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Volunteers are the backbone of the 
community. Volunteers make
it happen. They do fundraising, solicit in-kind donations, make
connections with civic and religious and educational organizations and
collaborate with social service agencies who can provide assistance
to the street youth. Often this process gives volunteers the opportunity to deepen their understanding of individual life situations that result in youth homelessness.
Most importantly, volunteers provide the sense of community at the hostel itself. They work with an experienced supervisor who is always on site. Volunteers who are at the shelter the same evening every week come to regard themselves as a team. Those with irregular schedules meet new people.
Early evening volunteers (6-8pm) contribute their special skills towards activities and programs of interest to the youth. Volunteers from 8-10pm help with the evening meal and provide a welcoming presence. Volunteers who spend the night at the shelter (10pm-8am) are able to sleep, but are on-call as needed by the supervisor. Early morning volunteers (6-8am) help with the morning meal and clean-up.
Volunteering at the shelter contributes to everyone's well being.
Volunteers learn from youth, from their fellow volunteers and from
the trainings provided by . In turn, youth have a warm bed,
hot meals and a way of making connections with people from the wider
community.
We hold frequent orientation sessions for volunteers before and during the rainy season. Send us a message and ask for the dates and times of upcoming sessions.