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Americas Fellow Position @ Coalition for the International Criminal Court

Tracy Himmel Isham Jobs, NGOs/Intl. Development, Post-Graduate Internship/Fellowship December 20, 2012 0 Comment

The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) is a network of over 2,500 civil society organizations from around the world, working together to establish a fair, effective and independent International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC is the first permanent Court with the mandate to bring to justice individuals who commit the most serious violations of international humanitarian law, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. For further information about the Court and the work of the Coalition, visit our website at www.coalitionfortheicc.org

Job Description:

The CICC seeks a full-time Fellow for the Americas section of its International Secretariat, based in Lima, Peru.

The Fellow will provide assistance and support to the Coalition´s Americas Coordinator, working actively in CICC campaigns in the region, with the aim to promote ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute, engage civil society in the ICC process nationally and internationally, and increase awareness and support for international justice in the region. Read more

Global Health Corps Fellowship 2013 – Info. Session 12/5 @ 6 PM

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Please join Middlebury alum Hannah Burnett, former GHC Fellow, for an interactive information session to discuss this Fellowship that can make a difference in the lives of many in Africa. The event will occur Wednesday, December 5th at 6:00 PM in MBH 104.

WHAT IS THE GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS FELLOWSHIP?
The Global Health Corps fellowship is a 1-year, paid fellowship with a non-profit organization or
government institution focused on public health. We offer positions in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the US (Boston, DC, Newark, New York), and Zambia.
Applicants apply to a specific position within a specific organization and in a specific country, just like applying for a job. Fellows are selected based on their ability to fit that job description, and their fit with the GHC leadership practices.
Fellows are placed in organizations in pairs- one international fellow and one local fellow -creating a fellowship team that is a central part of the fellowship experience.

**This session will be presented via Skype**

Great winter ’13 international, foreign language and travel internship opportunities!! All deadlines to apply: OCTOBER12.

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To learn more about these positions or to apply, visit MOJO today!.

1. Study Abroad Startup Intern in Cambridge, MA
Founded by Harvard Business School graduates, Language International is a fast-growing Internet startup in the $55-billion study abroad space. Each year, we help thousands of students find and book life-changing immersion programs all over the world! We are looking for a hardworking and hyper-motivated intern who has a positive outlook, a go-and-get-it-done-now attitude, and an obsession with extreme order and details. Those who are looking for a relaxed 9 to 5 job need not apply. As an intern, you will be joining our school expansion team to help us achieve our mission of building the world’s largest database of study abroad programs. You will be given a tremendous amount of responsibilities as an intern.

This is a very intense full-time internship during the Winter Term. Your specific responsibilities include:

– Signing and negotiating contracts with new partner schools all over the world
– Working with schools to get them to enter their profile onto our website
– Performing a quality check on every school profiled created on our website
– Updating incorrect or missing school and course content on our website
– Hiring and managing an offshore team of data entry contractors

2. World Camp International Service Intern in Malawi

The World Camp Service Internship is a total immersion program that offers the opportunity to be challenged by work in rural Malawian communities. Our 4.5 week program provides on the ground training and guidance, a chance to work directly with students, teachers and community groups to address local challenges, and develop personal leadership skills and a deeper self-awareness. Interns work directly in schools teaching a HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness curriculum, and leading environmental awareness and gender empowerment workshops. While there is downtime and some free days, most of your time is spent teaching, or interacting with community members and students.

3. Winter Term ’13 – Global Health Corps Program and Operations Intern in NY, NY
Deadline to apply: October 12, 2012

The Global Health Corps is seeking 5 creative, well-organized, hard-working interns to support the programming and operations of the 2012-2013 Fellowship. Interns will work closely with the CEO, Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Programs, Operations Associate and regional Program Managers, and will gain a first-hand understanding of the day to day programming and operations of a young entrepreneurial non-profit. This experience will also provide an insight into how fellowships or schools conduct admissions processes.

Summer Internship Opportunities in Linguistics—Apply Now!

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Summer Internship Opportunities in Linguistics :

To learn more about these positions or to apply, visit MOJO today!

1. Business Planning and Development Intern at The Language Way in Ossing, NY

Deadline to Apply: April 20

The Language Way offers customized Spanish classes for organizations and individuals who need to service their clients professionally in Spanish; multinational corporations doing business abroad and/or interested in consolidating departments within North and South America have found their programs essential to meeting their goals and containing costs. Read more

Career Conversation With Charles MacCormack ’63 Former President, Save the Children Federation on Friday , April 6

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Nonprofit and International Development Work

when : Friday, April 6, 2012

Time : 2:30-3:30 p.m.

where : EIA Career Services Office library – located in Adirondack House

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity!

