- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Social Entrepreneurship in the Ecuadorian Amazon
ORGANIZATION: Fundación Aliados
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
At Runa Foundation, our mission is to create new value for native plants that benefit local people and the environment. Guayusa is an excellent example of how we’ve started with our mission and now we’re looking to the future for new plants that could have value for farmers. Interns will assist us by looking into creating new supply chains for other species commonly found in the area.
Our social entrepreneurship interns will work alongside Runa Foundation staff to look at new potential products, markets, and create a short business plan to commercialize these new potential products from Amazonian plants.
Intern Duties:
Research supply chain development, international markets, and processing capabilities for these new potential products
Supply chain management
Create short business plans for new products
Qualifications
This internship is geared towards undergraduate and graduate students majoring in environmental science, policy, business, agriculture, or a related field. Proficiency in English and Spanish is required. Experience in Latin America and/or working in a rural setting is a plus.
Please send the following directly to our Program Manager, Lindsay McGeehon, at volunteer@runa.org.
1. A simple resume
2. Letter of intent (including which project you are applying for and why you want to intern)
3. Two references (email addresses are OK)
If you are interested in working with us or have any questions about the internship program please send an email directly to volunteer@runa.org
Dates are flexible throughout the year.
Costs:
8 weeks room and program fees...........$1600
10 weeks room and program fees............$2000
Additional weeks...............................$200/week
Optional Homestay fee...........................$60/week
(Homestay includes all meals, lodging and transportation to/from homestay community)
*Program fees include living accommodations. Food and travel expenses are not included
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
Av. Rocafuerte C5-689y Batallon ChimborazoArchidona, Napo 37819Ecuador
DATE POSTED
October 29, 2018
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
N/A