detailed information by email, together with a link to schedule a meeting online or in person. If you do not see the email in your inbox, please check your Promotions and Spam folders.
The volunteers’ role is to support teachers by providing mentorship, teaching English, organizing evening and weekend programs, and collaborating with the climate center activities and projects.
The volunteers take part in activities such as tree planting and environmental protection campaigns, cleaning actions, sports clubs with youths, supporting income-generating activities, and more.
Volunteers support this project by sticking together with the project staff in carrying out activities like doing baseline surveys, organizing workshops for caregivers, holding nutrition lessons and cooking demonstrations, leading hygiene and sanitation campaigns, and more.
Volunteers collaborate with the adults accompanying the children, for example by providing monthly training sessions for the preschool teachers, elaborating educational materials, reinforcing the community’s commitment to ensure one meal a day for the children, installing vegetable gardens or improving school buildings.
It was incredible to meet people from all over the world and share ideas on how to contribute to creating a better world, turning ideas into concrete actions. In Malawi, by collaborating every day with the local people, I learned how even very different people, moving together towards a common goal, can create wonderful things. Everything I saw and felt will simply remain unforgettable.”
Lorenzo Rindaldi
NHQ Chilangoma – MalawiVolunteering as a teacher for future primary school teachers in Guinea-Bissau gave me something truly precious: hope. I became part of a community united by a deep desire to learn, grow, and shape the country’s future. I was a knowledge facilitator who, along the way, also learned a lot. For me, it was the realization of a long-held dream.
Joana Pechirra
DNS Project – Guinea-BissauBeing a volunteer in DAPP Malawi was a wonderful and fulfilling experience to better understand the complexity of our world and its injustices. To join this program was one of the best decisions of my life!
Claudia D’Abbondanza
NHQ Chilangoma – MalawiCenturies of colonization continue to shape our mindsets. We need to free our ideas from paternalism, pity, and ethnocentrism. This is how the three months of training prepared me to understand the best way to create a shared vision of the future and a common understanding of values such as education, respect, and cooperation with the people of Malawi. Building togetherness requires active listening, patience, and humility.”
Silvia Orri
DNS Project Chilangoma - MalawiBeing a volunteer at Children’s Town required patience, respect, creativity, teamwork, and strong pedagogical skills. This experience inspired me to develop these qualities and to learn just as much as I taught every day. The six months I spent in Zambia were one of the happiest periods of my life, as I grew alongside the people I collaborated with. After the program, I finally understood what development aid from people to people actually means.”
Guilherme Oliveira
DAPP Children’s Town - ZambiaYou might find the answers here
The six-month project stage is fully financed by Humana People to People and includes everything related to the project destination:
The three-month training and the final one-month evaluation stage at DRH Lindersvold are financed by you, the participants in the program. The cost for these four months is €3.650, which covers:
Humana People to People entities in Europe offer a Scholarship Plan to cover 80% of the cost (up to €3.000). You can request more information at your first meeting with our volunteer advisors.
* You will cover all personal expenses such as travel back and forth to Denmark, medication, vaccines, toiletries, sim card, clothing, laptop and any other personal items for the total duration of the program. Health insurance for the four months spent at DRH Lindersvold in Denmark will be financed through your European Health Insurance Card if you are an EU citizen. If you are not an EU citizen, you will carry this expense yourself.