Please note that all positions, while potentially high in career-related value, are unpaid. A typical budget is: $1295 program fee + roughly $1500 airfare + $700 to $1000 per month living expenses, including rent (in relatively high-end accommodation), food, and local transport. Volunteer 2009-07-22T11:10:57Z 2010-07-22T00:00:00Z false 174 Ideally candidates with a background in Social Sciences or Law. Since opportunities are quite diverse, we would be very interested to speak with you regarding your goals, interests, and experience. Human Rights Internships in South Africa 75 Opportunities include working at a legal advice center, assessing the impact of community-based interventions, helping with HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns, assisting case workers at refugee centers, researching human rights-related legislation both in South Africa and internationally, and writing research reports. Projects range from research to on-the-ground training and support. Connect-123 students in the past have had their research published. 1 africa intern gender 5 days a week. 2 - 6 months durations. 2009-10-24T13:45:58Z 179 www.connect-123.com Please note that all positions, while potentially high in career-related value, are unpaid. A typical budget is: $1295 program fee + roughly $1500 airfare + $700 to $1000 per month living expenses, including rent (in relatively high-end accommodation), food, and local transport. Volunteer 2009-07-22T14:50:25Z 2010-07-22T00:00:00Z false 175 Since opportunities are quite diverse, we would be very interested to speak with you regarding your goals, interests, and experience. Business Consulting & Finance Internships in South Africa 75 We are in contact with several leading companies in and around Cape Town and have a wide range of internships available, including opportunities in marketing, venture capital, micro-finance, business consulting, and emerging market entrepreneurship. Examples of past projects include reviewing business plans at local venture capital firms, conducting market research and writing marketing strategies, helping local firms improve operations and logistics, and developing export strategies for Cape Town-based entrepreneurs. 1 5 days a week. 2 - 6 months durations. 2009-07-22T14:50:25Z 179 www.connect-123.com Please note that all positions, while potentially high in career-related value, are unpaid. A typical budget is: $1295 program fee + roughly $1500 airfare + $700 to $1000 per month living expenses, including rent (in relatively high-end accommodation), food, and local transport. Volunteer 2009-07-22T14:52:12Z 2010-07-22T00:00:00Z false 176 Since opportunities are quite diverse, we would be very interested to speak with you regarding your goals, interests, and experience. Internships in Cape Town, South Africa 75 We are in contact with several leading companies and non-profit organizations in and around Cape Town and have a wide range of internships available, including opportunities in business development, health care, human rights, and education. 1 5 days a week. 2 - 6 months durations. 2009-07-22T14:52:12Z 179 www.connect-123.com Please note that all positions, while potentially high in career-related value, are unpaid. A typical budget is: $1295 program fee + roughly $1500 airfare + $700 to $1000 per month living expenses, including rent (in relatively high-end accommodation), food, and local transport. Paid 2009-07-22T14:54:33Z 2010-07-22T00:00:00Z false 177 Since opportunities are quite diverse, we would be very interested to speak with you regarding your goals, interests, and experience. Please feel free to e-mail us to set up a time on: info@connect-123.com Medical & Public Health Internships in South Africa 75 We work with several leading hospitals, research institutes, and hospices in Cape Town and coordinate both research-based and clinical health care programs. Responsibilities range from providing non-medical care to patients, attending ward rounds and helping the nursing staff to conducting medical research. Past projects have included helping to lead health care-related workshops in local communities, assisting with the development of a pediatric pain management manual, studying the effectiveness of epidurals, and providing hands-on help and support to nurses and patients. Specific public health-related projects have included: The Parents Program --- supports parents with hospitalized children from disadvantaged communities; the Program provides information and training to parents so that they can better provide for the health and safety of their children, once discharged from the hospital. Triage Training — supports nurses and doctors in community clinics. These training workshops educate local staff on understanding the patient’s needs, medical condition and state of emergency. Community Recourse Database for Burn and Rape Victims. Currently such patients are not well reintegrated into society, with little or no support provided to children or parents. The project involves investigating available resources in Cape Town, collating information, and creating a support network for victims. Mentoring Programs -- involve working with youth regarding issues related to HIV/AIDS, sexuality and adolescence 1 5 days a week. 2 - 6 months durations. 