Volunteer Title: Project Faulu Driver
Status: Volunteer position, unpaid
Hours: 3 hours a day, 2 days a week Days:Mondays and Wednesdays OR Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Reports To: K-12 Programs Coordinator Commitment Period:September 9- December 12, 2024
Location: 2130 Enterprise St SE Kentwood, MI
Summary:
Project Faulu volunteers work closely with the Program Coordinator and team of other volunteers to provide a supportive and engaging learning environment for students with a refugee background. Project Faulu is our K-8 program designed specifically for children with a refugee background, focusing on language and culture, creativity and inquiry, academic engagement, and positive social skills. Our goal is to provide students with opportunities to learn in a community of peers and volunteers. The Project Faulu Driveris responsible for transportation of students to and from home. Pick up times will be around 4:00pm to ensure student arrival by 4:30pm. Volunteers must volunteer two days a week for one or desirably two semesters.Initial and ongoing training/check-ins are required.
REC Misson Statement: We support refugees in their journey to become fully participating members of the West Michigan community. We envision a thriving, multicultural West Michigan community where all have an opportunity to pursue a better future!
Volunteer Duties
Commit to volunteering consistently on a weekly basis as scheduled
Can drive safely in many weatherconditions
Can interact compassionately with the refugee students and families
Can focus with up to three young children in the backseat
Demonstrate teamwork and integrity with staff, fellow volunteers, students, and their families
Attending all required training courses
Report issues of concern to K-12Programs Coordinator
Desired Requirements/Qualifications:
Must be a Michigan Resident or have temporary residency in Michigan
Be at least 21 years of age with a valid driver's license
Provide a Driving Record from the Secretary of State
Sign a state required liability waiver
Pass mandatory background checks
Ability to work with children ages K-8 within diverse populations
If interested, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Anna Bundy at: anna@refugeeeducationcenter.org
Or go to our website (refugeeeducationcenter.org) and fill out the volunteer form online.
2130 ENTERPRISE ST SE, KENTWOOD, MI 49508, US
We support refugees in their journey to become fully participating members of the West Michigan community. We envision a thriving, multicultural West Michigan community where all have an opportunity to pursue a better future!
The Refugee Education Center is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Grand Rapids, MI. The organization was founded in 2006 by a passionate group of Somali Bantu refugees who, as an ethnic group in their native country, were persecuted and prohibited to receive formal education. Upon arrival to the United States, community leaders recognized the incredible new opportunity to receive education and participate in the community as equals. They organized and created the The Somali Bantu Community of West Michigan to support their children as they began their new education in a foreign land. The organization grew to support all refugees in 2008 as the West Michigan Refugee Education and Cultural Center - and changed once again to the Refugee Education Center in 2016. While our name has changed, our vision has not. It has been, and is, central to the organization to share the knowledge learned from a first-person perspective of navigating the education system and refugee services and ultimately supporting the estimated 25,000 refugees in West Michigan to become fully participating members of the community (via these program services.)
2130 Enterprise St SEKentwood, MI 49508
August 12, 2024
