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Our team is looking to add great people of integrity and passion to our Board of Directors who have hearts of service, are deeply connected to the mission of Legacy of Excellence Foundation (LEF), and wish to utilize their time, energy, and resources to help advance LEF's mission. Please find additional details regarding level of commitment, below:

I. Time Commitment (in meetings):

Our regular meetings happen once a month (currently every fourth Saturday) for 75 minutes via Zoom. All LEF Board Directors are expected to attend each of these meetings. However, should an extenuating circumstance arise, preventing someone from attending a given meeting, we just ask that he/she give notice to the team as far in advance as possible and then be sure to review the minutes and notes, post-meeting.

II. Time Commitment (out of meetings):

All LEF Board Directors are expected to devote at least one hour per week to LEF, outside of regular meetings. This can entail an array of things, such as support with fundraising, board cultivating, marketing, creating/revising policy, etc. This particular time expectation may be slightly more, depending on the office you hold and/or committee(s) you are part of (we currently do not have any committees yet). For example, outside of typical modes of support, the Board Chair is expected to do a little more than everyone else (e.g., meet with the Founder regularly to strategize).

III. Financial Commitment:

While constituting only a small fraction of LEF’s general endowment, regular financial contributions from each Board Director are important. This practice ensures that each Board Director has “skin in the game” and that the organization has a predictable repository that it can rely on, apart from revenue generated from services offered at the project level (e.g., school fees). Seeing that the Board is active in procuring financial resources for LEF also helps to motivate external supporters (and potential grant/funding agencies who may wish to undertake due diligence) to give on behalf of LEF and its supported projects. As such, either by a.) solely contributing via personal donations, b.) solely contributing via external fundraising activities, or c.) contributing via a hybrid/combination of personal donations and external fundraising activities, each LEF Board Director is expected to raise financial contributions for LEF (and its projects) in the minimum total amount of $6,000 per year.

Each component above is fleshed out even more in our Charter/Bylaws and Processes & Procedures Manual in terms of rationale, specificity, etc.

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Each summer event committee member is asked to contribute their skills to helping Reach host a successful summer event. These events serve the dual purpose of acting as a fundraiser for Reach as well as act as community outreach. Committee members will assist with planning, themes, sponsorships, activities, games, recruiting volunteers, event agenda, marketing, ticket sales, raffles and any other element involved in putting on this event. Committee meetings will be scheduled about every 4-6 weeks, October through June and are typically held in the later afternoon (depending on committee members availability).
This is a fun summer event held at a local brewery! Help us organize a successful event!

Available Shifts

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

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Tenemos diversas oportunidades de voluntariado relacionadas al trabajo que se hace con los establecimientos educacionales y en las sedes universitarias.
Los voluntarios pueden impartir charlas en torno a ideación, innovación, tecnologías disruptivas, modelos de negocios tecnológicos, prototipado, programación y técnicas de Pitch entre otros.
Estas intervenciones pueden ser de tres formas:
1. Primero, como charlas para las niñas, en base a 4 horas pedagógicas presenciales, que equivalen a 2 visitas de 2 horas pedagógicas cada una; donde cada voluntario acompaña a los equipos de un curso para asesorarlos y ofrecerles guías en su proyecto, según su experiencia en el área que escogió. Para ello, los voluntarios deben definir su participación en base a su área de interés y liceo o sede universitaria más más cercana; luego realizan un breve entrenamiento online, donde se les explica todo en detalle. Finalmente, a los voluntarios se les entrega todo el material de apoyo listo, el que les sirve como guía para saber qué están aprendiendo las alumnas semana a semana.
2. La segunda forma es de apoyo al docente, compartiendo experiencias y ejemplos que el docente pueda aplicar en sala de clases.
3. Los voluntarios también pueden participar como jueces, evaluando los proyectos de las niñas en base a una rúbrica, ayudando con su feedback a que las niñas puedan mejorar sus proyectos y puedan participar en el concurso internacional. Este voluntariado exige 10 a 12 horas de trabajo mixto, las que incluyen la inscripción, una reunión online de inducción (donde se les explica todo en detalle), una hora de certificación como juez (virtual), una hora de capacitación como juez (virtual) y una pre-evaluación de 8 equipos de niñas de forma online. Posteriormente deben evaluar en forma presencial, en el evento de Pitch Nacional, la entrega del proyecto final de dichos equipos.


Para participar como voluntaria/o hay que inscribirse en:
https://technovation.cl/sumate/quiero-apoyar-como-voluntario/

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Arkansas Asset Builders is seeking a strategic communicator to assist the Executive Director in developing and executing the outreach and marketing strategy for Arkansas Asset Builders’ core programs. Responsibilities will include expanding our social media presence, updating our website, gaining traditional media exposure, and developing ad placement and SEO strategies to establish strong name recognition and brand reputation. Volunteers will have extensive latitude for the use of personal initiative and independent judgement in developing and executing the marketing plan, under the supervision of AAB’s Executive Director and board.

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Support us in developing an effective social media strategy across multiple platforms.
The Red Pencil (Europe) currently shares its social media with The Red Pencil (Singapore) and is looking at duplicating the channels (linkedin and FB) to better target our audiences.

