Volunteering Program

Volunteering enables the participation of academe, professionals, students and local community members in appropriate technology for rural development. It promotes the spirit of partnership, mutual learning and service in people-based science and technology by bridging them with communities.

Volunteers are individuals that collaborate with SIBAT in various capacities in this same spirit. The term 'volunteer' is chosen not to mean that they are not supported financially but to highlight the character of the motivation as not chiefly financial. In SIBAT, a volunteer serves as innovator, facilitator, trainor, researcher, adviser/consultant, networker, and resource mobilizer in developing people-based science and technology.

Development Advisors

These are professionals that are paid on a per-project basis for fixed deliverables such as special studies, installations, research. They are paid according to the particular contract agreement and are given customized forms of orientation on SIBAT's development framework.

Associates

These are professionals that share the development framework of SIBAT. They have been trained in internal systems and procedures and are capable of assisting in SIBAT's regular operations. They are called in for technical team assignments and are given an honorarium.

Interns

These are individuals new to the work of SIBAT but desire to collaborate and learn with the organization. They are oriented to the framework and approach of the organization and may be trained on operations to become associates in the future. Depending on whether the assignment fulfils a specified need of the organization, interns are provided an allowance for related transportation and lodging expenses.