Our mission is to provide love and care to children deprived of parental care and to change the lives of the volunteers who love and care for them.
26.0 Excursion Selection
Approximately one month before the semester starts the Operations Coordinator holds an online meeting with the upcoming Semester Abroad volunteers. In this meeting the Operations Coordinator presents the available excursions and the Semester Abroad volunteers vote on the ones they would like to do. Those excursions are then scheduled by the Operations Coordinator.
26.1 Excursion Participation
Excursions are held on once a week. Excursion day is formally a free day, and participation in excursions is not mandatory. Volunteers must opt-in to register for excursions. Volunteers who choose not to participate may stay in OSSO housing. If they decide to do an independent activity instead, like going shopping or going to a restaurant, they must abide by the Code of Conduct, ie they must go in a group of two or more and let the DOVEs know where they are going and when they plan to return.
26.2 Excursion Registration
The Operations Coordinator publishes the selected excursions to the semester's WhatsApp group. Within the group the volunteers will then reply with the excursions they will be participating in.
26.3 Excursion Bookings
The Operations Coordinator books and pays for all excursions and excursions transport.
26.4 Excursion Meals
Lunches are provided / paid for by the Operations Coordinator during the excursions.
26.5 Excursion Preparation
The day before the excursion the Operations Coordinator sends out an announcement on the semester WhatsApp group with a summary of the excursion and anything volunteers need to bring for the excursion.
26.6 Excursion Waivers
All volunteers are required to sign a Waiver of Liability as part of their onboarding process. The Waiver of Liability covers all excursions. No extra waivers need to be signed for individual excursions.
26.7 DOVE Participation
DOVEs, Relief DOVEs and Assistant DOVEs are expected to participate in excursions with the volunteers, barring illness or other exceptional circumstances.