Internships for Education/Enviro Peeps.

[Blane]

Tatamagouche Centre is pleased to announce the availability of five CIDA-funded Youth Internships in Guatemala for 2005-06. These Internships begin in late September 2005 with a six-week orientation and adult education/community development program at Tatamagouche Centre and finish in early June 2006. An information/application package is now posted on the Tatamagouche Centre Website, www.tatacentre.ca. For general information on CIDA-funded Youth Internships, see www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/internships.

We will be seeking candidates, recent unversity or community college graduates between the ages of 21-30, for the following positions:

1. Indigenous Education Adviser, Rabinal, Guatemala, New Hope (Rio Negro) Foundation

2. Gender & Capacity Building, Comité Campesino Del Altiplano (our fair trade coffee partner), San Lucas Toliman region

3. Gender & Agriculture/Nutrition Extension Worker, Kaqchikel Presbytery, Chimaltenango

4. Perma-culture Agriculture Adviser, Association Ija'tz, San Lucas Toliman

5. Community Economic Development with Mayan Women, Pop Atz'iaq

Association, communities of Nahuala and Nimasac

Edited May 14, 2005 by Guest

[AdamH]

VSO Canada will be sending four youth volunteers through the Canadian International Development Agency's International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) in 2005-06. Placements are part of the Career Focus stream of the Government of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy, which aims to help young people make the transition from post-secondary school to work.

VSO's IYIP program matches youth volunteers to placements that support CIDA’s development priorities, in areas such as program development, advocacy work and local and sustainable development at VSO’s partners overseas.

Program staff at VSO Canada are responsible for the recruitment, selection and placement of youth volunteers as well as communication with VSO Program Offices and overseas partners.

Please read through the Program Requirements section for more information about whether IYIP placements are right for you.

If you have any problems using this form, contact our Inquiries Coordinator at 1-888-876-2911, or send and email to inquiry@vsocan.org

Guyana -- Peer Counselor, YWCA

Key Duties

1. Peer support and mentoring: design and host discussion sessions with individuals and groups of disadvantaged young women and suggest guidance on recovery and coping strategies for domestic abuse

Cameroon – Local Development Advisor, Development Committee of Kalfou (CODEAK)

Key Duties

- Develop cultural and socio-economic database

- Collect and analyse data using participative approaches, including surveys, interviews, meetings, and participation in community activities

- Acting as an advocate for CODEAK

- Identify two to three development projects, including research and identify donors for at least one project

- In collaboration with VSO Cameroon, setting up a Monitoring and Evaluation system to monitor changes at organisation (CODEAK) and community level

- Assist in creation of local development plan (including local strategies for addressing HIV/AIDS and gender) and its presentation to potential stakeholders

Volunteer Profile

- Good experience/knowledge in community development

- Competent in design and management of development projects

- Some experience/knowledge of fundraising and networking with donor community

- Good working knowledge of French

- Excellent social skills, patience, sensitivity, to intercultural differences and ability to cope with them.

- Good communication skills to motivate people to work together

Zambia – Network of Zambian People Living Positively With HIV&AIDS (NZP+) - Advocacy Advisor

Key Duties

- The volunteer will work within a small team of 8 members of staff. Additionally, the volunteer will work with the members of the Treatment Literacy and Advocacy group to implement various advocacy campaigns:

- To build the advocacy capacity of NZP+ and the Treatment Literacy campaign group.

- To increase confidence among NZP+ members in their public speaking ability to present their case to the government

- To train members of NZP+ in a variety of advocacy skills including lobbying

- Assist support groups with development of advocacy strategies

Volunteer Profile

- Facilitation skills; experience in preparing and delivering training sessions

- Community Development experience

- Knowledge of advocacy practice especially in working with marginalised populations

- The ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels will be necessary

- Ability to work in a team

Zambia – Network of Zambian People Living Positively With HIV&AIDS (NZP+) - Fundraiser

Key Duties

- Assist NZP+ with fundraising Proposals for their HIV/AIDS fundraising activities

- Assist support groups with proposal development

- Preparing trainings and support for volunteers and staff in raising friends to support the work of NZP+

- Work with NZP+ to set up budget tracking systems for all monies raised from donors

- Help develop monitoring tools for the budget

Volunteer Profile

- Fundraising skills

- Fundraising and proposal writing/appraisal experience

- Knowledge of business management practice especially in tracking budgets

- Ability to design simple data base for monitoring programme is essential

- The ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels will be necessary

- Ability to work in a team

For more information, please visit www.vsocan.org

Edited May 14, 2005 by Guest

[DevO]

thanks guys for posting this kind of info, it's useful for me and much appreciated.

[Blane]

also check: http://www.iisd.org/interns/

Lots available.

[DevO]

yeah, i know there is a ton out there and i've applied to some in the past. i recently tried to get one with the quebec-labrador foundation called the community conservation internship. basically it looked like i would be aboard a boat in st. andrews, nb, called the fundy baykeeper enforcing environmental regulations on the water. that was in conjunction with kennedy's waterkeeper alliance. but alas, i got turned down!

actually i'm holding out on this round of iisd/cida internships this time cuz i'm pretty much set on heading over to korea to teach english for a year beginning this summer.

[Blane]

Cool. Did that gig a few years back and loved it. Still got some good friends there, and might head over at the end of the year for a wedding. Fun place to explore.

[DevO]

nice! yeah i'm heading over to seoul with footprints recruiting (hopefully) at the end of july. i'm hoping to get into some korean ultimate while i'm there!

hey, if you do head over, we should meet up at some point for a pint. i'll be there for a year.