Category: Volunteer
The Food Project at City Farm Fest Volunteer Opportunity
Are you interested in growing food locally? Community and backyard gardening? Working with local gardening community members or practicing your data interpretive/communication skills? Then consider joining us for a few hours on Saturday, May 10! On Saturday, May 10 from 11AM to 2PM, we will be partnering with The Food Project to offer FREE SOIL LEAD TESTING for the community during City Farm Fest held at the Dudley Greenhouse in Roxbury. Soil sampling and soil health consultations will begin at 11:00 a.m. and continue until 2PM. Gardeners will bring soil to the Farm Fest and we will be analyzing the soil (right there) and communicating the results and providing interpretation to the gardeners. You will be trained (about an hour next week) to participate. Please consider participating with us! If you are interested, please contact Wendy Heiger-Bernays (whb@bu.edu) or Komal Basra (komalb@bu.edu) by Monday, May 5th.
***Please note: Only students who have previously completed EH717 Foundations of Environmental Health or EH765 are eligible for this opportunity***
Catholic Relief Services Summer Internship Opportunities
Summer Internship Program Flyer
The Summer Internship Program is CRS’s formal internship program. The program takes place from June to August for a period of 10 – 12 weeks (in some cases the internship may extend beyond the summer months). Interns work in departments across the organization and are responsible for a variety of tasks based on their skill set and the needs of their departments. Interns receive regular guidance, direction, and support from their supervisor to ensure a successful experience. The program is designed as a collaborative learning experience that includes a performance management assessment, activities with other interns in the cohort, and a collaborative intern project to culminate the internship experience.
Our Summer Internship positions are posted on the CRS careers website starting March 15, 2014. Our internships are competitive and we recommend that students apply as early as possible.
CRS prioritizes outreach to universities because we believe that university students and recent graduates include many of today’s most effective change agents. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Boston University School of Public Health and would be grateful if you could spread the word about our internship program amongst your students.
Please email intern@crs.org if you have any questions or concerns.
Volunteer Analyst with CHAI in Swaziland
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Weekly BNID job and internship openings
JOB / INTERNSHIP OPENINGS
- Financial Operations Analyst Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
- Director of Event Planning Intern - The Millennium Campus Network (MCN)
- Program Evaluation Associate Intern - The Millennium Campus Network (MCN)
- Disability Rights Fund Program Director - Disability Rights Fund and Disability Rights Advocacy Fund
- AKF USA Fellowship Program - Aga Khan Foundation
- Fellowship - The Advocacy Project
BNID Weekly job and internship postings
JOB / INTERNSHIP OPENINGS
- AKF USA Fellowship Program - Aga Khan Foundation
- Fellowship - The Advocacy Project
- Executive and Fellows Coordinator - Harvard’s Center for International Development (CID)
- MIT CITE/edX Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Campus Coordinator - Immediate Opening - The David Project
- Programs Associate - Summer Internship - The Millennium Campus Network
Long Term Volunteer Opportunity with ACDI/VOCA Service Learning Corps
ACDI/VOCA Service Learning Corps
Announcement: Long Term Volunteer Opportunity
Assignment Title: Nutritional Cookbook Development
Assignment Location: Ethiopia
Assignment Duration: 3 MONTHS, May – August 2014
Assignment Summary:
The goal of the Agricultural Growth Program- Agribusiness and Market Development (AGP-AMDe) project in Ethiopia is to sustainably reduce poverty and hunger by improving the productivity and competitiveness of value chains that offer job and income opportunities for rural households. AMDe works in six selected value chains: wheat, maize, money, sesame, chickpeas and coffee. One of the challenges is changing household behavior to increase diet diversity in order to improve long term nutritional status. In addition to education AGP-AMDe wants to create a cookbook with tasty, nutritious, affordable recipes featuring each of the 6 crops we work with. ACDI/VOCA is currently seeking a long term volunteer to review existing Ethiopian cookbooks, suggest a final list of recipes for a new cookbook, and test/adapt suggested recipes accordingly with nutritional content, seasonal availability, cost, and adaptability/acceptability in mind.
Provisions for the Volunteer:
· All international and local travel
· Lodging
· Travel Visa
· Emergency Medical Insurance
· In-country support from local field staff
· Local cell phone to use during assignment
Qualifications:
- Nutritionist, home economist, or related
- Preferred previous experience in Africa country
- Preferred previous experience with (or extensive knowledge of) Ethiopian or East African cuisine
- Strong analytical and writing skills
How to Apply: Application Deadline: March 7, 20114
Interested candidates should visit www.acdivoca.org and go to Quick Links at the bottom of the page, International Opportunities: Log in/Register and select Service Learning Corps, create a new profile and submit the following:
1. A cover letter
2. A current resume
3. A letter of recommendation from a professor or advisor
Part Time Research Assistant position available with BUMC group studying addictions and HIV in Russia
This study tests a “patient navigator” intervention to assist patients through the complexity of the HIV and addiction treatment systems in Russia. Ability to speak Russian would be extremely helpful. The investigators are looking for someone who can work 10-15 hours per week for the next year. Learn more about the position here: CARE Unit RA job description
Interested in joining the student-run journal at SPH? Info session Dec. 6th
Come join us at an information session for The Movement, the student-run journal at the School of Public Health! Learn how to become an editor, or to contribute your creative and professional work for publication in the Spring 2014 issue. Lunch will be served! Friday, December 6th, 12 noon, L212.