Volunteer in June 2012 in Ghana for Community Water Solutions

Tracy Himmel Isham International, NGOs/Intl. Development, Volunteer February 23, 2012 0 Comment

Interested in volunteering in Africa? Want to learn more about the global water crisis? Looking for experience working in the field?

The CWS Fellowship Program is a three-week water education and leadership training experience in Northern Region Ghana. The purpose of the program is to teach individuals about the global water crisis, and inspire them to become leaders in the field of international development.

Fellows are grouped in teams of four and paired with a rural community in Northern Region Ghana. On the ground, teams are first trained in water quality testing, and the CWS water treatment methods. They then spend two and a half weeks in the field implementing and monitoring a CWS water business in their village. By the end of the 3 week program, each team will have provided a permanent source of safe drinking water for an entire community (approximately 500~1,000 people)!

Check out the info session on Friday at 12:30 in The Orchard, Hillcrest 103 hosted by Middlebury students who have participated in the program–they can answer all your questions. And remember–if you are accepted to the program, you can apply for summer internship funding at go/summerfunding!

Global Social Justice: A Career Conversation with Ruth Messinger

Tracy Himmel Isham Career Advice, Global Health, International, Jobs, NGOs/Intl. Development, Non-profit Opportunities, Uncategorized, Volunteer February 15, 2011February 15, 2011Global Social Justice, Volunteering 0 Comment

As part of the 23rd Annual Hannah A. Quint Lecture in Jewish Studies titled: “Global Hunger 2011 and our Role as Global Citizens”, guest lecturer, Ruth Messinger, President of the American Jewish World Service, will hold a Career Conversation on global social justice issues on Thursday, February 24th at 7:30 PM at the Brainerd Commons House (132 Blinn Lane). All students welcome!

Some background on Ruth Messinger:

Ruth W. Messinger is the president and executive director Read more

Community Water Solutions Summer Fellowship in Ghana

Tracy Himmel Isham Fellowships, Global Health, International, Internships, NGOs/Intl. Development, Volunteer February 8, 2011 0 Comment

Kate Clopeck is a recent graduate of the Technology and Policy Masters Program at MIT and co-founder of a non-profit, Community Water Solutions, that works to bring safe drinking water to rural villages in Ghana. She joins us here again at Middlebury to talk about the Fellowship program.

CWS recently launched a new fellowship program and would love to get Middlebury students involved.

WHEN: Thursday, February 10,2011

TIME: 4:30 PM

LOCATION: Axinn 220

Kate will be making a presentation on Community Water Solutions and opportunities to volunteer there next summer. Joining Kate will be four Midd students who spent J-term in Ghana, working with CWS: Eleanor Horowitz, Shalyn Getz, Hannah Stonebraker, and Rachel Goodgal.

For more information about CWS, check out: http://www.communitywatersolutions.org/fellowship.html

Hope you can join us! Please forward to anyone you think might be interested.

Shepherd Alliance Summer Internships Fight Poverty

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Fight Poverty this Summer–apply for the Shepherd Alliance Internships

Intern for 8 weeks this summer and learn first-hand about the multiple dimensions of poverty at a rural or urban site in the United States.

Come to an Information Session:

Friday, Jan 7^th at 12:00pm

Center for Education in Action, Resource Library, Adirondack House

2010 Interns Dan Murphy ’11 and Tiernan Meyer ’11 will be on hand to answer questions and share their experiences. There will also be a power point with more detailed application information.

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Shepherd Alliance Internships are available with agencies that work to benefit impoverished members of society. Students learn first-hand about the multiple dimensions of poverty in the United States by working for eight weeks to strengthen impoverished communities and work alongside individuals seeking to improve their communities. The agencies, located in various urban and rural sites in the United States, focus on education, healthcare, legal services, housing, hunger, social and economic needs, and community-building efforts. Students work with agencies that fit their intellectual interests in order to develop their experience and skills for civic involvement and employment.

All returning undergraduates in good academic standing are eligible to apply. Two students will be selected to represent Middlebury within the Shepherd Alliance.

To apply: go to MOJO! www.middmojo.com Log in and search for keyword: “Shepherd Poverty” under Midd-friendly Internships and follow the instructions!

DEADLINE is January 20, 2011.

For more information about the Shepherd Alliance Summer Internship Program and a complete list of established internship sites, please view http://www.wlu.edu/x12105.xml . Please contact Jill Hall (ACE) with additional questions about this internship.

Global Health Care Summer Internship in Uganda

Tracy Himmel Isham Global Health, International, Internships, NGOs/Intl. Development January 6, 2011January 10, 2011 0 Comment

Uganda Village Project – a public health and development nonprofit in rural Uganda – is now accepting applications for its 2011 Summer Internship Program.

