The Involvement of Returned Volunteers in

mentoring National Volunteers and their

ongoing work with Developing
Communities
(VSO Bahaginan Experience)
 National
Volunteering
National
Volunteering
NV strengthens volunteering for development and influences a culture that
advances national volunteering initiatives working to improve the quality of
life of the poor and disadvantaged communities

Objectives
1. To build capacities of volunteer-involving organizations and programs
through KaBahagi in delivering services that will help address
development issues
2. To develop strategic partnerships that will pull together resources and
initiatives for advancing development goals through volunteering
3. To influence policies, structures and processes that will engender the
culture of volunteering in institutions of government, civil society and
business
 National
Volunteering &
the Volunteer
Journey
THE NV PROGRAM AND THE VOLUNTEER JOURNEY

Basic NV input and how VSO Bahaginan is playing a role in NV highlighting its
Pre-Departure main strategies such as KaBahagi, Partnership Development and Public
Training Engagement.

Support to volunteers overseas on NV resources, initiatives and other capacity-

Placement building tools, including sharing of best practices and models.
Overseas

Providing initial forms of engagement of returned volunteers to NV such as but

Upon Return not limited to fellowship and mentoring, as resource speakers, et al.
(Prior RVW)

Sharing of NV practices and initiatives from other countries through NV sharing-

RV Weekend sessions that will benefit other returned volunteers, NV Program and VSO
Bahaginan.

Returned volunteers are involved and engaged in NV initiatives and main

Post strategies, including efforts on Partnership Development and Public Engagement.
RV Weekend
 RV Strategy
Framework for our RV Strategy
Philosophy (what) Sharing skills, Changing Lives in disadvantaged communities

Moving with people to fight global poverty and

Mission disadvantage through volunteering.

Provide an enabling environment for RVs to continue

Goal sharing skills and changing lives in disadvantaged
communities

To build and strengthen RVs’ resolve to continuously

Objectives engage in development work.

To provide platforms for continuing involvement of RVs in

development work.
 Mentoring

• Entail the creation of a pool of mentors who can

provide partners with one-to-one technical support
• Mentors are identified after the partners have been
signed up to the Kabahagi program
• Time-bounded
• Mentor help in details of program design and
systems
• Refer partners to other resource organizations that
can provide them with further assistance.
• the Mentoring engagement can be used as a
monitoring mechanism of the program
 Returned Volunteers Engagement
A Returned Volunteer
enlists to VSO Bahaginan

VSO Bahaginan encodes

information and validates Face-to-Face Virtual
Mentoring Mentoring
VSO Bahaginan matches
skills with potential Mid-Engagement
volunteering opportunities Report
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Partner with volunteering Post-Engagement
opportunity meets VSO Report
Bahaginan and Fellow

Partner and Fellow sign

Terms of Reference with VSO
Bahaginan for Fellowship
 Call for Mentors

KaBahagi
Fellowships
Who are qualified
Kabahagi Fellows ARE:
• Got transferable skills
• With at least 5 years
working background in a
specific area
• Experience in mentoring,
coaching or training
• Able to provide 80 hours of
service
• Preferably can speak the
local dialect
• Flexible, collaborative
• Values openness to learning
 Orientation Session

A 2-day orientation session for mentors will be

conducted by VSO Bahaginan
• to help ensure that they are clarified on the roles
and characteristics of mentors.
• objective setting, mentoring principles and
techniques

Mentees are invited to attend the training to ensure

that there is a shared understanding between the
mentor and the mentee of the volunteer
management system
 Allan Sande, MD

Dr Sande in Batanes
in a District
Hospital in
Batanes,
Philippines

Dr Allan Sande in his

placement in Uganda
 James Zamora

James in his placement in

Bangladesh

James in Cotabato as mentor in a

Farmers Cooperative producing
civet coffee
 Remedios Magsayo,
RV Kenya

Remedios working with

a farm extension
volunteer in Tagum,
Philippines