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Relació de llocs ofertats per al 2004.


República Dominicana: Database and Inernet Developer

Índia: Project Development Associate
Sud-àfrica: Project Officer and Technichal Assistant
Moçambic: Technical Personnel
Nigèria: Technical Personnel
Sri Lanka: ICT Resource Person
Zàmbia: Partnership Manager

República Dominicana: Database and Inernet Developer

Organization/Institution’s Name

Alianza ONG red multisectorial de organizaciones sin fines de lucro de la República Dominicana, fundada en 1995. Alianza ONG procura el fortalecimiento de la organizaciones sin fines de lucro de servicios a terceros.
Desde el 2002 Sirve Quisqueya, que es una alianza de organizaciones multisectoriales para promover el servicio voluntario juvenil y el aprendizaje servicio.

TORs for the Tasks to be carried out/usual working hours, what % on each taska)

a) Improve the Sirve Quisqueya! Internet Portal
- Modify the graphic design of the Portal in order to enhance its usability and make it more user-friendly.

b) Volunteer Data Base Management
- Organization and development of a data base aimed to match interested volunteers with organizations willing to take volunteers
- Development of a model for substantive research opportunities for students

c) Promotion of Volunteerism within NGO Sector and local communities
- Support Alianza ONG to identify potential placements for volunteers
- Train NGOs on the use of the data base of volunteer opportunities

Specific ICT Skills, software, etc… they should be acquainted with

Mandatory

- HTML Programing
- Graphic design software tools: Macromedia Flash, Photoshop, ...
- Microsoft Access data bases development
- Integration of Microsoft Access databases with the web

Preferred

Personal profile of Student /Volunteer they’re looking for
- Good Spanish (mandatory)
- Communication & facilitation skills
- NGO volunteer experience (preferred)

Ideal Duration of Assignment for the project (6 months)
6 months.

Can Housing be offered free of cost from Host Org.?

• Housing provided.

Room and bathroom in a “Casa de Acogida”, where meals can be shared the youngsters that live in the house. The Volunteers under UNITeS have to adapt to the rules of the house, which includes:

Not to smoke
Arrive at night before 22:00 p.m.
Help out with some of the tasks in the house
Be part of the team in the house
On weekends arrival time can be flexible always when arranged with Coordinator of the house (Marcos)
Should never arrive having drunk too much
The volunteers should preferably be male (Varones)

Normal living cost per month (meals, movies, transport, drinks, etc…)

About 220-250 EUR for normal student life.

Will briefing be offered by UNV upon arrival of Student?

Yes

Will any material/training be offered?

Yes. An initial training will be provided by UNV-AIESEC- Alianza ONG.

To enumerate conditions that are offered by Host Org. and UNV and UNDP is necessary

- RD$3,000.00 mensuales
- Logistics support for accommodation provided
- Access to the AIESEC learning program will be offered.

Índia: Project Development Associate)

Organization/Institution's Name:

Knowledge Initiative Trust (KIT), Goa

Title of the Post.

Project Development Associate

Context of the Assignment

KIT has put recycled computers in 120 schools, most of them with Linux, and has networked 20 labs (LTSP), engaged in providing dial-up access. The tasks ahead of the project are to help schools maintain the equipment, develop/identify Linux educational shareware, train teachers to use it and build their capacity, and promote sustainability of labs. KIT seeks volunteers to accomplish some of these tasks, working together and under direction of KIT staff in Goa.

TORs for the Tasks to be carried out/usual working hours, what % on each task.

a) Education software developer – 50%
- Receiving input from KIT trainers
- Identify Linux compatible educational software to suit the needs of subject teachers
- Assist KIT staff with teacher training as required
see http://www.digitalequalizer.org/os4schools.htm for more details

b) Hardware and software maintenance – 50%
- Trouble shooting old hardware (P1 and above)
- Doing Windows and/or Linux re-installs

Specific ICT Skills, software etc…

- Linux skills (developer and sys-admin)
- Hardware maintenance skills
- Client-server Networking skills
- No special teaching skills needed

Volunteer must have either Linux skills, or hardware maintenance skills, or better both.
Desired is experience with wireless solutions, such as Wi-Fi.