Our own Middlebury alumnus, Leah Bevis ’09, was the Uganda Village Project Healthy Villages Coordinator. Read more

The Mariposa DR Foundation is Hiring

Tracy Himmel Isham Education, International, Jobs, NGOs/Intl. Development, Non-profit Opportunities, Uncategorized May 21, 2010May 26, 2010 0 Comment

Here are two post-graduate opportunities for the right candidates in the Dominican Republic. There is a Middlebury connection in that a recent Midd alum is finishing up their stint there and the program itself has an alum involved. The Mariposa DR Foundation is a U.S. 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing youth and families living in the Dominican Republic with the tools they need to become active community leaders for social change. also, check them out on Facebook, too.

The opportunities are located below:
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Work in Economic Development after Graduation

CarolynK Jobs, NGOs/Intl. Development March 30, 2010Job/ Internship Database 0 Comment

NYCEDCLogo New York City Economic Development Corporation is looking to hire a Project Manager.

The Project Manager will be responsible for managing, maintaining and enforcing a diversified portfolio of high-profile, citywide projects with the NYCIDA, NYCEDC, and NYCCRC in a collegial and fast-paced environment. The Project Manager will be responsible for at least one specific subject matter expertise and will train/assist colleagues when necessary. In addition, the Project Manager is expected to supervise junior department members, work on project teams, as well as autonomously and independently, and be responsible for managing a project to completion. Read more

Development Internship in Florida

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akilah

The Akilah Institute is looking to hire a Summer Development Intern in Tampa, FL.

The Akilah Institute is developing a new model of education for young women in Rwanda. The Akilah curriculum is a direct response to the needs of the business community and is a result of extensive research. Our initial diploma programs will provide young women with the skills and experience to become leaders in the hospitality industry, a rapidly developing sector of the Rwandan economy. The 2-year diploma program will be accredited by the Higher Education Council. The course work will emphasize leadership development, market relevant skills, and entrepreneurship. Read more

Global Health Immersion: Semester with CFHI

CarolynK Education, NGOs/Intl. Development March 18, 2010 0 Comment

Child Family Health International (CFHI) is a NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

CFHI offers socially responsible global health immersion programs for health sciences students and recent graduates. By participating in CFHI programs students gain insight and context into the challenges and successes involved in providing care with limited resources to underserved communities. Read more about CFHI’s 20+ sites at www.cfhi.org.

Combining CFHI Programs
A unique option offered by CFHI is combining 2-3 programs for a comparative 8-12 week or semester-long immersion experience. Participants can customize 2 or more programs based on their interest in order to learn in-depth about care in urban vs. rural communities, or learn about specific healthcare issues within a country such as communicable disease in Mumbai, India and maternal and child health in Pune, India, for example Read more

2010 Summer Internship–Orton Foundation

CarolynK Internships, NGOs/Intl. Development March 11, 2010March 11, 2010Job/ Internship Database 0 Comment

The Orton Family Foundation is offering 1-2 funded summer internships to students interested in land use planning, civic engagement and community development. The intern(s) will work closely with Foundation staff to assist in research, writing and other activities in support of core program functions. The intern will be based in the Foundation’s offices in the Marbleworks complex, Middlebury, Vermont. Read more

Fight Hunger this Summer with AmeriCorps!

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smalllogo The New York City Coalition Against Hunger, in partnership with Green Guerillas, is currently accepting applications for summer positions in the Anti-Hunger Empowerment Corps. This is a perfect opportunity for college students interested in poverty, nutrition and environmental issues!

Position responsibilities will include working with urban gardens, farmers markets and community supported agriculture (CSA) in low-income communities. Duties may also include volunteer outreach and management, fundraising, nutrition education and benefits outreach. Professional training will be provided for all activities. Some positions will include some evening and/or weekend hours. Positions run from June 1st to August 31st. Corps members will be paid a $3017 living stipend for the summer, as well as receive an education award of $1250 in exchange for completing 450 hours of service.

To apply: See the listing on AmeriCorps by searching “Anti-Hunger & Empowerment Corps (CSA)”

Deadline to apply is March 12th

Health Corps Fellowship: Deadline March 5

CarolynK Fellowships, NGOs/Intl. Development, Non-profit Opportunities March 1, 2010 0 Comment

The Global Health Corps (GHC) has extended the deadline for their fellowships to March 5th.

GHC aims to strengthen the movement for global health equity and improve the quality of healthcare services for the poor by connecting outstanding young leaders with organizations working on the front lines in the fight for global health equity.

The fellowship opportunities include but are not limited to being a Health Counselor in New Jersey, a Systems Innovation Officer in Massachusetts, or a Human Resources for Health Program Consultant in Burundi.

For more information and to apply Read more