Opportunity Details

Volunteers of AID are mainly involved in the following activities:

Projects
Volunteer chapters of AID provide financial support and expertise to NGOs based in India that are aligned with our mission and vision. Volunteers actively solicit project proposals from these NGOs, thoroughly evaluate the projects and finally help raise funds for these NGOs to implement them. Proposals that are approved by a majority vote are assigned to a team led by a Project Coordinator. It is the responsibility of the Project Coordinator and his team to ensure successful implementation of the project as well as evaluate and monitor the progress of the projects funded by AID. Volunteers return to India periodically to raise awareness about the work done by AID and to evaluate programs that we support.

Fund-raising events
Volunteers also actively take part in organizing several fund-raising events throughout the year. Events include inviting music bands and concerts to play for AID, hosting fund-raising dinners, hosting local sports tournaments and other similar activities.

In addition, for the effective functioning of the chapter, there are several roles which the volunteers take up. Chapter president, secretary, treasurer, overall project coordinator, webmaster and fund-raising coordinator are some of the roles.

How can you join AID, Portland?
Come and join us in the weekly Community Service Hour (CSH) to participate actively in AID activities. There are several roles one can take up in AID. For more information, check the contact us page. We meet every week on Thursdays from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm for our Community Service Hour (CSH). This meeting is open to all. You are most welcome to join us at the following venue every week on Thursday

Check portland.aidindia.org for more details

Opportunity Details

September 8th over 100 volunteers helped build the first tiny home for a local veteran in our community and on September 11th The Army Nation Guard moved the tiny home to its permanent foundation. We are in need of volunteers to help us finish the interior of the home and have it move in ready by September 30th.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Our sole purpose is to provide financial assistance to improve the offerings and amenities of the Odessa Parks & Recreation department. This will encourage economic growth and opportunities for a healthier lifestyle for our citizens. This is our biggest and only fundraiser of the year.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	6	n/a	n/a

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This is our most fun fundraiser of the year, a live pumpkin auction and carnival with games and prizes for kids! This event is a fun community-builder as well as a fundraiser for the museum, to help pay for staffing and new exhibits.

We are eager to have volunteer support for this event, and hope you can help! We need set-up and prep helpers as well as volunteers to help run the carnival games.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Set-up and Games	6	n/a	n/a
Games + Clean-Up	6	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Each year in October we have our Fall Festival on school grounds. This year's festival is Thursday, October 18th from 5-7:00 pm. The festival is one of two annual fundraising events we present at our school. Typically we have a bounce house, inflatable obstacle course, games, and food. This event is anticipated each year by current and past students as well as parents.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	5	n/a	n/a

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Big Serve is a community service day. Our organization will serve in 6-8 locations throughout Wylie, Sachse, Garland and Murphy. Our service projects vary in assignments based on what each center needs. For example, last year we painted a shelter, stacked food at a food pantry, cleaned and organized an after school food center and so on. We are not sure what the assignments will be yet at each center but we know we will be serving our community at many locations from 8 am till noon on November 3rd. We could use 2-4 people at each locations. So we could use about 20-25 people who would love to come serve with us!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
BIG SERVE	25	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

1. Teaching Computer Science Fundamentals to elementary aged kids via Skype.

2. Managing IT logistics with the in-class facilitator.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	4	n/a	n/a

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Zealousness is an iN Education blog and online magazine. It’s an internationally-minded educational resource that promotes education. Zealousness features articles, opinion pieces, and pedagogic advice from our team of writers. Our blog and online magazine are accessible to students, educators, and parents and serve as an additional educational resource. Join our team; we are looking for people like you:

• Knowledgeable of grammar and editing styles (Chicago Manual of Style)
• Excellent at communicating
• Able to commit and work with our diverse team of writers
• Basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) knowledge to review keywords and meta descriptions
• Able to meet deadlines, if necessary.

Check out our latest posts and publication of Zealousness, be sure to check iN Education’s website https://ineducationonline.org/zealousness-blog/

Opportunity Details

WaterAid’s Colombia Team is recruiting an exceptionally organized volunteer to help develop a financial plan and analysis for a participatory community water project in an underserved community in Colombia.

WaterAid works in the department of La Guajira, an arid desert peninsula in northern Colombia and one of the least developed and most impoverished regions in the country. WaterAid focuses most of our work with the indigenous Wayuu people, who live in rural and marginalized communities where WASH statistics are comparable to or worse than parts of sub-Saharan Africa: 84% of the rural population lack access to clean water and 96% live without improved sanitation.

In a context of very low governmental presence in rural communities, due mostly to low capacity and high corruption levels, WaterAid works with Wayuu communities to manage and operate water systems autonomously, facilitating the organization of communities into Water Associations and providing technical training to ensure the solutions are sustainable and functional over time.

As our first community-managed micro-aqueduct has been in operation for the past 3 months, we see the urgent necessity of working together with the Water Association to analyze operational and management costs and build a financial plan that is adequate for the scale of the water system and the socioeconomic context of the communities it serves. Additionally, based on the recommendations resultant of this first exercise, we hope to develop a model for financial sustainability of community water systems for indigenous and rural communities in La Guajira and similar territories in Colombia.

Outputs
- Cost analysis for La Parcela community water system
- Financial plan to ensure long-term sustainability of the water system
- Recommendations for community-based water system financial planning and management model

Timeline
The volunteer will work with the WaterAid Colombia team to determine a suitable timeline for completion of the project.

Preferred skills
- Financial background with understanding of infrastructure projects
- Good knowledge of Spanish Language
- Knowledge or interest in Latin American policy and development

Opportunity Details

United Way of York County is partnering with local faith-based groups, schools, and nonprofit organizations to provide backpacks full of school supplies to York County kids in need. 5-7 volunteers are needed to help hand out backpacks to children and parents who applied for packs. Distribution will be held from 12-4pm, but volunteers are welcome to stay as long or as short as they'd like.

There are three distribution locations:

August 28th, 12-4 Seacoast Chapel 228 Buxton Rd., Saco, Maine
August 28th, 12-4 Second Congregational Church, 9 Crescent St., Biddeford, Maine
August 30th, 12-4 Union Congregational Church, 18 Church St., York Beach, Maine

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	5	n/a	n/a
General	5	n/a	n/a
General	5	n/a	n/a