Jobs, Volunteering and Internships

 

General Internship Resources

 

Local Internship & Volunteer Opportunities

  • Briarpatch Youth Services of WI: Seeking Spanish-speaking Volunteers to work with local Hispanic families and youth. Please visit www.youthsos.org or call 608-251-6211 for more information.
  • Centro Hispano of Dane County: Offergeneral office support and/or assist individuals needing translation for cultural arts and outreach programs, court cases, ESL courses, housing assistance programs, the community center, or participate in an after school tutoring program at locations all over Madison. For more information email kent@chdc.us, or check out Centro Hispano’s Facebook group.
  • Colombia Support Network: (Stipend possible for Intern) -- Please contact csn@igc.org for more information. Assist in communications with CSN Chapers; work with CSN Urgent Actions; assist with web page development, and/or help plan delegations to Colombia.
  • EDGE Project (Empowering through Development and Gender Equality) is a student organization dedicated to giving students a real-world international development experience by developing meaningful research projects for communities in the developing world, specifically focusing on women’s empowerment. Volunteers and interns will be establishing a partnership with a community in Latin America, and designing and implementing community development projects with that community. For information visit www.wisconsinedgeproject.blogspot.com or contact wisconsin.edge@gmail.com
  • Envest Microfinance Cooperative is a non-profit loan fund which manages a unique mix of strategies to alleviate poverty and promote an earth-friendly economy. Driven by both social values and sound business practice, such strategies appeal to both ends of the spectrum—lenders and loan recipients. Envest is seeking bilingual volunteers and interns to conduct general office tasks, research on other microfinance institutions and monitoring of Latin American newspapers. Opportunities for travel on behalf of the organization are possible. Please visit www.envestmicrofinance.org or contact Jon Bishop at jonbishop@envestmicrofinance.org.
  • Fair Trade World (FTW) seeks to improve labor conditions and international relations through grassroots organizing. Fair Trade World seeks volunteers and interns to build partnerships in the US and abroad, write grant proposals, market using social media, and develop training materials for travel volunteers. For more information visit www.fairtradeworld.org or contact jd@fairtradeworld.org
  • Family Farm Defenders promotes sustainable agriculture, workers’ rights, fair trade, food sovereignty, consumer safety, animal welfare and global justice. Volunteer and internship opportunities include: translating documents from English to Spanish, Portuguese or French; researching information for "Fact Sheets"; table at community events; engaging in grant writing; translating for farm tours with visitors from overseas; and media. Please contact familyfarmdefenders@yahoo.com for more information.
  • “Help for Little Hearts”: Mended Little Hearts is a non-profit organization offering support and education to families with children with congenital heart defects. At the moment, they are seeking volunteers who can assist them in translating educational material into Spanish as they increase their efforts to offer support to the Latino community. Please contact Amy Basken (amybasken@charter.net) for more information.
  • Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice seeks volunteers for outreach to religious organizations. For more information, contact director@workerjustice.org or call (608)255-0376.
  • Local opportunities for Spanish Speakers (Morgridge Center)
  • Madison Arcatao Sister City Project seeks volunteers to assist with various projects to address the following issues in its sister city in El Salvador: human rights, fair trade, community and youth organizing, education, immigration, and the environment. Please contact mascp@mascp.org or call 608-251-9280 for more information.
  • Midvale and Lincoln Elementary Schools seek Spanish-speaking Volunteer Tutors for bilingual programs in math and literacy.  Both UW-faculty and students have previously participated in this program and found it very worthwhile and enriching. If you're interested in participating, please contact Paul Brinn, Volunteer Coordinator, at pbrinn@madison.k12.wi.us or 608-204-6767 (at Midvale) or 608-204-4956 (at Lincoln).
  • Planned Parenthood of WI seeks bilingual volunteers to assist with health education and outreach, advocacy and clerical work. Please contact rhea.vedro@ppwi.org for more information.
  • SERRV International (Madison, WI): SERRV International's mission is to promote the social and economic progress of people in developing regions of the world by marketing their products in a just and direct manner.  Their goal is to alleviate poverty and empower low-income people through trade, training and other forms of capacity building as they work to improve their lives. SERRV has worked to assist artisans and farmers for more than 55 years and was one of the first alternative trade organizations in the world and also a founding member of the International Fair Trade Association (IFAT). SERRV International offers volunteer/internship positions in Latin America, as well as opportunities from time-to-time at their Madison headquarters.
  • Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua (WCCN): Please contact exdir@wccnica.org for more information. WCCN is currently accepting applications for three internship positions (Research Associate, Operations Associate, and Marketing Associate). These internships have a local and international component.
  • Worker’s Rights Center seeks bilingual volunteers for worker advocacy and other projects related to worker’s rights. For more information contact worker@workerjustice.org or call (608)255-0376.
 

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