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Volunteer Training

How do I train to become a volunteer with Sakhi?
What do I do in order to sign up for the training?
I want to start volunteering right away! What can I do?

How do I train to become a volunteer with Sakhi?

Sakhi conducts volunteer training in two focused sessions annually. The spring session is focused on the areas of community outreach and development. The fall session focuses on direct service program areas - domestic violence, economic empowerment, and women’s health initiative.

Sakhi trains 25 individuals in each session. Individuals are selected on the basis of their completed placement surveys and on Sakhi’s need for volunteers with specific time availability and language skills.

What do I do in order to sign up for the training?

Because each program area requires a different set of skills, it is in our mutual interest for you to determine which program best suits your skills and time availability. The volunteer application is designed to assist you in doing this.

Volunteer applications (including instructions and deadline information) can be downloaded here. If you would like to get information on Sakhi's next volunteer training, please join our Community Supporters E-mail Listserv to receive updates about future trainings.

I want to start volunteering right away! What can I do?

You can begin supporting Sakhi this year by joining our Community Supporters listserv to get involved by learning, joining activities, and receiving updates about our many events. We would love to have you join us for our next training, but if you wish to begin volunteering right away, many other wonderful anti-domestic violence New York metropolitan area organizations are also looking for volunteers:

Manavi is a South Asian women's domestic violence center in New Jersey, and does work very similar to Sakhi.

Manavi
P.O. Box 3103
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Tel: (732) 435-1414
Fax: (732) 435-1411
E-mail: manavi@worldnet.att.net
Website: www.manavi.org

Safe Horizon is another organization that works with survivors of domestic violence, and it has locations and volunteer opportunities in all five boroughs. Please visit their website at www.safehorizon.org and click on the link "Volunteer" at the top right-hand part of the page.

The New York Asian Women's Center, a domestic violence shelter for Asian women, is also currently looking for volunteers. You can find more information about their volunteer program on their website www.nyawc.org, or you can call (212) 732-0054 x 27 to reach the volunteering program.

Sakhi partners with each of these organizations. We know that volunteers at any of these agencies will help to bolster the anti-domestic violence movement.