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27 people are interested
Community Development & Social Entrepreneurship in the Ecuadorian Amazon
ORGANIZATION: Fundación Aliados
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27 people are interested
Community Development and Social Entreprenurship inters work alongside Aliados staff in the creation of sustainable community businesses. The Foundation works with several indigenous farmer cooperatives to build sustainable supply chains for native Amazonian and Andean products. We are currently working with products such us: guayusa, wild jungle peanuts, achiote and ishpingo and Andean Agave.
Interns work alongside staff and community enterprise partners to strengthen organizational management and governance, build financial management capacity, and design and implrement business processes and structures. Interns participate in activities to support community business gain access to inernational markets.
The internship offers the opportunity to increas knowledge and experience grappling with core concepts and theories most relevant to sustainbale development.
Internship allows participants to develop key soft skills including:
- Working in a cross-cultural team
- Communication
- Adaptability
- Critical thinking with an integrated understanding of the "whole ecosystem"
- Problem solving & leadership
- Learning how to deal with and manage uncertainty
Interns activitites and responsabilities may include:
Research supply chain development, international markets, and processing capabilitites for current and new potential products, business plan and concept note development for the commercialization of local products, social business strategy and model research, create and implement marketing and communication strategies, administrative support for farmer cooperatives, attend or support with meetings and capacity building workshops.
Qualifications
This internship is geared towards industry professionals and graduate students majoring in international development, affairs, business or a related field. Proficiency in English and7or Spanish is essential. Experience in Latin America and/or working in a rural setting is a plus.
More opportunities with Fundación Aliados
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Fundación Aliados
Location:
Calle Cacique Beto y Ayahuasca. Barrio las Palmas, Tena, Tena 150102, EC
Mission Statement
Fundación Aliados brings together people from different worlds who believe in development without destruction. We’re creating resilient community business based on biodiversity in the Andes and the Amazon-- and connecting them to markets across the globe. In addition to creating thriving businesses, this work improves the livelihoods of indigenous people, preserves traditional cultures, and protects valuable ecosystems that the world relies on. To achieve this goal, our work focuses on how local communities manage their natural resources, including agriculture, energy, timber and non-timber forest products (NTFP’s), and how these relationships connect to the outside world. Fundacion Aliados is a non-profit with a small, busy and dynamic team.
Description
Aliados is an Ecuadorian and US nonprofit organization with over a decade’s experience creating sustainable value chains in the Amazon rainforest. We work side by side with our indigenous partners to build community enterprise that balances the economic development of local communities with the conservation of their forests and biodiversity. We provide integrated support so that local communities have the tools, capacities, and resources to drive conservation of these precious ecosystems through effective forest stewardship.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Abdón Calderón y Garcia Moreno 205TenaTena, Ecuador
DATE POSTED
July 1, 2019
SKILLS
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- Business Development & Sales Management
- Strategic Planning
- Business Planning
- Market Research
- Market Research / Analysis
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Minimum 8 weeks or longer.
- Experience in Latin America or working in a rural setting is a plus.