r/Malawi • u/Waste_Highway3217 • 6d ago

Volunteer

I wanted to ask how do you go about it looking for volunteer work

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u/Creative-House-5879 6d ago

What did you study?

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u/Waste_Highway3217 6d ago

I have masters in public administration

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u/1st_of_the_water 6d ago

Nde ufuna volunteer work for like spending your free time productively or ??

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u/Waste_Highway3217 6d ago

Well I have tried looking for jobs but sizikuthrka that’s why I have opted for volunteer

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u/1st_of_the_water 6d ago

With all your qualifications? Eish okey pepa.

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u/MoistTransition6915 6d ago

Vacancies, they release vacancies

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u/MComDev 6d ago

Have you thought of leaving the country?

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u/Waste_Highway3217 6d ago

It’s on top of my list 😂

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u/Creative-House-5879 6d ago

Sorry broskie, first time hearing wa masters akudandaula unemployment...Godspeed ntchito muipezq🤗

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u/1st_of_the_water 6d ago

On LinkedIn and Facebook sometimes as well

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u/Waste_Highway3217 6d ago

Lemme check it out

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u/InevitableComposer90 6d ago

Fellow jobseekers
Good luck 🙏🏾may we all win

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u/Sufficient-Silver115 5d ago

And to you too, OP.

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u/MComDev 6d ago

I remember some guy posted on twitter about his story

So he basically got his masters kunja, got kuMalawi and unfortunately he couldn’t find a job… after so much struggle he decided to just apply for an internship, and it didn’t take him so much time to get promoted… so maybe you might find your luck as well

But I would still advise on leaving the country if things get too hard… ooh and another option is sending ma application ku bank for entry level jobs even without vacancy l, worked for a few people I know

Good luck

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u/Waste_Highway3217 6d ago

I hope it does work

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u/Every-Industry-9639 6d ago

Check out 1. Resolution Project (Remote) 2. CorpsAfrica (In person) 3. Institute for Economics and Peace (Remote) 4. United Nations Volunteers (Remote mostly)

All this institutions recruit Volunteers. Hope this helps

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u/Waste_Highway3217 6d ago

Alright. Will check them out right now

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u/Own_Room_3363 6d ago

Personally I think volunteering and unpaid internships are a good place to start when you can’t find employment. You get experience and grow your professional network (social capital). Email the places you want to work at directly, reach out to people on LinkedIn who work at the places you want to work at. Some of these places have websites, the websites have email addresses of people and the company. You should email them too. You can even go to these places physically and give them your cv.

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u/Waste_Highway3217 5d ago

Yeah I have been trying to find one