Category Archives: Policy
Marketing volunteer needed for CBO based in Thailand
We are a grassroots CBO based on the Thai-Burma border working to bring peace and democratic change to Burma.
We are currently looking for a volunteer with a strong marketing/communications background to join our team for a minimum of 3 months, ideally 6. The position will be based in Mae Sot with some travel to the Bangkok office required.
Job description
Devise and implement with the management team, a communications plan for 2012 with the following objectives:
- Raise awareness of the work the organisation does
- Increase the number of subscribers to our newsletter
- Increase traffic to our website
Develop an advocacy strategy for the organisation as a whole but with a focus on Human rights and the impact of development projects on marginalised ethnic communities within Burma.
Work closely with the fundraiser to complete funding applications to funding bodies
Research and locate appropriate funding bodies for further funding applications
The successful volunteer will have a marketing/business background with experience of online communication and preferably knowledge of website maintenance and database management. Experience of fundraising would be advantageous but not essential.
The position is an ideal opportunity for somebody wishing to gain valuable experience in the fields of grassroots politcal change and human rights.
The position is not paid but food and accommodation (basic) can be provided.
Aki Ra Mine Centre – Volunteer Cambodia
Aki Ra Land Mine Centre – Siem Reap, Cambodia
I visited this Centre when I was in Siem Reap. It was definitely a high light of my trip. Aki Ra has quite an incredible story and this museum is a great place. I met two people that were volunteering there from Holland. They were doing a range of things there and living at the museum. The museum displays different mines that Aki Ra himself cleared and also his lifestory of being a Khmer Rouge childsoldier.
The very basic museum, where Aki Ra and his 2 children and his wife live, is also home to a number children who are landmine vicitims or just very poor. The money raised from the museum and fundraising, goes to his demining activities and trainings for the Cambodian army to demine themselves. It also goes to the 20 children who live there and get education, food and care. It truly is a great place and great opportunity.
Website: http://www.cambodianselfhelpdemining.org/
Amigos de Iracambi – Volunteer Brazil
A little bit about us. We’re a non profit organization, Amigos de Iracambi, supporting a Research Center which is based on a sustainable forest farm where we can put our ideas to work. We’re in the buffer zone of the Serra do Brigadeiro State Park in the mountains of the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. It’s an area of extraordinary beauty, abundant water and exceptional biodiversity.
The name Iracambi comes from the Tupi Indian words “ira” (honey) and “cambi” (milk): our vision is to see this beautiful land of milk and honey restored, with thriving communities living sustainably in a thriving landscape. We’re doing this through our research, our programs and our projects, working with the community to make the conservation of the rainforest more attractive than its destruction.
It’s a big job and our strategy is to create unusual partnerships – college lecturers with local schoolkids, international volunteers with farm families. Every year we welcome dozens of people of all ages and backgrounds, volunteers, researchers, interns, and professionals from five continents who spend anything from one to six months sharing their skills with us and learning new ones.
http://www.iracambi.com/english/index.shtml
Center for Human Rights and the Environment – Volunteer Argentina
Location:
Córdoba, Argentina
Profile:
Created in 1999, CEDHA is a non-profit organization that aims to build a more harmonious relationship between the environment and people. Their work centers on promoting greater access to justice and guaranteeing human rights for victims of environmental degradation, or due to non-sustainable management of natural resources, and to prevent future violations. To this end, CEDHA fosters the creation of inclusive public policy that promotes socially and environmentally sustainable development, through community participation, public interest litigation, strengthening democratic institutions, and the capacity building of key actors.
Volunteer Opportunities:
CEDHA coordinates an internship program that covers a variety of thematic topics, primarily in the fields of environmental and human rights. The program offers unique short and long-term opportunities for dynamic and self-motivated individuals to conduct research, fieldwork, training, and participate in other CEDHA program-related activities. Internships are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be intermittently posted on CEDHA’s website as they become available. Internships may be at CEDHA headquarters, with one of CEDHA’s partners in Latin America, or conducted independently from an alternative location.
Required Skills:
Most of the internships with CEDHA are research oriented. So, good researching skills are advantageous. However, CEDHA is willing to entertain ideas about potential projects if they meet with the organization’s objectives.
Language Requirements:
- Spanish is an asset but not essential
- English
Contact Information:
E-Mail cedha@cedha.org.ar
Web Site http://www.cedha.org.ar
Telephone: 54 351 425 6278
Office: General Paz, 186 – 10mo. Piso, “A”
Córdoba 5000, Argentina
