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Volunteering with Sakhi for South Asian Women

Volunteering at Sakhi can be enriching, empowering, and fun - we encourage all volunteers to contribute their unique talents, skills, and knowledge to the organization. If you have the time, dedication, and desire to help fulfill our mission to end violence against women, read on for details about our volunteer program.

Sakhi has three core volunteer opportunities supporting our program work and mission to end violence. An average of fifty active trained volunteers help us fulfill Sakhi's mission, including provision of direct services and engagement of the community in the fight to end violence against women. For more information on the volunteer training, click here.

In addition, Sakhi enables professionals with limited time to get involved by supporting the organization's resource development. These crucial contributions help make Sakhi a stronger organization. To get involved with Sakhi's volunteer development committee, Gen2, click here.

Finally, Sakhi's internship program offers dedicated community members the opportunity to get hands-on experience with all sectors of our programming. For more details, click here.

Volunteer Opportunities & Eligibility

• What can I do as a volunteer?
• Who is eligible to volunteer?
• Can men volunteer with Sakhi?

Volunteer Commitment

• What is required of me as a volunteer?
• What if I want to get involved, but I do not have time to be a volunteer?

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?

All of this information as well as volunteer applications are available for download below:

Community Outreach Volunteer Application [Word] [PDF]

Direct Services Volunteer Application
Guide to Volunteering [PDF]
South Asian Domestic Violence Organizations (In the U.S.) [Link] [PDF]
South Asian Domestic Violence Organizations (International) [PDF] Coming Soon!

Completed applications - e-mailed to shivana.jorawar @sakhi.org - will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please check back for training dates and details. We only accept 25 women for each training. We also invite you to join our Community Supporters e-mail listserve to receive notification about future trainings and upcoming events. Thank you for your interest!