Volunteer Work
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From: sunny side up
Volunteer Work
Are there any organisations that put helicopter pilots in touch with companies that do relief or volunteer flying. I have seen a couple of web sites that ask for pilot owners (FW) to help in areas of the world that need them, but are there any places for helicopter non owners to do some volunteer flying for the benefit of others?
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Check out http://helimission.ch/pages_e/sos_ops.htm
Respect! 
Financing .
Helimission is supported only by private donations. In order to help the poorest, the users of the helicopters usually only pay the fuel costs. Flights in catastrophe operations and for medical emergencies are generally undertaken for free. The real costs of the flights are borne by Helimission. Each pilot/mechanic is paid through support that they receive from family, friends, and local churches. Except for the salary of our office personnel all donations are applied directly to our operations on the mission field, directly benefiting the people most in need.
Helimission is supported only by private donations. In order to help the poorest, the users of the helicopters usually only pay the fuel costs. Flights in catastrophe operations and for medical emergencies are generally undertaken for free. The real costs of the flights are borne by Helimission. Each pilot/mechanic is paid through support that they receive from family, friends, and local churches. Except for the salary of our office personnel all donations are applied directly to our operations on the mission field, directly benefiting the people most in need.
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From: Escrick York england
what a great place to send a christmas present to these people do a fantastic job and rembering them at christmas would also be a fantastic thing i for one will be sending
on the swift form when it asks for a reference write pprune[now its not advertising hopefully ]
If you would like to support the mission,
the account is:
Helimission Foundation
Bleichi 2
CH-9043 Trogen, Switzerland
bank: Credit Suisse, Postfach, CH-9001 St. Gallen
account:359659-21(CHF) IBAN:CH33 0053 9035 9659 2100 0
account:359659-22-1 (USD)IBAN:CH69 0053 9035 9659 2200 1
account:359659-22-2 (EUR) IBAN:CH42 0053 9035 9659 2200 2
for all 3 accounts following clearing and swift:
clearing/sort code/ABA: 539
swift: CRESCHZZ90A
on the swift form when it asks for a reference write pprune[now its not advertising hopefully ]
If you would like to support the mission,
the account is:
Helimission Foundation
Bleichi 2
CH-9043 Trogen, Switzerland
bank: Credit Suisse, Postfach, CH-9001 St. Gallen
account:359659-21(CHF) IBAN:CH33 0053 9035 9659 2100 0
account:359659-22-1 (USD)IBAN:CH69 0053 9035 9659 2200 1
account:359659-22-2 (EUR) IBAN:CH42 0053 9035 9659 2200 2
for all 3 accounts following clearing and swift:
clearing/sort code/ABA: 539
swift: CRESCHZZ90A
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From: Europe
Humanitarian Help, supporting the poorest, "dedicated to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard to their faith, origin or gender" is also the goal of our muslim collegues of the Agha Khan Foundation. As a great and world-wide network they also operate helicopters with great success in areas with the urgent need of helicopter support.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Kha...opment_Network
http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/200...to-the-rescue/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Kha...opment_Network
http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/200...to-the-rescue/
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From: US
Does anyone have any updated information about getting involved with relief organizations?
More details? PM me.
HM
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Not quite in the same league, but in the UK "Airsearch" has a number of members who are pilots but not owners. Who we are - Air Search Paired with an Owner/Pilot you could get some cheap or free pilot hours if you are interested in timebuilding.
No salary, and obviously more "spare time", not full-time
No salary, and obviously more "spare time", not full-time
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TiP
Not with Helimission because you wouldn't meet the criteria.
Although Helimission helps those in need regardless of their religion (if any), the staff are Christians.
(I suppose you might if no candidates met the criteria for a position, but that's very unlikely.)
So what if you aren't a religious person, but had experience and wanted to help others, would you still get a position?
Although Helimission helps those in need regardless of their religion (if any), the staff are Christians.
(I suppose you might if no candidates met the criteria for a position, but that's very unlikely.)
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