Volunteering Otago manager Leisa de Klerk (left) and migration volunteer programme co-ordinator Casey Lochead are preparing for the migrant volunteering workshops to be held in March.PHOTO: JESSICA WILSONVolunteering Otago is hosting two workshops aimed at breaking down barriers for migrants. Volunteering Otago manager Leisa de Klerk said Volunteering New Zealand had created a strategy to help get migrants into volunteering. Volunteering Otago was also looking at creating a buddy programme for volunteerswho needed extra support, and to keep the work up long-term. The second four-hour workshop, on March 26, is for organisations that might employ migrant volunteers. It would inform organisations what migrants wanted from volunteering and the challenges they would face, Ms de Klerk said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 25, 2020 15:33 UTC