Featured Jobs
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Web Developer / ICT Intern
Volunteer Position
AIDG
Guatemala
The AIDG Internship Programme seeks to provide assistance to AIDG’s incubated businesses in the form of specialised training and product research and development, bringing in talented young professionals and experts from around the world with a passion to contribute to the developing world and help make a difference.
Currently, AIDG Guatemala seeks a passionate and dedicated web developer to support some exciting new initiatives within the organisation. Note: This is an unpaid internship. Interns receive monthly food and board reimbursement.Please click here for more information.
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Programme Associate
Limitless Horizons Ixil
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Quiche, Guatemala
LHI seeks a dynamic, motivated individual to serve as a Programme Associate in Chajul, Quiche, Guatemala. The Programme Associate will support the Executive Director and local staff in the following areas: programme research, development, and evaluation, direct services, networking, community organising, accounting, volunteer coordination, donor relations and fundraising.
This is an incredible, multifaceted opportunity for the right individual to join our small NGO with a five-year record of excellence in social service. LHI is in a period of significant and exciting growth, and our Programme Associate will play a huge role in this development. In this community, where 80% of the population lives in poverty, a small team of individuals can make a great impact.
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Projects Coordinator
Pop Wuj - Spanish School Guatemala
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Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Medical Coordinator in the Pop-Wuj Clinic
Pop Wuj - Spanish School Guatemala
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Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Association Pop Wuj - Spanish School Guatemala is a cooperative nonprofit organisation, wholly owned by the teaching staff. After the teachers draw a modest wage and take care of expenses, the remaining income is dedicated to financing the thriving rural development projects and educational endeavors that the school has undertaken and nurtured over the past 18 years.
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VOLUNTEER NEEDED
IN SANTIAGO ATITLAN
The Cojolya Mayan Women's Weaving Association
For over 25 years Cojolyá has been providing sustainable, fair-trade work for some 80 women who weave using the traditional back-strap loom. It was founded by American, Candis Krummel, and Tzutujil Maya, Antonio Ramirez Sosof, with a mission to help preserve and encourage this centuries-old Mayan tradition and provide work for local women.
The association needs someone to help the Administrator with running this small non-profit. Skills and experience preferred in all or some of the following: office work, marketing and PR, basic accounting (knowledge of Quickbooks and Excel would be a help), retail business, and a basic to advanced level of Spanish. Also required to help in their shop and weaving museum. They are ideally looking for someone to start immediately and for a commitment of at least 2 months.
For further information please write to Francesca Wade, Administrator :marketing@cololya.org or visit their website: www.cojolya.org
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Position: Social Entrepreneur/ Business Incubation
Organisation: AIDG
Salary: Food and Board Reimbursement only
The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG) works to provide rural villages in developing countries with affordable and environmentally sound technologies that meet their needs for electricity, sanitation and clean water. Through a combination of business incubation, education, training and outreach, AIDG helps individuals and communities gain access to technology that will improve their lives. Their model provides a novel approach to sustainable development by empowering people with the physical tools and practical knowledge to solve infrastructure problems in their own communities.
Responsibilities:
Investigate the economic and business climate in Guatemala.
Evaluate the market in Guatemala and assess opportunities for the development and sales of appropriate technologies.
Develop valuable materials for the small and medium enterprises AIDG incubates; such as training materials, managing tools, or marketing strategies.
Meet with incubated businesses to execute small enterprise training materials and facilitate business start-up plans that promote business’ self-sufficiency.
Assist with the preparation or execution of AIDG’s business plan competitions.
Utilize project leadership role not only to guide other workgroup members in achieving project goals and deadlines, but also by instituting a comprehensive and sustainable approach to business incubation that takes into consideration: cultural norms, participatory-planning, marketing strategies, local economic development, and promotion of appropriate technologies.
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