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Volunteer with the Disaster Risk Management Centre

<div class="ExternalClassC7488BAD69C34FA4AF11CBD3B12D2887"><p>The City is accepting volunteers to assist Disaster Risk Management across a variety of functions. </p></div>

<span> <h2 class="sectHeading">About<br></h2></span> <p>Volunteers will help the department carry out standby duties, including: </p><ul><li>at fire stations,<br></li><li>in the first aid rooms,<br></li><li>during flooding situations, and<br></li><li>at large scale events that draw big crowds, such as the Cape Town Cycle Tour and minstrel events.</li></ul> <span> <h2 class="sectHeading">Apply<br></h2></span> <p>Register on the <a href="https://web1.capetown.gov.za/web1/volunteers" target="_blank">City's Volunteer Portal<i class="icon link-external"></i></a> to apply for volunteer opportunities.<br></p> <span> <div class="lrg-icon-content bordered"><div class="lrg-icon lrg-check"><p> <b>As a volunteer, you must:</b></p><ul><li>be a team player who is eager to serve his/her community in a voluntary capacity, which includes attending training sessions and meetings. </li><li>be 16 or older (parental consent is required for those falling into the 16 – 18 age bracket) </li><li>have a clean criminal record. </li></ul> </div></div></span> <p>Read the City's <a href="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Bylaws%20and%20policies/Disaster%20Risk%20Management%20Volunteer%20Policy%20for%20the%20City%20of%20Cape%20Town%20-%20approved%20on%2007%20December%202006.pdf" target="_blank">Disaster Risk Management Volunteer Policy</a> to find out more.<br><br>Volunteers will be located at various bases across the City (Atlantis, Athlone, Belhar, Fish Hoek, Khayelitsha, Macassar, Melkbosstrand, Milnerton, Melton Rose, Mitchells Plain, Ottery, Scottsdene, and Strand). </p>

Serve your community by assisting Disaster Risk Management with certain duties.

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