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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?

2010 Volunteer Training Information

2010 Volunteer Training Schedule:

Thursday, June 3, 2010       6:00pm – 9:00pm
Saturday, June 5, 2010       10:00am – 6:00pm
W ednesday, June 9, 2010   6:00pm – 9:00pm
Saturday, June 12, 2010     11:00am – 5:00pm

This year we will accept 30 individuals to participate in our training.

Our annual volunteer training is intensive and strives to equip you with the tools needed to work with survivors; talk to and engage community members about domestic violence; and, raise awareness to end the violence against women. This year’s training is held in June. Sakhi relies on dedicated volunteers to help deepen Sakhi’s impact: in fact in 2009, volunteers contributed more than 2 years and 10 months of time in order to enable our achievements!

For more information please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@sakhi.org or 212.714.9153 ext. 109.

How do I train to become a volunteer with Sakhi?

Successful completion of a Sakhi Volunteer Training is mandatory for joining our Domestic Violence and Community Outreach volunteer teams. Sakhi conducts periodic trainings to maintain a stable number of volunteers in these two programs. 

Gen-2 volunteers must also participate in training, but can do so after they have started volunteering.

Sakhi trains up to 25 individuals in each session. Individuals are selected on the basis of their completed applications 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. 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.