The Jane Goodall Institute

International Roots & Shoots Volunteer--Tanzania
Date Posted: 7/17/2008
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Status: Minimum 6 month commitment. Start dates: mid-January, mid-April and mid-October Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Job Description:
• Support local R&S clubs through attending club meetings, assisting with project creation and implementation, and making educational presentations. Successful projects have included: cleaning beaches and schoolyards, bird watching, tree planting, creating school gardens, visiting orphanages and hospitals, field trips to natural areas, and campaigns to raise awareness of local environmental and social issues such as HIV/AIDS and bushmeat.
• Represent R&S in the local community through conducting presentations, teaching workshops, exhibiting at a community event, visiting new schools who are interested in joining the program, or participating in partner organization’s events.
• Aid in the planning, preparation and implementation of annual R&S events such as International Peace Day, African Child Day, and Roots & Shoots week.
• Develop and implement a volunteer project in collaboration with local R&S groups.
• Assist with on-going projects such at the Yatima R&S scholarship program which sponsors 25 orphaned children to attend secondary school.
• Assist with general office administrative tasks

Experience/Qualifications:
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: Roots & Shoots, community development, teaching, sciences, conservation, event planning, grant writing, computers/technology, administrative support
• The ideal volunteer will be mature, flexible, self-motivated, adapt to new environments easily, willing to work hard, culturally sensitive, have a sense of humor, and willing to do whatever tasks need to be done
• Experience working in Africa or a developing country a plus
• Must be 21 years of age or older

NOTE: For those with significant Africa experience, including conversational Kiswahili, opportunities in the Moshi/Arusha and Iringa Regions are available

Terms:

Volunteer contributes the following fee to the Jane Goodall Institute: $2,900 for six months and $350 for every additional month. A six month minimum is required and start dates are April and October.

What is covered by the contribution?
• Mini-grant for local R&S project coordinated by volunteer
• Accommodation in country
• Work permit (good for two years)
• Local travel and communication
• Two weeks basic Kiswahili language
training
• In-country program orientation, training and materials
• Airport pick up and drop off
• Professional staff coordination and support
• Administrative fees

What is not covered by the contribution?
• Airfare to and from Tanzania
• Passport fees
• Immunizations
• Visa entry fees
• Medical insurance
• Food
• Spending money

Send resume and cover letter to:
Megan Nelson
The Jane Goodall Institute 4245 North Fairfax Drive Suite 600 Arlington, VA 22203 If you are an African living in the region and wish to volunteer, please contact Erasto Njavike at emavike@hotmail.com.

Worldwide Volunteer Positions:

Curriculum Guide Development Volunteer
Date Posted: 7/31/2008
Location: Entebbe, Uganda
Status: Start Date: September 2008 (we can be a bit flexible on this date, but need somebody sooner ather than later)

Duration: Minimum of 3 months, preferably 6 months (Developing the guide takes longer than this--normally, at least one year. We request, if possible, the volunteer stay until it is piloted and the final copy ready for printing is completed)

Qualification: The volunteer should have an experience in Elementary Environmental Education

Main Duties: We are in the process of developing an Environmental Education Teachers Guides for Primary 1 (6-7 year olds) and Primary 2 (8-9 year olds) class levels. The role of the volunteer will be to work along side a Ugandan Education Officers in the JGI Education Department in the development of the Guide. The volunteer will also be expected to help with other office activities, especially preparing materials for workshops. Depending on the skill base of the volunteer chosen, they may be asked to assist with the Roots & Shoots programme to take a break from the Guide Development. Apart from the workshops, the placement will be office based. Our office is in Entebbe and the volunteer will live and work in the office.

Volunteer Contribution: The office-based placement is $400 for the first month and then $300 for every month after that (this can be negotiable, especially if you are willing to live here until the Guide is completed). The volunteer will be responsible for his or her own flights, VISAs, medical insurance and medical treatment etc. and their own food, although staff lunch is provided on normal working days. These fees are based on the volunteer remaining in the office. If the opportunity arises for the volunteer to go to the field for a brief period they will need to cover these extra expenses themselves.

Send resume and cover letter to:
Megan Nelson

Worldwide Volunteer Positions:

Roots & Shoots Volunteer--Uganda
Date Posted: 7/31/2008
Location: Entebbe, Uganda
Status: Placements start in early February and mid September (please note that exact dates are subject to change and are dependent on confirmation of school term dates)

Duration: Minimum of 3 Months to cover one school term (Preferably 6 months)

Qualification: The volunteer must have an experience in Environmental Education

Main Duties: The Volunteer will help in promoting 'Roots & Shoots' within schools close to the fragile forests that are home to diminishing populations of chimpanzees. A background in environmental education is required. The volunteer's position is split between three locations: Entebbe, which is on the shore of island-strewn Lake Victoria; Kalinzu Forest, which is about six hours by car from Kampala, in a reserve where some of the trails have amazing views that open up over the Ruwenzori Mountains, Lake Edward; the Kazinga Channel and the Congo; and Budongo Forest, the oldest mahogany forest in East Africa.

Accommodation: When in the JGI head office in Entebbe, Uganda, the volunteer will be offered a shared room with shared facilities. There is electricity and running hot and cold water, and there are cooking facilities at the offices. When at the field education centres, you will stay in a simple room at the National Forestry Authority site. You will have facilities to cook for yourself, but you may be able to arrange to have a person prepare meals for you at a relatively low cost, which would be basic Ugandan food. There is no electricity or running water, and there are pit latrines and bucket showers; but living on the edges of the Kalinzu or Budongo forest will make any lack of luxurious facilities all worth it, as it is home to many animals that includes chimpanzees.

Volunteer Contribution: 3 months-US $ 1,625, 6 months- US$ 3250. The volunteer will be responsible for his or her own flights, VISAs, medical insurance and medical treatment etc. and their own food, although staff lunch is provided on normal working days.

Send resume and cover letter to:
Megan Nelson

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