Personal profile of UniversityVolunteer

Willingness to be active and travel short distances locally. Work experience in one of the areas mentioned. Ability to find workarounds to problems, and be of cheerful disposition. Absolute conversational fluency in English.

Ideal duration of Assignment for the project (6 months)

(preferably NOT between months of April and May inclusive because of school holidays, but this is not a firm requirement as some tasks can still be done)

Can Housing be offered free of cost from Host Org.?

Yes, free room in an apartment, with separate bath but common kitchen facilities

Normal living cost per month

$200
Cost of meal - $2 with a non alcoholic beverage.
Per day - $5, less if volunteer cooks occasionally
Cost of transport - $1 a day for a bike rental.

Will any material/training be offered?

Yes, orientation and cultural awareness. Hardware maintenance and Linux training will not be provided. Volunteers must have one or both of these skills.

To enumerate all conditions which are offered by Host Org.

Status reports required every week

Sud-àfrica: Project Officer and Technichal Assistant

Moçambic: Technical personnel

Nigeria: Technical personnel

ABOUT SCHOOLNET AFRICA

SchoolNet Africa is an independent, pan-African non-government organization headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

SchoolNet Africa is an African learning network set up to support national schoolnets to enhance learning and teaching through the use of ICTs.

SchoolNet Africa is an African-led, African-based, pan-African school networking organisation.

SchoolNet Africa works with national schoolnet projects in up to 30 African countries. National schoolnets in turn have established partnership arrangements with Government Ministries of Education, Telecommunications and Broadcasting; the private sector, the development sector, teacher bodies and civil society organizations.

SchoolNet Africa has an established partnership arrangement with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Open Society Institute for Southern Africa (OSISA) the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL).

SchoolNet Africa’s vision is to empower the African child to be an active global participant through the effective use of ICTs in education

SchoolNet Africa mission is to support national schoolnets by mobilising resources through effective partnerships and to promote sustainable use of ICTs by African learners and educators.

SchoolNet Africa stands for the right of every African child to have access to information and knowledge and to be a global citizen.

SchoolNet Africa is governed by a 12-member Steering Committee comprising of two representatives of schoolnet organisations in each of the five sub-regions of Africa, a representative of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the SchoolNet Africa Executive Director

Strategic Goals

The SchoolNet Africa business plan identifies the following strategic goals for the next three years (February 2002 to March 2004:

- Support the development of national school networks throughout Africa.
- Facilitate the provision of basic connectivity for schools across Africa by campaigning for affordable bandwidth for African schools.
- Facilitate capacity building and know-how for integrating ICTs in education.
- Support the development of local education content on an ICT platform.
- Build partnerships and collaboration between government, NGOs, telecommunication operators, private sector, donor agencies and other stakeholders both nationally and regionally.
- Monitor and evaluate the use of ICTs on school education in Africa.
- Collect, develop and disseminate information and resource materials relevant to school networking.
- Provide strategic inputs into policy development in support of school networking.
- Increase awareness and understanding of the potential of ICTs in education.

Operation Dot Learn

To give effect to the above-mentioned goals, SchoolNet Africa has launched its OPERATION DOT LEARN program which focuses on seven flagship projects to be implemented over the next three years.

• Campaign for affordable bandwidth for African schools:
This project recognizes the high costs of connectivity in Africa and links the promotion of the use of computers in schools with the development of sustainable systemic solutions which includes subsidized access to the Internet for African schools as a policy prescription.

• Connecting African schools:
which promotes best practice connectivity models in 12 African countries.

• SchoolNet Champions Capacity Building:
which promotes the development of leaders to champion national school networking programs as well as building capacity in Africa for the sustainable development of school networking in Africa

• Building a Knowledge Warehouse:
which will serve as a central repository of information relating to school networking in Africa.

• Developing Online Curriculum:
in 6 pilot African countries.

• ThinkQuest Africa:
an African chapter to an international web competition for learners.

• Researching ICTs for Education:
through research on the schoolnet experience and the educational potential of ICTs.

