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Application Process
We are excited that you are interested in our missionary training school (Missionary Mandate.) Here are the steps you need to go through to serve with us. 1. Pay the required $35 Application Fee. 2. Complete the application form. 3. We review your application. 4. Our admissions committee makes a decision about your application. 5. We will email you the committee’s decision within 5 business days. 6. If offered an admission, you will need to pay the $350 deposit to accept the offer of admission. 7. After you have accepted the offer of...
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“By God’s amazing grace, we have had the privilege of being a part of this ministry that God is using to serve His people in Africa. What God is doing through SHAPING DESTINY has changed and is changing our lives through prayer, leadership, service, and financial giving. No matter where you are in your life, we encourage you to be a part of this wonderful ministry in one way or another.” Jonathan Walgama, MD Temple, Texas “In the words of Margaret Meade “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed...
read moreWhy is training so important?
Training takes time and sacrifice but we have discovered that when volunteers are well trained, they will enjoy the trip and leave a tremendous impact on the people they serve. When they don’t, its very easy to cause harm to themselves or to the people they serve. It’s one thing to have a good heart to serve orphans. It’s quite another thing to be able to offer them real help that local people can’t offer. Hugging them, teaching them to read, painting houses can all be done by local people better and cheaper than...
read morePaying Tuition
Use this page to pay your tuition for the short-term missionary training school. You can pay the entire tuition in full or in installments. Pay Tuition Now
read moreDeposit
Congratulations! If you have been referred to this page, then you have been offered admission into the Missionary Training School. The next step for you to do is to pay your $350 deposit to confirm your position in the class. The deposit is crucial because it guarantees your position in the class. Pay Deposit Now
read moreWhy Volunteers Need Training
“First do no harm (to your patient & to yourself). Second, do good to best of your ability (get the best training possible so that you can give your patients the best possible effort).” We believe that volunteers can change the world. But this doesn’t happen at random. For a volunteer to be effective, they have to be the right person in the right place at the right time. It doesn’t matter how well educated and skillful a volunteer is. If they are not trained, they will end up hurting and not helping the volunteer...
read morePaid Jobs in Africa – Program Assistant
How about this: Instead of paying to volunteer abroad, you could get paid to work abroad doing the same things you would be volunteering to do (and more), and many good benefits. Check this out if you are passionate about orphans, then apply for this position if interested. JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Program Assistant Consults with: Program Director and other staff. Department/Group: Orphan Care Management Reports to: Program Director Location: Batibo town, Batibo Subdivision, Momo Division, NW Province, Cameroon, Africa Is Travel...
read moreMissionary Jobs in Africa
Introducing Missionary Jobs in Africa How about this? If you get one of our missionary jobs in Africa (offered by our missionary to Africa program) instead of paying to serve abroad, you would get paid to work as one of our missionaries in Africa doing the same things you would be volunteering to do (and more). Check out our missionary jobs in Africa and if you think you are passionate about serving orphans and sharing Christ, then apply for one of the missionary to Africa positions below. Missionary Jobs in Africa: General...
read moreMissionary Jobs in Africa: Benefits
Salary & Wages: There are two options for getting paid. You choose only one option. You can change your mind afterwords and switch options without any problem. Option 1: Receive Free Food and Room at the orphanage. The advantage of this option is that you don’t have to cook your own meals. You eat in the same auditorium as the orphans (meals are delicious) and live on the same campus as the kids. You will share a large room with one or two other volunteers of the same gender. There would be enough space because the rooms are quite...
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You apply for this position by applying for admission into the Missionary Training School. That school will need to train you before you can begin work. Immediate after the three month training in Austin (or Cameroon for African students), you will go to the field to begin work. Note that a small tuition applies. click here >> Apply for Missionary Jobs. ...
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Internships, Volunteer Spots, Jobs in Africa
"Are you thinking about volunteering or doing missions work in a foreign country? Working with orphaned children? Making a difference? Saving some money? If so, no organization will better meet your needs and desires than Change Volunteers." Nathan Reschke, past volunteer to Cameroon.
Apply for Internship in Africa today! We also have Other Volunteer Spots and Job Opportunities in Africa.