BOARD MEMBER RECRUITMENT - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEMBER RECRUITMENT - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A Child For All, Inc., (ACFA) provides a safe and loving environment for vulnerable children in Mali, West Africa. Children who are living on the streets because they do not have parents who can take care of them are welcomed into a home and receive the nourishment, education, health care and attention necessary to thrive.
Founded in 2008, ACFA is run by a small and dedicated working board that gathers monthly. Our board members are active advocates and ambassadors for the organization, eager to make a difference in the lives of Malian children.
The benefits of contributing to a small working board include:
* Easy communication and interaction-board members get to know each other well * Constant and meaningful involvement provides a high level of satisfaction from board service, and * The participation of every board member counts.
We especially welcome candidates with personal or professional experience in West or sub-Saharan Africa, including Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and Diaspora Africans living in the U.S. ACFA’s operations has expanded and ACFA operates a home in the capital of Bamako and the Zorokoro Children’s Complex on 5 acres of land in the village of Zorokoro. The Zorokoro Children’s Complex includes a home for ACFA’s children and a school which has started with kindergarten and first grade for children ages 3-6 years old. A library and computer lab is opening soon at the Complex.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
We are currently recruiting a Board member with expertise in the following area:
International Development
We are looking for someone with a background in international development including experience and understanding of USAID and other government grants. A strong understanding of the philanthropic community including corporate partnerships and nonprofit fundraising is helpful.
INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES
A small non profit organization, ACFA has a working board: you have to be able to roll up your sleeves and go to work for the children we support. Board members are expected to attend monthly virtual board meetings and devote at least 2 hours a week to ACFA.
Board members are expected to come to meetings prepared to ask questions, make recommendations and decisions
Board members are expected to actively participate/run ACFA’s committees.
Bound by their fidicuary duties, board members play a major role in securing the financial resources necessary for ACFA to achieve its mission. This is done by any means, from leveraging personal relationships and connections to making personal financial contributions every year of a minimum of $2,000, although financial contributions raised counts towards the total.
Board members are expected to responsibly represent ACFA to their respective communities and to advocate for ACFA’s mission and programs as appropriate.
APPLICATION PROCESS
To be considered for nomination to the ACFA Board of Directors, please submit a letter of interest and biography or resume to lisa@achildforall.org.
To learn more about ACFA please visit our website at www.achildforall.org.
Please join in helping Mali’s vulnerable children.
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ACFA provides Mali's vulnerable children a safe and loving environment which fosters their health, learning, happiness, and success.
Our current goals are two folds:
Short term goal: GOAL ATTAINED-ABOVE AND BEYOND
We initally intended to raise enough funds to rent a house of the vulnerable children. Instead, thanks to donors like yourself, a house has been donated to us, hence we don't need to spend our scarce financial resources on rent. WE WILL OPEN DOORS TO MALIAN VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN JUNE 2010.
Long term goal: In the long term we would raise enough funds to build our own orphanage on our piece of property.
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
September 4, 2023
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