How To Apply for This Team

If you have an application already on file with Global Village, then all you have to do is call the Global Village registrar at 1-800-422-4848 ext 7530, or write gv@habitat.org and request that your application be forwarded to the team leaders at lesliebell47@yahoo.com.

If your application is more than a year old, or needs updating, simply go online and submit a new application. All other forms must be less than a year old as well. Contact the team leaders by email to let them know that you have requested your application to be forwarded.

Read the information below on the Interview Process. If you are new to Global Village, filling out an application form is easy, takes little time, and does not commit you to any team. Nor does it mean that you have been invited to join a team; but you must have an application on file in order to be interviewed for a team. See "tips on filling out the forms" below.



The Application
The Global Village application forms that must be submitted consists of: the GV application form; the Emergency Contact Information (ECI) and Release and Waiver of Liability form; the Participant Acknowledgement form. All of these forms can now be filled out online. Later, you must also submit a copy of the ID page of your passport, which must be valid for six months beyond the travel dates. You submit this to us, the team leader, not to GV. When we have them all collected we send a copy to GV. Do not send this copy to us until you have been selected for the team.

TIPS on filling out the forms:
4If you do not have a current passport, or do not have easy access to your passport, you can still submit your application and submit passport information later.
4Make sure your email address is spelled correctly, as that is how you will be contacted with your 8-digit account number.
4If you are applying for more than one team, fill out the countries and dates for each team on ONE application form. If applying only for this Cambodia teams, give Cambodia as your preferred destination and the exact dates of the team, January 1-13, 2010.
4The ECI also asks for health insurance information; you do NOT have to have health insurance to apply, but if you do have insurance, please submit that information.

Application Process
Global Village receives electronic applications via the online application Web page, www.habitat.org/gv. The application and other forms can be filled out online, or downloaded for a paper copy to submit by mail or fax. The online process is immediate whereas applications by mail or fax may take up to two weeks. We have to have a copy of this application before the interview. When the application is entered into the database you will be advised of your 8-digit Habitat ID number. Once this number has been received, contact the Cambodia team leaders, Bob and Leslie Bell, at lesliebell47@yahoo.com to request an interview.

The Interview
All participants, including former team members on our past teams, must have a telephone interview. If there are multiple participants in one family, each participant must be interviewed, whether in a group or individual interview. Please make sure you read about us as team leaders at http://www.teamswithbobandleslie.blogspot.com/. That site lists all of our current and recent teams. Scroll down to the bottom and you will find our profile.

Also, read ALL of the information on this blog before the interview. The purpose of the interview is for YOU to be able to ask all the questions you have concerning this team in order to know whether or not it will meet your expectations. The team leaders also asks questions to make sure you are a candidate that will meet our expectations. If an invitation is extended, it usually happens within 24 hours of the interview.

Accepting or DecliningWhen an invitation is extended, it must be accepted or declined within three days. If accepting, you must immediately make your non-refundable, non-transferrable deposit of $350 before you are recognized as a team member by Global Village. For more information on making the deposit, read Payment and Donation Procedures & Policies.