Empowering Futures: Water, Learning and Hope for Children in Northern Uganda Now

Organizational Context

NEW GENERATION FOR CHANGE (now Purewish Foundation Uganda) is a community-based organization in Northern Uganda dedicated to restoring hope and providing essential support to disadvantaged children and youth. Their mission includes offering education, health, sanitation, nutrition, spiritual guidance, and vocational training. The organization advocates for the rights of vulnerable children, including those living with HIV/AIDS, and promotes psycho-social support and income-generating activities for caretakers. They also work to combat child abuse and seek public support through partnerships with charities and donors.

Job Purpose

This assignment aims to bolster resource mobilization efforts to enhance the capacity of Purewish Junior School in Northern Uganda to deliver quality education. Volunteers will play a crucial role in identifying potential partnerships, developing compelling resource mobilization materials, and fostering sustainable support for vital school infrastructure and resources. Key contributions include securing funding for a water system, acquiring necessary classroom desks, and improving support for dedicated teachers. Ultimately, the assignment seeks to significantly improve the learning environment and the overall wellbeing of vulnerable children in the region, contributing to their future prospects.

Responsibilities

The volunteer will support structured resource mobilization strategies, partnership development, and awareness-building initiatives for Purewish Foundation Uganda. Key duties include identifying and cultivating partnerships, developing resource mobilization materials such as proposals and concept notes, and engaging stakeholders to build support. The role involves strong communication and advocacy, both written and verbal, to articulate the foundation's needs and impact. Strategic thinking and problem-solving are essential for identifying opportunities and overcoming challenges. The volunteer will conduct basic research, analyze information, and develop presentations, briefs, and outreach materials. Proficiency in computer skills, including MS Office and Google Docs, is required. Experience in education, community development, humanitarian work, or supporting NGOs/schools is beneficial, as is experience in fundraising strategy, partnership building, communications, marketing, or project planning. Working with vulnerable children or underserved communities is desirable.

Work Experience

Required experience includes core skills in resource mobilization, partnership development, proposal writing, grant support, strong communication and advocacy, networking, stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking, problem-solving, basic research, and information analysis. Experience in developing presentations and outreach materials, along with good computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs), is also necessary. Desirable experience includes work in education, community development, humanitarian work, supporting NGOs/schools, fundraising strategy, partnership building, communications, marketing, project planning, or working with vulnerable children.

Skills

Core competencies include resource mobilization and partnership development, proposal writing, strong communication and advocacy (written and verbal), networking, stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking, problem-solving, basic research and information analysis, and the ability to develop presentations and outreach materials. Proficiency in computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs) is essential. Desirable skills include experience in education, community development, humanitarian work, supporting NGOs/schools, fundraising strategy, partnership building, communications, marketing, project planning, and working with vulnerable children or underserved communities. A fair level of English is desirable.

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