• African Teachers’ Network ( ATN):
which works to establish an active network of teachers from a diverse variety of African schools which serves to strengthen the educational capacity of African educators through collaborative projects

The placement of the three volunteers forms an important initiative in a medium to longer term objective to build capacity and skills in Africa and to provide the international community with an opportunity to partner with us towards this endeavour. The volunteer placement program forms a crucial component of our SchoolNet Champions Capacity Building flagship project.


SCHOOLNET AFRICA TERMS OF REFERENCE TO UNITeS


SchoolNet Africa accepts to receive 3 volunteers to be based at its headquarters in South Africa and its national SchoolNet partners in Mozambique and Nigeria for the stipulated six month period during 2003.

The one volunteer would be placed as an assistant project officer with SchoolNet Africa and the other 2, as technical personnel at SchoolNet Mozambique and SchoolNet Nigeria. The details of the placement requirements are outlined below.

SchoolNet Africa volunteer placement requirements

The skill requirements of the three volunteers are:

a) Volunteer One: Project Officer and Technical Assistant – Sud-Àfrica

The assistant project officer at SchoolNet Africa should have the following skills:

- Ability to read, write and speak English ( compulsory)
- Ability to read, write and speak French and/or Portuguese( added advantage)
- Facilitation skills
- Project management skills
- Networking skills
- Programming skills
- Familiarity with ICT environment
- Cultural sensitivity and understanding

In addition, the prospective candidate should be able to work with a team in an environment that fosters democratic participation.

Job Description

The job description of a prospective volunteer placement will include the following:

- Assist project officer with the African Teachers’ network project
- Assist with developing the technical platform and content for the Teachers Centre which is part of the education portal established by SNA
- Assist with liaising with the core team of teachers in the African Teachers Centre based on a set program of activities

b) Volunteer Two and Three: Technical personnel – Nigéria I Moçambic

The skill set for the technical volunteers include:

- PC maintenance and repairs
- Linux administration
- Networking
- Training and support
- Communication skills

Building Technical capacity is a component of the SchoolNet Africa program over the next few years and a volunteer with technical expertise would be invaluable to the ambitious capacity building program that SchoolNet Africa has embarked upon.

Job Description

The job description of the prospective volunteers will include the following:

- Building Technical capacity by training
- Working with networks ( building, maintaining, support)
- Providing good feasibility technical solutions/ideas


Accountability and management

Whilst the 3 volunteers will be working in 3 different countries and with a range of pan-African online teams, they will be accountable to and work under the supervision of the Project Officers in Mozambique and Nigeria and will work under the direction of the SchoolNet Africa Executive Director.

SchoolNet Africa has an established performance appraisal system which accommodates regular meetings and feedback mechanisms to ensure efficient and productive delivery of tasks as well as job satisfaction. The prospective volunteers will also be subject to the performance appraisal system.

Working Conditions

One of the volunteers will be based at the SchoolNet Africa head office in Braamfontein Johannesburg, South Africa. The others will be based at the national schoolnets in Mozambique and Nigeria.

SchoolNet Africa and its national schoolnet partners offer an exciting working environment.

The three volunteers will be required to subscribe to SchoolNet Africa’s human resource policy and procedures in general and for temporary employees in particular.

Accommodation and Transport

SchoolNet Africa and its national schoolnet partners undertake to find and cover cost for a secure home for the volunteers in close proximity to the offices and public transport routes.

2.5 Orientation

SchoolNet Africa and its national partners (in Nigeria and Mozambique) undertake to provide a thorough orientation program for the first week of the arrival of volunteers. Most of SchoolNet Africa’s colleagues speak English and French/Portuguese, which means that if the volunteers only have English as a first language, they would be suitable.

The orientation program would include:

- Aspects relating to the history and culture of the Southern African and Nigerian environments as well as that of the rest of Africa.

- Background, program and organisational structure of Schoolnet Africa.

- Visits to SchoolNet South Africa, a local national partner of SchoolNet Africa.

- Information on living arrangements, transport and security in the respective countries.

- Information pertaining to social environment in Southern Africa with particular reference to the prevalence of HIV and Aids.

Evaluation

SchoolNet Africa undertakes to monitor and evaluate the work and performance of the volunteer and maintain regular contact with UNITeS in Bonn in this regard.

