How much does it cost to volunteer with IHF?
Our fees are $50 US a week for volunteers living with us at all of our centers except for Bali. These fees are to be paid to the director on a monthly basis at the beginning of the stay and each subsequent month thereafter. Please note that for their culture, taking money from a guest is very uncomfortable, so they are trying to learn, but you may need to insist three times for some of their cultures. The $50 US a week is to help cover the volunteers food costs so we do not use the children’s donated money! This amount also covers your utilities and other such costs as long as you don’t use your air conditioning more than an hour or so a day… It does not cover special foods, sightseeing trips, international calls, nor airfare to the centers, or any such form of transportation. We used to not charge anything, but unfortunately ended up with some huge bills for phone etc. from a few volunteers here and there. I do not believe in charging volunteers, so am sad about even this $50 US a wee
