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Fundraising / Grant Writing Volunteer - Public Health / International Education
ORGANIZATION: VOICE OF A CHILD
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Voice of a Child is a USA-based non-profit focused on international relief efforts. Our current efforts are a computer literacy school in earthquake-affected Syria as well as in Brazil and Phillipines. We have preschoold in India, Haiti, Turkey/Syra, and Brazil. Additionally, we have medical clinics in Nigeria. We focus on rural and frequently "neglected" portions of the world. We are an all volunteer-run organization. While we go through great extents to use our funds wisely, our current funds are limited.
We are seeking an adult with good writing abilities, and expertise in or desire to learn grant-writing. We also need someone with fundraising experience. We have identified resources that teach grant writing well, and are happy to share with our volunteers for their and our own growth.
Please email a resume with your background to: Sonya.VOC@gmail.com.
Please see our website: https://voiceofachild.org
Thank you,
Dr. Sonya Dave
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About VOICE OF A CHILD
Location:
4339 Cesano Ct, Palo Alto, CA 94306, US
Mission Statement
Voice Of a Child (VOC) is a public service 501(C)(3) charity organization incorporated in California, USA. The present Board of Directors, has extensive global experience working together as a team, and has engaged in various philanthropic activities worldwide for over 10 years. Some of the recent disaster relief activities include fundraising for Asian Tsunami, Gujarat (India) Earthquake and South America, floods in Central America and similar disasters prior to these. Voice of a Child provides 1) Medical care to Nigeria 2) Education in rural/tribal India, including special education 3) Education to Haiti 4) Computer literacy in Brazil and Philippines 5) Earthquake/Disaster relief. They are a very small (12 people) and very ethical organization that uses limited funds extremely efficiently.
Description
Volunteer sign-up:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i7rtCZs9duxVmGVWfFCsMlGQvr0rSZ_N3N31Z_5QEnQ/edit#gid=0
Volunteer duties:
A. Help write project descriptions in good English.
B. Help with a fundraising campaign for a specific activity. For example, at the moment we are working on earthquake relief work.'
C. Help students with course material.
D. Be a liaison between VOC and college administration for activities, lectures, or setting up a new program.
E. Recruiting involvement of other volunteers
F. Getting medical supply/equipment/ over the counter medicine donation.
G. Getting functional laptop donations.
H. Anything else one can imagine - put your creativity to work! (Hint, browse voiceofachild.org, the better you know what they do, the better you can match your talents/desires to their needs).
Voice of a child currently needs the following the most: donations of small, inexpensive to ship : 1) Medical Supplies 2) Over the counter medicines 3) Medical equipment (Contact sonya.voc@gmail.com for wish-list) 4) Functional Laptops (contact Sonya.voc@gmail.com), we can take responsibililty of wiping the data.
There are zero restrictions on who can volunteer.
Thank you,
Sonya Dave, PhD
CAUSE AREAS
Children & Youth,
Education & Literacy,
Health & Medicine
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
August 26, 2024
SKILLS
- Fundraising
- Grant Writing / Research
- Administrative Support
- Technical Writing
- Journalism
- Copy Writing / Copy Editing
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Flexible
- Good writing abilities and/or project management (for fundraising).