Giving myself options

[annwfyn]

I've put in an application to work as a Volunteer Coordinator for VSO. I don't know if they will accept me. If they do, I don't know when or where they would want me to go, although from what I've heard, it is quite a slow process and so it wouldn't be for quite a while. Looking at their website, they are looking for Volunteer Coordinators in Sierra Leone and the person profile matches me very closely, but I suspect that the placements they have on their website are just sample placements and it could be anywhere.

I don't even know entirely yet whether I'd want to go. I just think I want to find out if that is even an option. After all, I am only really committed to staying here until April and after that I kind of like feeling like the whole world might be my oyster.

Comments

[suave-steve.livejournal.com]

Better to have the option and not take it than vice versa. I looked at their website a couple of months ago myself.

[quisalan.livejournal.com]

*jealous*

*looks sad*

I wish I could! How long are the placements for?

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

6 months to 2 years, depending on the placement. It's scary, but I keep thinking maybe this is the last chance I'll get before I get old and settled.

[quisalan.livejournal.com]

It won't be the last chance - it's really up to you when you do them (my sister is heading off with a toddler to live on a boat in Malaysia!), but it's good to look.

Would you do it alone or get Jez to go with you?