Intern with Mano a Mano
Mano a Mano International Partners is always looking for committed interns to help out at our St. Paul office! Mano a Mano is an international nonprofit which works through a large network of Mano a Mano Bolivian counterparts and communities to alleviate poverty in South America’s poorest nation. We have many projects in Minnesota to prevent usable medical equipment and supplies from being thrown into our landfills. Often these items have never been used.
Our projects throughout rural areas enable Bolivian professionals in health, education, economic development/water provision, and aviation to create well-being.
Responsibilities (what you do depends on your skills and areas of interest):
- Assisting with volunteer recruitment and updating
- Designing promotional and communications materials
- Planning volunteer events and working with Mano a Mano volunteers
- Spanish/English translation of reports and materials
- Helping with pickups of donated supplies around the Twin Cities
- Helping with outgoing and incoming mail
- Greeting people who are dropping off medical equipment and supplies–they are doing so because of a recovery or a death. They can become part of our global community!
- Answering phones and email inquiries
- Assisting with communications, outreach and thank yous
- Working on research projects
- Updating our databases
- Finding new hospital and medical partners
Qualifications:
- Ability to commit to 10 or more hours per week for a time period of 2 months or more (schedule is extremely flexible)
- Dynamic and creative contribution to Mano a Mano events and office management
- Ability to assist with one or two events on a weekday evening or weekend
- Enthusiasm for development in Latin America and nonprofit organizations
- Positive attitude
- Ability to work as a team, both independently and collectively
Vision: to create infrastructure capacity throughout Bolivia’s rural areas that will increase life-span and expand opportunities for sustainable economic development.
Contact Us
If you are interested please contact Carmen Paredes Dockry ([email protected] or 651-457-3141).