Experience with volunteer placements and youth employment


The Executive Director of SchoolNet Africa has acquired experience with working with visiting volunteers in the past. She has facilitated a major program between Netcorp and the International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Acacia program with involved 18 Canadian volunteers being placed in South Africa during her two-year employment at IDRC. This experience has allowed the Executive Director to gain significant insights in ways to make the volunteer program work.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Specifics for Mozambique:
Start date of the volunteers: February 2004
Accommodation provided by the Ministry of Education
No shorter than 6 months assignment; 2 consecutive volunteers are needed

Estimation of living expenses:

Nigeria:
About $30 a day to cover ( public transport, food, entertainment, toiletries, etc)

Mozambique:
About $ 25 - 30

South Africa:
About $35 a day

CONCLUSION

SchoolNet Africa is willing to invest in the success of the volunteer placement project and is confident that given the opportunity, the right volunteers will add great value to our work.

Sri Lanka: ICT Resource Person

Organization/Institution's Name.

Malamulla Bauddha Bala Mandalaya (Malamulla Buddhists Welfare and Development Foundation)
Project Name: Malamulla Information Technology Training Center (MITTC)

Title of the Post.

ICT Resource Person

Context of the Assignment (your project and how the assignment fits in)

Organization:

Malamulla Bauddha Bala Mandalaya (MBBM)- (Malamulla Buddhists Welfare and Development Foundation) - a non-profit, community development and social services organization.

Status:

Registered under the Voluntary Social Services Organizations (Registration & Supervision) Act, No. 31 0f 1980 as amended by Act, No. 8 of 1998 in Sri Lanka as a Voluntary Social Services organization. Reg. No. PN/SS/CC 25.

Structure:

Democratically elected Board of Trustees comprising 38 members, is responsible to the General body that consists of 1020 members in the villages of Malamulla, Kiriberiya, and Wanduramulla. Executive Committee of 07 members, 26 Zonal Representatives, and 05 Advisory Board members are responsible to the Board of Trustees. Two independent auditors are responsible for the General Body through Managing Secretary. Executive Committee consists of Chairman, Managing Secretary, Organizing Secretary, 02 Deputy Secretaries, Treasurer, and Additional Treasurer.

Public Administrators, Banking Executives, Private Sector Representatives, Representatives from NGOs and other prominent resource personnel are serving on the Advisory Board.

Vision:

Human Resource Development for Peace and Prosperity through Education and Modern Technology

Mission:

Facilitating Empowerment of the Rural Poor towards achieving Quality of Life in the 21st Century.

Objectives

• Developing, organizing, and strengthening of rural human resources,
• Building awareness among the poor about their potential for development,
• Establish peace initiatives through awareness, education, and exchange of views and ideas of different cultures and nationalities,
• Empowerment of the poor,
• Youth development,
• Mainstreaming the poor.

Major Activity Priorities:

Human Resource Development through modern technology, Peace building and reconciliation, ethnic and religious solidarity and conflict resolution, Social mobilization and organization of poor, Human rights, Legal rights awareness and social justice, rural community construction, Environment planning and protection, Rural credit, gender equity, equality and women empowerment.

Introduction:

Malamulla Bauddha Bala Mandalaya (MBBM) or Malamulla Buddhists Welfare and Development Foundation is a non-profit and non-governmental organization formally established in 1991 as a community-based organization. Since then, membership has grown to 1020, a mixture of gender but with a preponderance of women.

MBBM has its main office at Malamulla Sudharshana Bimbarama Temple. A few buildings for health clinic, language education, rural library, Information Technology Training Center have been built at the temple premises.

The present Chairman of the MBBM is most Venerable Morakandegoda Dhammarathana Thero who dedicates his time and effort for the development of the MBBM.

