Working with Sex Workers in Sierra Leone

• Type: Volunteer / Intern
• Location: Sierra Leone
• Organisation: NGOabroad
  NGOabroad helps people enter international humanitarian work and provides frugal, customized international volunteer options. http://www.ngoabroad.com/ When aspiring international workers come to NGOabroad, these services are designed to help them: 1) Career Consults that help people enter into or advance in international humanitarian work. Ann McLaughlin MSW brings 25 years counseling experience to help: articulate strengths; clarify goals; design strategies; write powerful cover letters & resumes. See http://www.ngoabroad.com/ 2) international experience--getting your "foot-in-the-door" Most people entering international work do not know how it is organized, what the opportunities are or how to go about their search. This is a treasure trove of opportunities from beginning to more advanced and custom fit to the candidate's skills and aspirations. 3) exciting international volunteer programs Most international employers need workers with strong international experience. But where does one get that experience? It is a Catch-22 for many beginners. NGOabroad can utilize its rich volunteer programs to provide entry experience. We have volunteer programs in democracy building & human rights; building a girls' school in Africa where girls have been excluded; empowering refugees; literacy & counseling; vocational training, micro-finance & business development to eradicate poverty; mentoring street kids; caring for AIDS orphans. Interested? Please read the entire website & then send info requested on homepage to info@NGOabroad.com:
• Closing Date: 27-Feb-2010
• Description:
  Sierra Leone's brutal armed conflict ended in 2002 and former Liberian rebel leader Charles Taylor has been transferred to The Hague to be tried before the War Crimes Tribunal. But there is important work yet to be done. Says Human Rights Watch, "Few improvements have been made in the dynamics that contributed to the emergence of the conflict in 1991--rampant corruption, gross public financial mismanagement, inadequate distribution of the country's natural resources, and weak rule of law. The government's failure to address crushing poverty despite massive international aid, and alarmingly high unemployment rates among youth, render Sierra Leone vulnerable to future instability." Sierra Leone is one of the poorest nations in Africa. There has been a sharp increase in prostitution. Resolving the poverty that drives the prostitution is an important new initiative. NGOabroad, a service which matches your skills to international need, seeks people who have: + Experience working with sex workers - Experience in community & capacity building - Experience in business development - Can teach entrepreneurial or income generating skills - Work well with youth - Can teach literacy skills Because this is a post-conflict region, first priority will be given to people that: - Have experience in West Africa, Africa or - Have experience with poverty Assist vibrant organization that is rebuilding Sierra Leone! Help establish a solid foundation in Sierra Leone by helping build livelihoods so youth are not drawn to conflict. Educate women and children. Please read website: http://www.ngoabroad.com/ then send us your resume & answered Questionnaire to info@NGOabroad.com. If you are entering international development work, this position provides valuable experience. It is not a paid position; but "if you will eat at our table & sleep in our home" then food & room will humbly be provided. NGOabroad is a unique service that provides frugal, customized international volunteer options and helps people enter international humanitarian work. http://www.ngoabroad.com/
• Applicant Requirements:
  Strong skills & international experience needed. Skills in one or several of the following areas: + Experience working with sex workers - Experience in community & capacity building - Experience in business development - Can teach entrepreneurial or income generating skills - Work well with youth - Can teach literacy skills Because this is a post-conflict region, first priority will be given to people that: - Have experience in West Africa, Africa or - Have experience with poverty
• Application instructions:
  Please read website: http://www.ngoabroad.com/ then send us your resume & answered Questionnaire to info@NGOabroad.com.
• Contact Person: Ann McLaughlin info@ngoabroad.com
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