Our goals with this duplication are:
1) to increase our visibility among our target groups: potential donors, potential partner organizations and art therapists;
2) to create a community of friends of The Red Pencil that could become donors

Your Tasks

- Review our current strategy
- Review our social media calendar
- Advise on best practices
- Help us to create content (video, images).

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	2	n/a	n/a

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Caramel Connections Foundation (CCF) is on a mission to promote health and wellness in San Bernardino County and Riverside County by providing free engaging, fun, and inclusive nutrition and garden-based education and activities. We would be thrilled if you would join us in our efforts to create a happier and healthier Inland Empire. There are many ways you can get involved your donation will help to keep our programs free to low-income BIPOC families.

Available Shifts

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

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#Give2023 – As the title suggests, we would need help in creating compelling content or storytelling for showcasing success stories of the rural women enterprise groups. We have lots of original/raw content that would be shared by Drishtee, such as videos, blogs, and images to craft engaging narratives.

Start with an attention-grabbing introduction, highlighting the backdrop of challenges these women faced. Share their journey of empowerment, detailing how they formed collectives and harnessed local resources. Use videos to capture their day-to-day activities, featuring interviews that convey their determination and transformation. Complement this with blogs that delve deeper into individual stories, exploring the impact on their lives, families, and communities. Incorporate vibrant images showcasing their products and interactions at the Happiness Café. By blending various formats, this content can authentically portray the women's resilience, innovation, and contributions, inspiring others and fostering a sense of pride within these rural communities.

Available Shifts

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

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$146,278.00 Donation Goal
Project Details
TIME FRAME: 2024 – 2027
PURPOSE: to improve the resilience of vulnerable and marginalized communities (particularly women and youth) through increased incomes and strengthened environmental stewardship from the commercialization of non-timber forest products in the Local Government Areas(LGAs). This will contribute to achieving the following development Objective: Increased resilience of targeted vulnerable populations through:
• Livelihood opportunities and incomes expanded;
• Community coping capacity increased;
• Nutrition outcomes improved.
• The ability of communities to sustainably adapt, mitigate and recover from shocks and stressors strengthened;
• Youth productively contribute to the community’s development progress; and
• Good governance at all levels and across key sectors improved.
THE SPECIFIC PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ARE:

• Increased production and supply of non-timber forest products to meet domestic and international market demands;
• Increased investments by local, regional and international marketers in the communities and on infrastructure that will ensure supply of quality products that meet international standards; and
• Improved natural resource management and sustainable forest management practices that promote biodiversity and reduce human-wildlife conflict.


GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE:
The coverage of the program will be demand-driven, based on consultations with the local and international marketers who are expected to procure these products on a competitive basis. Based on these consultations, NTFPs with the most market demand will be selected and the Program will operate in those communities where these selected products can be best commercialized.
BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION:
Cross River Rainforest has been classified within one of the 25 biodiversity hot spots in the world. Nigeria has only about 10% of the original extent of her forest left and more than 50% of this remaining forest is found in Cross River State. More than 60% of Nigeria’s endangered plants and animal species are only found within these forests and nowhere else in Nigeria.
Forests are still being cut and cleared or used in ways that degrade them. This is largely due to poverty, greed and ignorance. Most people see forest as resources to be exploited. Following years of exploitation, the forests are no longer able to effectively perform their functions such as – provision of food, shelter, fuel wood and medicine needed for healthy living.
According to studies carried out by Donna M. Alexandra et al in close collaboration with Cross River state Forestry Department on Non-Timber Forest Products and their places in the state’ Cross Riverians are dependent on as many as 434 different species and 709 products which are to be found in the forest and derived eco-types in Cross River State.
Of this number of products and species, as many as 85% are sold regularly by rural householders and urban traders. Therefore, the biodiversity provides an actual source of income for many in the State…… Most are sold outside the State to places as far as Kano in Northern Nigeria and Ijebu Ode in South West Nigeria or as near as Ikot Ekpene a neighboring Akwa Ibom State. Those raw products which are exported nearby are more likely to be re-exported to the State in a more processed form. Examples of this include: Raphia products, Eremospatha macrocarpa (cane rope) and Laccosperma secundiflora, (thick rattan cane) Pandanus candelabrum, (Screw pine), Irvingia gabonensis (Bush Mango) and wooden artifacts made of Prerocarpus, Alstonia, XanthoXyloydes and Ricinodendron heudelotii. Thus, the 'value-added' is being lost to Cross Riverians.’
The report carried out a ranking of Non-Timber Forest Products in the State according frequency of use, trading and importance to rural household communities. The list has been shortened to 15 top NTFPs in Cross River State of Nigeria.
TOP 15 NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS(NTFPs) IN TERMS OF TRADING AND HOUSEHOLD USE IN CROSS RIVER STATE OF THE STATE.

