From May to August each year the button link at the bottom of this page called “Apply Now” will go live. When it is active it will link you to an online form that you will have to fill in asking for lots of details, you will be able to save this and return to it as it may take you some time to fill in. You will also need to provide two recent references who have witnessed you working with children and you will also need to submit a link to a 5 mins promo video of you (details of this here). If accepted you will be expected to undergo a police check relevant to your local area (we can assist those in the UK with their DBS checks).
Tour Information
Depending on the tour it can last 10 days to 4 months, but your commitment to PWB begins once you have been selected. We ask volunteers to be actively involved in fundraising and promoting PWB’s work before, during and after the tour. As a volunteer you will be responsible for fundraising the cost of your tour, putting together a show with the rest of the volunteers and planning a teaching curriculum around your unique skills.
As a group you will also have further responsibilities whilst on tour. These include:
Finding external groups and organising shows/workshops
Documenting and reporting back on the tour thorough newsletters and videos
Managing Budgets
Buying and cooking your own food
Managing transport logistics
Supporting the development of your team mates
Organising ‘rest’ days and activities
Ensuring the health and well-being of other team members
Reviewing your daily / monthly activities
We expect volunteers to be active participants in the tours – there is a tour facilitator but the tours are a team effort!
In general a PWB tour consists of:
a 1-2 week training camp in country to allow you to get to know your team and become acclimatised, put together a show, and finalise the curriculum you will be teaching.
2 or 3 projects (depending on the tour) with one of our key partners. These will last approximately 3-4 weeks for each project. These are organisations that work with vulnerable children and young people in the countries we work.
Regular out-reach projects. These are performances and workshops that last just one or two days.
The tours will be facilitated by experienced PWB volunteers who have toured previously with PWB in that country. They will form the Tour Leader Team and a Tour Coordinator will guide the tour from day-to-day in country.
You will be asked to raise your own funds to go on the tour which is all part of the experience. The approximate contribution you will required to make is listed below plus you will also have to pay for your own flights and travel insurance (see below). Please note amounts may vary from year to year and we give a ‘desirable’ amount so that strong fundraisers can also raise extra funds to support PWBs central costs and to help keep us running sustainably year-on-year:
(minimum —> desirable)
India: £1000 to £1200
Kenya: £1000 to £1200
This contribution is non refundable and must be paid in full a month before the tour starts. A £100 non refundable deposit will be required within a week of accepting your place on tour. The money goes towards food, travel, workshop equipment and accommodation whilst on tour.
You will also need additional funds for your own flights, insurance and vaccinations. Please check flights to the respective tour country capital for an idea of this cost. You will also need your own spending money for day-to-day extras and for time off during the tours (approx 2-3 weeks).
PWB projects run on a tight budget and we don’t ask you for any more than we need to be able to run the tours.
PWB projects run on a tight budget and we don’t ask you for any more than we need to be able to run the tours. We fundraise ourselves to help cover the costs of the Tour Coordinator who has to work before, during and after the tour. We take minimal admin costs, everything else is run by volunteers. PWB look for the most cost effective, convenient and reasonable ways to run projects and try to keep everyone happy. The money you pay as a contribution to PWB covers the following things WHILST WORKING ON PROJECTS (you will need to fund your time off separately to this):
EQUIPMENT – A small portion of your contribution may be put towards to the amount of equipment we need to make the tour happen. This could include things such as equipment for the children’s workshops or bags to carry PWB kit in and running repairs on technical equipment for the tour.
This will be a combination of meals out so you can try the local dishes and shared home cooking within the team. Where we have the option, this will be 2 out of 3 meals a day ‘at home’, cooking for yourselves as a team or individually, using what is available locally at markets etc. If you have specific dietary requirements, please note this on your application and talk to PWB about the local food and how you may be affected -it’s not ever been a problem so far, don’t worry – but do be prepared to be flexible, adaptable, and eat the same thing every day as the nationals do – such as rice and beans (Nicaragua), rice and dhal/curry (India), rice and meat or beans/lentils (Kenya). Being vegetarian/vegan in India is pretty easy, in the Philippines its very difficult with veganism or a limited diet, eating out in any country we visit will more often than not involve meat – or rice and beans!
Whilst on tour with PWB we do our best to source and provide comfortable accommodation, with cooking/cleaning/bathing and sleeping facilities and a practice space available, although sometimes this last part may not be possible. Sometimes you may be in a hostel with other travellers and sometimes you may be in a house or guesthouse, with or without other travellers/locals sharing the space. Sometimes, the local group/area we are working in may only have the most basic facilities. You may be required to share a room/bathroom with some of your teammates, of any sex – you may be required to share a room/bathroom with all of your team-mates! PWB volunteers have to be adaptable and ready to leave their home comforts behind.
This includes travel to and from the project you are working with, which may be: walking, bicycles, trains, taxi’s, rickshaws – people powered and motorized, trucks, buses, minibuses (public or private) or a combination of the above, whatever is most cost effective and convenient. It also includes all travel between projects if you travel as part of the PWB team or are carrying PWB equipment. Travels can be long, tiring, dusty, hot, bumpy etc. but sometimes the views are awesome!
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