2009-07-22T14:54:33Z 179 www.connect-123.com Please note that all positions, while potentially high in career-related value, are unpaid. A typical budget is: $1295 program fee + roughly $1500 airfare + $700 to $1000 per month living expenses, including rent (in relatively high-end accommodation), food, and local transport. Paid 2009-07-22T14:57:33Z 2010-07-22T00:00:00Z false 179 Since opportunities are quite diverse, we would be very interested to speak with you regarding your goals, interests, and experience. Please feel free to e-mail us to set up a time on: info@connect-123.com Animal Science Internships in South Africa 75 We are in contact with several leading non-profit organizations in and around Cape Town and can facilitate a wide range of animal science-related volunteer positions, from working with cheetahs to rehabilitating penguins, to assisting at animal shelters and veterinary clinics. 1 5 days a week. 2 - 6 months durations. 2009-07-22T14:57:33Z 179 www.connect-123.com Please note that all positions, while potentially high in career-related value, are unpaid. A typical budget is: $1295 program fee + roughly $1500 airfare + $700 to $1000 per month living expenses, including rent (in relatively high-end accommodation), food, and local transport. Volunteer 2009-07-22T14:59:43Z 2010-07-22T00:00:00Z false 180 Since opportunities are quite diverse, we would be very interested to speak with you regarding your goals, interests, and experience. Please feel free to e-mail us to set up a time on: info@connect-123.com Architecture Internships in Cape Town, South Africa 75 We are in contact with several leading firms and design agencies in and around Cape Town and can facilitate a wide range of architecture-related internships. 1 5 days a week. 2 - 6 months durations. 2009-07-22T14:59:43Z 179 www.connect-123.com Main benefits: experience in field research with cutting edge technology; opportunity to make a difference. A student stipend will also be paid. Paid 2009-03-02T22:09:00Z 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z false 136 Must have deep familiarity with Pakistani or other South Asian culture. Knowledge of Urdu or Sindhi very desirable. Must be familiar with rural conditions in the developing world. Must be able to work with people of very diverse backgrounds. Field Research Intern in Pakistan 50 Conduct field research by deploying and testing a spoken dialog system for information access by low-literate community health workers in Pakistan. 1 south-asia Pakistan Technology ICT4D health intern University lab Carnegie Mellon featured managed 4-12 weeks in Pakistan (e.g. during the summer), preceded by a few weeks of training in the US. 2009-11-02T18:01:32Z 86 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~healthline Volunteer 2009-09-08T14:18:40Z 2010-09-08T00:00:00Z false 181 Internships in Buenos Aires, Argentina 75 1 2009-09-08T14:18:40Z 179 www.connect-123.com/programs-in-argentina Experience! Through the translation of the website content into English, you will help us reach out to non-Russian speakers. Volunteer 2009-02-28T19:29:43Z 2011-02-28T00:00:00Z false 48 Fluent in English and Russian Website Translator 1 20 The Youth programme in Kyrgyzstan has implemented a new website. Now the new design and background are installed (All interested candidates may see our site on www.jashtar.kg). We are looking for an online volunteer to translate the content of our website from Russian into English. We need translator depending on our time frame, i.e. to translate news and events about our programme, so I decided to divide the task by time, not pages 1 linked education poverty eastern_europe north_america part-time 11 - 20 hours for 20 weeks 2009-04-05T20:00:25Z 24 www.jashtar.kg Experience! Volunteer 2009-02-28T19:44:37Z 2011-02-28T00:00:00Z false 57 Candidate needs to have knowledge of Business Administration. Fluent in English Fundraising Advisor 5 24 Advise on fundraising for Evening School for children. By providing education we can prevent children from becoming sex or bonded workers. We provide them with the means to receive an education by paying their school fees and providing uniforms, food and educational materials such as books, paper, pens and pencils. We will also train them in soft skills that will help them find sustainable employment. The school started with 12 children last year and now the school has adopted 42 children in the age group 5 to 18. The school needs financial support and needs your support to raise funds. 