Specie name Range of uses Local name/products ranking
1) Irvingia gabonemsis Condiment, snack Bush mango 1

2) Gnetum africanum Vegetable leaf Afang/salad leaf 2
3) Elaeis guineeuis Oils, fibres, beverage Palm oil Black soap/saburu
Palm wine (down) Palm kernel oil Palm fruit Palm fibre Palm bamboo 3
4)Cola acuminata Stimulant Native cola 4
5) Archachantina margu Meat Large land snail 5
6) Aframomum melegueta Medicines, spices Alligator pepper 6
7)Piper guineensis Vegetable leaf, spice Hot leaf ,Bush pepper 7
8)Raphia vinifera fibre Raphia bamboo 8
9)Gongronema Iatifolium Vegetable leaf otasi 9
10) Garcinia kola Stimulant, medicine Bitter cola ,Biter cola medicine 10
11) Laccosperma secundiflora Furnishing, construction Rattan cane 11
12) Raphia hookeri Fibre,beaverage 12
13) Eremospatha macrocarpa Fibre,tool 13
14) Bambusa vulgaris Fibre,tool 14
15)Pterocarpus osun Carvings, tools, traditional dye 15


THE ILLUSTRATIVE PROGRAM INTERVENTIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED INCLUDE:

• Capacity building of communities on good non-timber forest products production practices that will ensure increased production of quality products that meet international standards;
• Introduction and promotion of low-cost technologies that improve efficiency, reduce production costs and improve quality of products;
• Introduction of certification procedures that increase the value and acceptability of the products in local and international markets;
• Build capacity on good governance models for community groups to improve business accountability;
• Build capacity of communities on improved natural resources management practices that promotes biodiversity and reduces human wildlife conflicts;
• Increase community groups’ capacity to anticipate and respond to potential shocks and stresses;
• Support communities to identify and address potential or existing conflicts; and Promote consumption of diverse and nutrient dense diets for children and adults

PROGRAM GOAL

The goal of the program is to improve the resilience of vulnerable and marginalized
communities (particularly women and youth) through increased household incomes and
strengthened environmental stewardship from the commercialization of non-timber forest
products in selected communities in the vulnerable communities in The Tropical high forest zones and mangrove zones of the state where ntfps abound.
Therefore, If the capacity building of NTFP value chain actors significantly increases
commercialization of the products, and private sector investments in appropriate infrastructure
results in sustainable production and processing of quality products that meet the stringent
market requirements, and vulnerable communities are able to sustainably manage and have
equitable access to NTFP resources, then the resulting increased production, productivity and
premium prices will increase household income, improve household nutrition and resilience,
improve the sustainability of NTFPs, and contribute to environmental conservation.
The commercialization of the NTFP will enable vulnerable households to have alternative livelihoods to procure food for the households and purchase agricultural inputs such as seeds, calves, and fertilizers for the next cropping season.

Geographical Coverage: The coverage of the program will be demand-driven, based on
consultations with the local and international marketers who are expected to procure these
products on a competitive basis. Based on these consultations, NTFPs with the most market
demand will be selected and the Program will operate in those communities where these selected
products can be best commercialized.

Risks and assumptions critical to this program

Risks:
• Instability in the country following the run up to, during and after 2023 national
elections;
• Local regulations
• Unreliable supply of NTFPs due to low productivity caused by poor production practices,
and also, as a result of inefficient transportation and processing methods; and
• Over-exploitation of non-timber forest trees due to increased profits from the commercialization of NTFPs.
Assumptions:
• Commitment of the private sector to the implementation of the program;
• Availability and adaptability of low-cost technologies for production, harvesting,
processing, storage and transportation of NTFPs;
• Different non-timber forest products have different production cycles that would provide
sources of income throughout the year; and
• Increased afforestation and reforestation with non-timber forest trees to replace old trees
or increase the number of productive trees will prevent over-exploitation.

Program Objectives and Outcomes
Increased production and supply of non-timber forest products: The Program will engage with
local and international marketers to build the capacity of value chain actors who are members of
the vulnerable communities, including youth and women, to acquire skills and knowledge that
will enable them to increase production and productivity of and sustainably manage NTFPs. The
capacity building efforts will be through a market facilitation approach that will ensure the
sustainability of interventions and expand the reach of the Program. Processors, transporters, and
warehouse operators will also be enabled to acquire the skills and knowledge for the processing,
storage and transportation of products that meet international market requirements. The use of
low-cost technologies will also be promoted for adoption towards enabling the participation of
both women and youth. The Program will also promote improved nutrition through two nutrition
pathways of production for consumption and production for increased household income for
purchase of nutritious foods.
The outcome of the interventions will be increased production efficiency.

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The purpose of this is to design communication strategy for Kiota Social Innovation Center.
The document will form part of Kiota Social Innovation Center policies.
Will guide on how to communicate with stakeholders , using all platforms.
Also, come up with clean cookstove communication flyer for customers as well as potential funders.

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L'association Toit à Moi aide des personnes en situation de grande exclusion à changer de vie durablement.
Comment ? En les logeant et en les accompagnant vers la réinsertion, à travers l’élaboration et la concrétisation de leur nouveau projet de vie.
Nous avons besoin de faire une levée de fonds internationale sur Benevity pour financer notre action et son développement.
Nous avons besoin d'aide pour formuler notre projet sur Benevity et avoir un impact sur les donateurs pour réussir notre levée de fonds?