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3 people are interested
Ghana: Livelihood Volunteer Intern
ORGANIZATION: GlobalGiving
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3 people are interested
The Livelihood Project aims to alleviate the stress and burden of being trapped in the poverty cycle by offering loans and training to women to become self-sufficient in their communities. Women are also given the opportunity to start a savings plan (locally known as "susu") to help save money to repay their loan and educate that savings can build quickly.
By providing access to affordable loans and the platform for education, the project supports the economic participation of women, combats intergenerational poverty and actively promotes social gender equality.
Volunteer Intern’s Role will include:Reviewing Loan Applications, Leading Training Sessions, Consulting on business plans,Organizing one-on-one interviews, Undertaking fieldwork to collect relevant data, Monitoring the women’s business at their location, Collecting of daily "susu" from beneficiaries and Social Media
Fluent in English, both verbal and written
Exceptional communication skills
Work independently
Take initiative to lead a project
Exceptional teamwork skills
Beneficial skills but not essential:
An undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Development, or Gender Studies
Experience in banking, consultancy, business management and/or international development
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Because we enable donors to give directly to projects, they know exactly where their money is going. Donors can see progress updates on most projects as funding is received and goals are met.
Donations made through GlobalGiving are higher impact because:
- Money is going directly to a well-defined project versus supporting general operating expenses
- Projects on globalgiving.com have exposure to thousands of donors, enabling us to aggregate multiple sources of funding for each project
- Many projects on globalgiving.com are located in the developing world where a little money goes a long way
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
AS-7 AsofanOfankor North- Accra, Ghana
DATE POSTED
June 17, 2016
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- 40hr/week
- Exceptional teamwork skills Be comfortable chairing group presentations Ability to work in a multicu