1 south_asia education poverty linked intern 6 - 10 hours per week for 10 weeks 2009-04-05T19:01:16Z 24 http://helptrust.org/join_volunteer.php Experience! Volunteer 2009-02-28T20:32:54Z 2011-02-28T00:00:00Z false 80 Some previous experience in writing proposals is required. Proposal Writer 5 31 We require the assistance of an active volunteer who can help develop a proposal and identify funders. The volunteer’s responsibilities are to identify the resources, prepare the budget and to develop a proposal according to the project and the granter(s) requirements. Volunteers will not be asked to submit the funding requests to potential donors. 1 global poverty education part-time linked 1 - 5 hours per week for 2 weeks 2009-04-05T20:01:00Z 24 chrifacaf@yahoo.com Experience! Volunteer 2009-02-28T20:47:02Z 2011-02-28T00:00:00Z false 86 The volunteer should be willing to work as team with other colleagues like researchers and volunteers tasked by the YPDO to help make the project a success. Must be fluent in English. Proposal Writer 10 37 We want the services of volunteers who can help us write project proposals to submit to donors of radio equipment. In order to help the community of Chililabombwe and the copperbelt have more access to information, the YPDO intends to establish a community radio station. 1 africa poverty ict4d linked part-time 6 - 10 hours per week for 12 weeks 2009-04-05T19:11:35Z 24 http://fypdo.org/volunteer.html Experience! Volunteer 2009-03-01T20:05:19Z 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z false 118 Journalism, mass communication, Internet proficiency Web Editor 10 37 The Youth Press and Development Organization is an NGO based in Zambia. With its sister organisation, Friends of YPDO USA. The YPDO needs the services of communications specialists whose role shall be editing and posting awareness messages of the YPDO projects on blogs and social networking sites. The volunteers shall not be directly involved in soliciting for donations on our behalf. We shall give the volunteer all the necessary information for them to complete the task. We aim to use emails, blogs and discussion boards of YPDO and FYPDO for this collaboration. 1 linked africa education poverty part-time 6 - 10 hours per week for 12 weeks 2009-04-05T19:13:58Z 24 http://www.fypdo.org/volunteer.html Volunteer 2009-03-02T00:13:01Z 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z false 119 - Good analytical and conceptual skills - Experience in Communication/Design/Fundraising - Experience in systems planning - Affable with good interpersonal and social skills - Good English writing skills - Experience in writing grant proposals - Flexibility and adaptability to work with management of an Indian NGO. - An understanding of schooling needs in underserved areas is an added advantage. Communications Intern 1 41 - Understand Centre’s needs, long-term vision and strategy. - Review current communication strategy (website, presentations, brochure, annual reports...) and propose improvements. - Put systems in place for communication with stakeholders. - Build capacity of the Centre to write grant proposals. - Co-develop a communication strategy for resource generation at domestic / international level. This is an amazing opportunity to work with a grass-roots organization, working on development of underprivileged children. You will work along with the Centre’s Director on this strategic initiative. You will receive an orientation and develop a project outline, timelines and expected outcomes in collaboration with the Director. The Director will provide email and Skype support as required. Expected duration is min. 6 months. There is no deadline however, we look forward to responses asap. 1 linked south_asia education poverty part-time 6 - 10 hours a week for 25 weeks 2009-04-05T19:17:39Z 24 info@nareshwadi.org Main benefits: experience in field research with cutting edge technology; opportunity to make a difference. A student stipend will also be paid. Paid 2009-03-02T22:33:37Z 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z false 137 Must be familiar with conditions in the developing world. Familiarity with Tanzania a plus. Must be able to work with people of very diverse backgrounds. Field Research Intern in Tanzania 1 50 Conduct field research by deploying and testing speech technology systems in Tanzania. 