Target Group:

1020 School children in three rural villages, 825 students have already been registered for computer literacy training.
People in the villages, MBBM member families,
Unemployed and under-employed rural youth,(registration is in progress)
Employed people for computer literacy training.( registration is in progress)
Buddhist monks at temples in the villages. ( registration is in progress)

Activities Implemented So far:

Health

Conduct of Monthly General Health Clinics from 1991,
Annual Blood Donation programme,
Bi-annual primary health care awareness programme,
Bi-annual Dental care clinics,

Education

Computer literacy among school children,
Conduct of English and Tamil language classes,
Rural Library project,

Employment and Training

Information Technology Training for Rural Youth and School Children,
Dissemination of Career Guidance information.
Workshops and Seminars for self-help development and Vocational Training

Social Services and Community Help

Conduct of Seminars and Discussions on National Issues of Peace, Attitude Development, Social Discipline, and Economic Development.
Annual Donation of Educational Equipment to Poor School Children,
Annual Price-giving to identified outstanding students from schools,
Scholarship programme for poor school children.
Funeral Assistance (Rs. 10,000 / family / occasion) Programme for the member families.

Resources and Sources of Funds

Means

Donations in kind and funds,
Membership fees,
Interest from the bank account,

Human Resources

The Board of Trustees and the Advisory Board as volunteers,
Health, Education personnel, Teachers and Trainers as volunteers,

Physical Resources Acquired

An annex building for the Health Clinic,
Assembly Hall for Meetings,
Temple building for conduct of language classes,
Two storied building for the Rural Library, and the IT Training Center.
16 Computers with accessories,
Books for the Library
Email facility - mbbmittc@sltnet.lk

Resources in Need

A few Volunteers to teach Information & Communication Technology.

Lodging could be managed. Identity proven volunteers are warmly welcome to the Center as trainers/ teachers of I.T. and English language. Volunteer teachers will definitely be delightful in calm and peaceful temple environment, and being with rural enthusiastic school children.

Since the task of training our school children on ICT fits within the mission of UNITeS to build ICT capacity for development, University volunteers are welcome to our Center. We have selected 10 educated school leavers to be trained as permanent trainers at our center by university volunteers. So when your university students leave, the trained youth take the responsibility of training.

• Terms of Reference (TORs) for the Tasks to be carried out/usual working hours, what % on each task.

Task 1: Teaching/training ICT lessons to school children in a group
basis at the center,

Task 2: To help school children to improve their logical thinking,
reasoning, and reading & writing abilities,

Task 3: To train the educated school leavers who will continue with the
training after the university volunteers have left.

Task 4: To develop training material to be used by the new trainers

Working hours: From 09.00 to 22.00 hours in shift basis.

09.00 - 13.00 hours ICT training for School leavers / educated youth,
15.00 - 17.00 hours ICT training for Schoo children,
19.00 - 22.00 hours ICT training for employed personnel.

Each student registered will be allocated minimum 02 hour per week. Each volunteer gets 20 Students at a time on a rotation basis. Each volunteer teaches about 15 - 30 hours per week, and 01 hour at a time. The schedule will be discussed and decided together with the volunteer upon arrival. Each day of teaching is proposed to be divided to the above tasks by the trainers themselves upon the situation.

• Specific ICT Skills, software etc… they should be acquainted with (you might fill in more). Any additional skills needed.

Oral and written communication skills,
Knowledge and skills in computer hardware configuration,
Knowledge and skills in basic computer software like Operating Systems, Windows, MS Office, Drawing Software.
Knowledge and skills in Educational Games, Brain teasers, etc.

•Personal profile of Student/Volunteer you are looking for (type of person, level of commitment etc…)

Volunteers should be physically and mentally fit/ healthy to perform the tasks

Skilled students/ volunteers; male volunteers will reside at the temple, which is inhabited by male monks; for female volunteers lodging can be arranged at another place, most probably with a family; young age 16-30, pleasing personality, open-hearted, learned, self-adapting personnel are required.

Regarding the profiles of the volunteers, it will be preferable to have at least one or two with training background, and one or two female candidates.

• Ideal duration of Assignment for the project.

4 volunteers for 6 months. (If possible another 4 volunteers for another 6 months after the first group left.)

•Free Accommodation for the volunteer has to be provided by the host organization. What type of housing are you going to provide (apartment, stay with a family etc.)?

Free accommodation is provided at the Temple premises - a calm and quiet environment. If a volunteer prefers, arrangements to stay with a family can be organized.

• Normal living cost per month (room and board, movies, transport, drinks etc..)

