Clean Energy Nepal (CEN) announces application call for its 5th batch of City Volunteer for the year 2010/11. If you are undergraduate students with higher interest in social activities and voluntarism, don’t miss this opportunity to involve yourself.
Fill in the City Volunteer Application Form and email it to info@cen.org.np
along with your Curriculum Vitae (not more than 3 page) or submit it directly
to Clean Energy Nepal (CEN) by August 31, 2010. Application form can be download
from CEN website www.cen.org.np
City volunteers (CV) are the group of dedicated and
committed young college students willing to contribute
for improvement of environment on voluntary basis.
The CV program is an official program of Community
Mobilization Unit within Environment Department of
Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) and is
implemented with the technical assistance of CEN.
CV program was introduced in 2002 in order to
compliment the BaBa (Balbalika ra Batawaran =
Children and Environment) Program which was
initiated in 2000. Both programs – BaBa and CV - aim
at mobilizing school students and youths in a way that
they contribute something to the society and to their personality development. Under BABA program,
nature clubs have been established in various schools, which conduct various environmental activities in
school and community.
CV works with the school children to support BaBa program and will also be the part of following
activities
• Coordinate, monitor and empower nature
clubs in schools
• Design and implement Environmental Mass
Education and Awareness Campaign
• Conduct research activities to generate
ainformation
• Resource persons/trainers to disseminate eco-
friendly technologies and skills
• Community mobilization and participation/
pilot projects
Based on their interest, expertise, and performance, CV will also get other different responsibilities and
opportunities in CEN and partner organizations.
• They will be provided with the capacity
buildup training on different
environmental issues, leadership and
personality development
• They will get opportunity to design and
implement programs in their own
leadership; it will help to develop the
professional skills.
• Working in a group of diverse
background will help to widen
knowledge and build network.
• CVs will get the chance to participant in
different programs, workshops and field
based activities.
• On the basis of performance, two best volunteers will get the chance to do intern in Clean Energy
Nepal and partner organization.
Undergraduate students with higher interest in social activities and voluntarism, and can commit to involve as CV for at least 1 year are eligible for the application (Students studying at intermediate and Masters Level may also be considered on special cases).
Interest on voluntarism and past involvement,
leadership/communication skills and motivation,
dedication and commitment towards environmental
conservation will be the major criteria for selection.
Review of application form and interview of the
shortlisted candidates will select the final 25 CV.
Shortlisted applicants will be notified after a week of application deadline for the interview and final result will be published by the mid of September.