1 africa ict4d intern featured managed Multiple trips to Tanzania (during school breaks, summer, etc), interspersed with preparation/analysis back at home 2009-04-11T20:40:46Z 86 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~healthline Volunteer 2009-02-28T22:01:27Z 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z false 116 REQUIREMENTS International development, grant writing and fundraising; project management; fundraising, advocacy; monitoring and evaluation Proposal Writer 25 39 Paajaf Foundation is a registered NGO in Ghana, working to raise quality of life for orphans and other vulnerable children and women. We are looking for online volunteers. Volunteers will research potential donors and may assist with the initial communication with donors either individual, organization or corporate. May help to develop proposals for the following projects: Sponsor a Child Micro finance, Education, and Teen Centre Project. Staff will be available and volunteers will be giving access to our webmail system and volunteers will work together. Volunteers will not submit the funding requests on behalf of our organization. 1 africa global linked part-time education poverty 1-5 hours/week 12 weeks 2009-04-05T19:38:28Z 17 http://www.paajaf.org Volunteer 2009-03-04T01:42:07Z 2012-03-04T00:00:00Z false 141 Research Analyst 16 Volunteers will research contacts of individuals and corporate institutions that fund human rights programmes. They will also research international human rights networks that we can affiliate with and what their admission process is. 1 africa global education governance health conflict_resolution part-time linked 6-10 hours/week for 6 months 2009-03-22T23:30:21Z 39 http://www.freeworldfoundation.org/ Volunteer 2009-02-28T20:21:57Z 2013-02-28T00:00:00Z false 72 OBJECTIVE We are looking forward to developing a comprehensive proposal for the development of the tribals of Palani hills that could be submitted to donors for funding. REQUIREMENTS - Experience in Writing project proposals - Fundraising experience - Grant proposal writing - Analytical and conceptual skills Proposal Developer 5 29 We are looking for committed volunteers to develop a project proposal for the integral development of Tribals of Palani Hills in Tamilnadu, India. The assignment is expected to be completed in 40 weeks.We will work to coordinate the volunteers as a team. 1 linked part-time global poverty south-asia 6-10 hours/ 40 weeks 2009-04-05T19:35:40Z 81 http://onlinevolunteering.org/en/vol/opportunity/opportunity_form.html?id=10601 Volunteer 2009-03-02T04:20:45Z 2013-03-02T00:00:00Z false 121 REQUIREMENTS Required: Willingness to learn. Basic Computer skills. Enthusiasm. Commitment. Regular access to the internet and e-mail. Areas of expertise None in particular Languages English, Chinese Chinese Translator 10 28 We are seeking volunteers to help translate training material from English to Chinese. We have over 200 training documents divided into several modules. Each module contains from 4-10 documents. Volunteers will be assigned one module. A great opportunity if you wish to gain invaluable experience and build an impressive CV whilst making a major contribution to helping empower communities. Volunteers will receive training and continuous support. We encourage volunteers to continue helping us with translation after completing her/his first assignment. 1 linked eastern_asia cultural part-time 1-5 hours, 10 weeks 2009-03-30T19:01:18Z 81 Volunteer 2009-03-03T02:38:09Z 2013-03-03T00:00:00Z false 138 Volunteers are expected to have knowledge in marketing of our placement options. Online Marketing Consultant 5 15 All over the world young people are currently volunteering and partnering with Governments, organizations and communities to take a lead in the change that they wish to see in their communities and the world at large. Volunteering for solidarity is key to the realization of the Millennium Development Goals. YPWC would like to invite applications from online volunteers who can advise YPWC on its Volunteer programme to make it more attractive and also marketable. YPWC has produced a concept note on this volunteer programme with some additional materials and resources and we hope with the further advice of this volunteer we will be able to reach a larger constituency of prospective volunteers or interns who will volunteer with YPWC in Ghana to make an impact. For more information visit: http://www.ypwc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113&Itemid=99 1 africa linked part-time cultural poverty governance 1-5 hrs/week 52 weeks 2009-04-05T19:42:28Z 17 http://www.ypwc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113&Itemid=99