Room and board cost is not incurred since the volunteers are provided with lodging upon their choice- either stay with a family or in the temple premises.

USD 7 is good enough for food per day per person if he/she buy meals from a hotel, but, we can arrange the food with a family or a person with less costs.

Public transport mode - buses can be taken in front of the center to the
nearest town of Panadura - a sea faced city, 05 Kms. away from the Center.

Very attractive yellow sandy beach and blue sea in the city of Panadura will definitely be attractive to the volunteers. Restaurants, guest houses, hotels and various recreational activity places can be found in the city and alongside the beach. USD 4 is good enough as transport cost per month per person for two way per day to the city.

As a non-profit, community organization we cannot offer salaries or allowances. We can arrange food on very reasonable terms close to the center. Since the center is located and accommodation is provided at the temple premises, drinks etc. should be avoided by the volunteers inside the premises.

Since there is thriving need of English language and ICT skills in our area, employed personnel and youth can be organized for training on payment basis. Then, volunteers can earn their living cost and additional income for additional expenses.

• Will any material/training be offered?

Training equipment and materials are provided.

• Please enumerate all conditions offered by Host Organization

A trip/ excursion of volunteers with school children during their stay to see the places of interest in Sri Lanka will be offered free of charge.

Provision of very low-cost food of volunteers' choice will be arranged close to the center.

Volunteers should behave themselves in a friendly, cordial manner with other personnel at the center.

The safety of the volunteers is guaranteed and assured while their stay with us.

Medical attention when needed is provided.

Zàmbia: Partnership Manager

Organization/Institution's Name.

OneWorld Africa

Title of the Post.


Partnership Manager.

Context of the Assignment (your project and how the assignment fits in)

OneWorld Africa works in a very high Tech environment often requiring its internet connection and LAN to be operating smoothly in order for programme managers to implement their work in promoting the use of Information Communication Technologies.

There is a constant need to ensure the normal function of the Internet Gateway (Routers, Vsat Satellites or wireless equipment), and offer guidelines for improving the efficiency of the OWA LAN.

OWA has developed a number of partner services that will promote partners organizations use of information packaging and dissemination. These will need the services of additional staff for its implementation. These tasks relate to maintaining a help desk on partners technical issues (support and advise on web hosting, FAQ online sessions,

Terms of Reference (TORs) for the Tasks to be carried out/usual working hours, what % on each task.

a) Maintenance of LAN (40%)

- preventive maintenance services, such as reconfiguration and defragmentation of drives, carry out performance tests on LAN, and technical support.
- Ensure normal functioning of Internet Gateway (Routers, Vsat Satellites or wireless equipment)
- provide guidelines on use of LAN.
- offer advise on IT issues.

b) Provide on-site and online help desk support to OWA partners and technical services. (60%)

- directory compilation on country based ISPs.
- hosting advise and support.
- support on maintenance of partner websites. (e.g. FTPing).
- development of products, such as CD roms, websites for partners and OWA.
- Provide software solutions to partners on multi lingual issues, development of open source software
- Assist OWA in training programme such as website development.

Specific ICT Skills, software etc… they should be acquainted with (you might fill in more). Any additional skills needed.

Degree in Computer Science with solid experience, knowledge of operating systems such as windows XP, windows 2000, Microsoft office, website designing/ developing skills using FrontPage, dreamweaver, html, & javascript.

Knowledge of Open Source Software.

Personal profile of Student/Volunteer you are looking for (type of person, level of commitment etc…).

Self motivated
Mature individual, with ability to solve problems.
Cheerful, and easily adapts to different cultures.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Interested in human rights and sustainable development issues.
Ability to function in a team.

Ideal duration of Assignment for the project ( 6 months).

Six months (inclusive of school holidays, but exclusive of national holidays.)

Free Accommodation for the volunteer has to be provided by the host organization. What type of housing are you going to provide (apartment, stay with a family etc.)? Apartment.

Normal living cost per month (room and board, movies,transport,drinks etc..)

Approx 500 us dollars/ per month.

Will any material/training be offered?

Orientation to OWA, and Zambian culture.

Please enumerate all conditions offered by Host Organization.

- All working tools provided
- Transport for all work related travel.


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