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1 person is interested
Leadership Resident Program in Cambodia
ORGANIZATION: Harpswell Foundation
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1 person is interested
We are looking for strong, independent young women to serve as Leadership Residents who will serve as role models for the Harpswell students. Leadership Residents must be self-starters with previous international travel experience who have the capacity to act resourcefully in a foreign environment. We ask Leadership Residents to join us for terms ranging from 3 to 6 month to live with the students at Harpswell’s two leadership centers, both located in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh. Leadership Residents are given free room and board and a modest stipend but must provide for their own travel to Cambodia.
All Leadership Residents will live in the dormitories with the students, and are expected to fulfill the following responsibilities:
- Teach Harpswell’s core curriculum, with set topics designed to promote critical thinking and knowledge of Southeast Asia
- Facilitate critical thinking discussions about current events, national and international
- Mentor students in one-on-one sessions, teaching life skills, leadership and personal development
- Provide one-on-one English language conversation sessions
- Serve as role models
You are also encouraged to share your skills, talents, passions and interests with the students.
More opportunities with Harpswell Foundation
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About Harpswell Foundation
Location:
47 DEVENS ST, CONCORD, MA 01742, US
Mission Statement
The mission of the Harpswell Foundation is to empower a new generation of women leaders in Cambodia and the developing world.
Description
Our strategy is to focus on a relatively small number of the brightest young people possessing leadership potential and to nourish that potential. In particular, we provide housing, education, and leadership training for children and young women. The Harpswell Foundation is politically neutral.
We believe that educated women with leadership ability constitute the most powerful force to bring about positive change in developing countries.
We believe in the importance of one-on-one contact between students and mentors in a closely knit community.
We believe in the importance of carefully listening to local communities articulate their needs rather than imposing our own views of their needs. We believe in respecting local cultures and local family values.
We believe that non-profit organizations should be lean and cost effective.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Phnom PenhPhnom Penh, 12158Cambodia
DATE POSTED
December 15, 2016
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- Critical Thinking
- Mentoring
- Teaching / Instruction
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- up to 40 hours/week
- Live in the dormitory with the students and provide mentorship, teaching and leadership training