Location:

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Program Type:

Volunteer Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Work Types:

Economic Development

Duration:

1-3 months

Program Overview

Program Description:

Work as our Social Media Intern. Monitoring and actively market our fundraising and donation functions as well as continue to build our presence on Facebook, twitter, Google+, flickr plus blogging and website updates.

Terms We encourage all volunteers to stay as long as possible to maximize local and personal benefit. We encourage longer commitments by heavily discounting each additional week stayed. Minimum of 2 weeks to work on this project.; maximum stay is 3 months. Subsequent permanent hiring possible. All volunteers must arrive to Isabela on Mondays. Schedule Our schedules are based on 25 hrs/week. The normal schedule is Monday-Friday 8.30 – 11.30AM and 2PM – 4PM which may be subject to change depending on the tasks at hand.

Accommodation is provided in our fully equipped volunteer housing or by one of our carefully selected host families. These are families who have experience with outside culture and international living through cultural exchange with our students and volunteers. Additionally to providing extra income for housing our students and volunteers, we train these families to be ambassadors in the community in areas such as English, domestic wellbeing, and nutrition. You will have breakfast and dinner with your family. Lunch is provided at your choice of various restaurants in town. You simply sign for your meal and we’ll pick up the bill at the end of the month. For volunteer housing breakfast is not included. Lunch and dinner is provided in your choice of restaurant.

Setting Description:

What’s Included Cost includes full room and board, permits, visas, local coordination and training at respective facility, local transport, full access to our facilities, etc.—everything minus personal expenses and your airfare to Galápagos.

Cost:

Requirements: • Experience in Facebook and Twitter • An understanding of camera equipment and Mac or PC • A passion to drive fundraising and engagement campaigns using the latest digital marketing technics • Ability to work independently as well as in a team Experience and Feedback We’re a very small and personal program but have had some 20 long term volunteers (one year plus) and over 200 short term and students volunteers. Our satisfaction rate is 99%. However we respect your privacy and don