Community Environmental Educator

Established in 1985, SPW (Students Partnership Worldwide) International is a non-partisan development charity dedicated to making young people central to the development process. Every year SPW recruits over 600 volunteers aged 18-28 to work on high-impact health & environmental education programs with communities in rural India, Nepal, South, Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe. Uniquely, American, European and Australian volunteers live and work alongside volunteer partners recruited from the areas we work in Africa and Asia. SPW programs are endorsed by the government of each country we work in, as well as the World Conservation Union, World Bank, UNAIDS, UNICEF and UNESCO.

SPW is currently accepting applications for its Community Resource (Environment) Programs in Nepal, Uganda and Tanzania. All volunteers will receive 4-6 weeks in-country training that covers language, program-specific information, non-formal education methods, participatory rural appraisal techniques, and appropriate rural technologies (ARTs). Volunteers will then work (in small mixed nationality teams) in rural communities where they will coordinate with schools and the wider community to identify and resolve key environmental and health issues. Generally these issues focus around introducing and encouraging:

• Sustainable use of natural resources community forestry, establishing clean water sources, organic farming techniques & soil conservation
• Waste management sanitation, drainage, waste recycling
• Appropriate rural technologies (ARTs) - providing community members with access to information and skills training in relation to low cost technology e.g. fuel-efficient stoves or organic agricultural techniques.
• Income generation projects to enable households, womens and community groups to improve their livelihoods.

Please visit our website for more information on the position.