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17 people are interested
Refugee Focus Spring Intern 2017
ORGANIZATION: Refugee Focus
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17 people are interested
Program Team Spring Intern 2017
This position requires dedication and a strong sense of personal responsibility in a quickly changing environment. Applicants should be comfortable working in a multi-cultural environment and communicating with people with limited English skills. The intern will promote Refugee Focus programs to the community in a highly professional manner and will be available to assist with any and all activities as they arise (this can either be a 20-hour or 40-hour per week internship).
- Women’s Empowerment Program and Child Services Events and Field Trips: The primary purpose is to increase the quality and quantity of our cultural field trip programming. Duties will include researching potential field trips, locating community support for free or discounted events, recruiting participants and scheduling transportation.
- Women’s Empowerment Program: Coordinate the WEP health classes and nutrition classes held on the first and second Fridays of each month. Duties will include inviting clients, arranging for interpretation, and securing all materials and items needed for these classes
- Community Outreach and Fundraising on behalf of the Women’s Empowerment Program and Child Services: The intern will connect with the community to promote Refugee Focus programming and will be able to represent the refugee program to the community as well as assist in securing sponsorships and donations.
- Women’s Empowerment Program: Assist with inventory and merchandising as well as outreach for potential new venues to sell WEP items. The intern will be responsible for checking the inventory database, adding new products, and checking the stock and inventory at vendor locations in Downtown and Central Phoenix.
- Tutoring: Periodically fill in as a substitute Computer tutor as needed
More opportunities with Refugee Focus
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Refugee Focus
Location:
3443 N. Central Ave., North Rotunda, Phoenix, AZ 85012, US
Mission Statement
Showing kindness, doing justice, and serving those in need.
Description
Refugee Focus, a division of Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW), is dedicated to helping refugees establish new lives in Arizona.
Refugees are men, women, and children who are forced to flee their homes, leaving behind all they have known for an uncertain future. They are unable to return to their homelands for fear of persecution due to their race, gender, religion, nationality, or membership in a social or political group. Refugees are among the most vulnerable of all immigrants fleeing countries that have been ravaged by civil strife or war. They come from nations throughout the world including Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, Burundi, Congo, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Rwanda, Somalia, and Sudan.
Refugee Focus provides core services for refugees as well as employment services, ESL classes, children’s tutoring, and classes through the Adult Skill-building and Women’s Empowerment Programs.
The Women’s Empowerment Program (WEP) focuses on the well-being of refugee women through skill-building and educational services. Often times, refugee women are coming from cultures where they are offered fewer opportunities than men. The WEP gives clients a chance to gain skills and build their confidence, which could lead to job opportunities and self-sufficiency. Some examples of WEP classes are sewing, knitting, computer skills, microenterprise development, health, and nutrition.
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3443 N. Central Ave.North RotundaPhoenix, AZ 85012
DATE POSTED
November 10, 2016
SKILLS
- Basic Computer Skills
- Group Facilitation
- Community Outreach
- Adult Education
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Tutoring
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 20-40 hours per week
- Online application, 2 professional references