Mineke Foundation works in Liberia. Our goal is to help people - especially young people and women - to become economically self-reliant. We focus on education and entrepreneurship. We have three ...
Project fundraiser for school scholarships in Liberia
Contact person
Tonia Dabwe
#53541
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Summary
We are looking for one or more volunteers to join our sponsoring & fundraising team and help build awareness around our initiatives (NL & LIB).
Detailed description
Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Many children come from disadvantaged backgrounds, like a single parent home without stable employment. These kids often drop out of school because their parent cannot afford the school fees. Those that remain in school struggle because they have to work after school to help make money instead of studying.
Our Damiefa School provides high quality, affordable kindergarten & primary education in Liberia. Our history – and reputation for quality – go back to 1982. We’d love to provide full or partial scholarships. This will increase access to quality education for disadvantaged kids while allowing us to pay good salaries to our teachers. We’d love to start with at least a €25 000 fund.
We are looking for one or more volunteers to join our sponsoring & fundraising team and help build awareness around our initiatives, in the Netherlands and in Liberia. If you’re seeking an opportunity to play a part in the development of education in Liberia, we’d love to hear from you. We are looking for a committed and passionate volunteer to support our sponsoring and fundraising initiatives, and bring joy and new ideas to the team.
The role will involve:
- Research and engage potential funders & sponsors, like businesses, schools, churches, trust funds, family offices etc
- Collect information and draft proposals if required by those you contact
- Manage relationships with sponsors & funders
- Ensure sponsors and funders receive timely updates and/or annual reports
- Work with our social media & communications volunteers to coordinate other
You’ll be a good fit for MF if you are:
- Proactive with a strong sense of initiative and passionate about education and supporting those facing economic challenges.
- Efficient and have attention to detail
- Interested in the fundraising & sponsoring landscape (Dutch & International)
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English (and ideally also in Dutch)
Your outreach will help to not only help bring in funds that go directly towards transformative projects in Liberia, but also bringing a community of people together here in the Netherlands and with our team in Liberia – an immensely rewarding experience. You’ll gain insight into the workings of a small-scale NGO and the role of fundraising and outreach and be a part of our exciting core team.
This is an opportunity to work as part of a passionate team, to gain first-hand experience in fundraising, events organization and non-profit work, and for your work to have a real, tangible impact.
4-8 hours/week on average with flexible hours.
Preferable 6-month minimum commitment.
About Mineke Foundation
Mineke Foundation works in Liberia. Our goal is to help people - especially young people and women - to become economically self-reliant. We focus on education and entrepreneurship. We have three projects:
== The Damiefa School offers affordable private education from kindergarten through the first three years of high school. We use the national Liberian curriculum, supplemented with an Art Education program developed by Dutch/American teachers and a Reading Comprehension program specifically developed for Liberia by American teachers. Our ambition is to grow the school into a full-fledged high school.
== Our Women’s Club offers an entrepreneurship program and a social education program. The entrepreneurship program includes short vocational courses, business training & coaching, and microloans. The educational program offers monthly workshops on topics such as (reproductive) health, women’s rights, leadership and sexual violence against women. There is also a savings club with peer-to-peer lending.
== The Resource Center is a multifunctional space with a small library/computer room where employability training for young people is also given. Before Covid, we also offered digital skills training to surrounding schools and (young) adults in the area. We will offer this again in due course.
Check our Facebook page for recent updates: www.facebook.com/MinekeFoundation
Mineke Foundation is an award-winning foundation known for its quality and professionalism. We are an accredited local Liberian NGO, vocational school and private school. A small, committed and motivated local team carries out our projects in Liberia.
The Dutch foundation consists of international volunteers and supports our team in Liberia, including fundraising, social media & communication and knowledge transfer. Both teams work closely together.
Our fun and enthusiastic volunteers will make you feel at home quickly! We all work from home and have regular Zoom calls, also with our team in Liberia. Volunteers living in the Netherlands usually meet twice a year. Good to know: we speak both Dutch and English, but usually speak English during calls & meetings.
Mineke Foundation was founded in 2009 by Tonia Dabwe to build on the work her parents started in Liberia in the late 1960s. The foundation is named after Tonia's Dutch mother who has been missing since the civil war in Liberia.
