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Description
Founded in 1995, the Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) supports the efforts of more than 300 grassroots, community-based partner organizations throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. FSD's programs provide our overseas partners with multi-faceted support that relies on active community participation to mobilize lasting solutions. FSD programs include:
- Capacity Building: on-site training and networking opportunities led by local staff
- Interns and Volunteers: provide local organizations with the human resources they need to design and implement long-term initiatives
- Grantmaking: funding for sustainable projects
- Engaged Philanthropy: opportunities for donors to increase their engagement in the projects they support
Position Overview:
Now accepting applications for the Fall 2010 sessions. See below for information on 2010-2011 application deadlines and program start dates.
Building on 15 years of international development experience, FSD works with community-led organizations in the developing world to increase awareness of environmental issues and implementing sustainable resource usage. With increased industrial activity and a growing population, many regions face a lack of safe drinking water and environmental depletion. Changes in global weather and decreasing water supplies has put on extra burden on the shoulders of poor and marginalized communities.
FSD interns and volunteers conduct vital research that informs many projects initiated by our partner organizations (specifically research in public transportation, public awareness campaigns, national and international environmental law policies, and air emissions cataloging). These various projects lay the foundation for a sustainable use of resources for several generations to come.
To help address these issues, FSD's programs promote collaboration to enhance the capacity of individuals and organizations to address local environmental issues.
Responsibilities:
As an FSD Intern abroad you will...
- Work side-by-side with a Community-Based Organization specializing in one more of the following development sectors: health, youth and education, women's empowerment, microfinance, human rights, community development and/or environmental issues
- Receive intensive training in skills essential to sustainable development, such as: community asset mapping, needs assessments, collaborative project design, grant writing, and project monitoring and evaluation.
- Gain grant writing and project management experience by practicing your new skills through the design and implementation of a community-driven development project in partnership with your host organization.
- Access the FSD Alumni Network upon your return home to connect with like-minded individuals who help one another to reach their academic and professional goals through networking and regional events. FSD Alumni have won internationally renowned scholarships, studied at prestigious graduate schools, worked for prominent international development organizations, and have even started their own grassroots organizations.
Recent Interns in the field have...
- Held workshops, community events, seminars, and campaigns that address subjects ranging from local ecological awareness to environmental issues related to transnational water resources and air quality.
- Cooperated with the local Department of Agriculture to recover traditional crops, support regional biodiversity, convert retired railroad lines into biodiversity zones, and assist local farmers.
- Researched both governmental and nongovernmental environmental agencies and their recent projects to enhance collaboration and information sharing.
- Produced biodiesel for a local school and conducted outreach about its environmental and economic advantages.
Deadlines: The Fall 2010 sessions start September 11 to October 2 and run from 9-52 weeks, depending on your availability. Applications are due August 1st 2010.
To Apply:
Applications are available here. Applications received after this date will be placed on a wait list and accepted on a case by case basis.
Interested in future programs? We have sessions starting year around - check our website for details.
Questions? Visit us online, email or call ext. 14.