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World Assistance for Cambodia/Japan Relief for Cambodia   Thousands of the rural poor in Cambodia, struggle to meet their basic needs due to poverty. Many have no access to health care and a large number of rural children are unable to receive an education because there is no school. Sometimes even when there is a […]

World Assistance for Cambodia/Japan Relief for Cambodia

 

Thousands of the rural poor in Cambodia, struggle to meet their basic needs due to poverty. Many have no access to health care and a large number of rural children are unable to receive an education because there is no school. Sometimes even when there is a school some children, often girls, can’t go to school because their families are so poor that they are forced to work instead. There are also orphans who have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS and no one is there to take care of them.   WAfC and JRfC are independent nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing opportunities for the youth and rural poor in Cambodia. World Assistance for Cambodia is registered in the United States as a 501(c) (3) tax-deductible nonprofit organization.  Within Cambodia, WAfC/JRfC is recognized by the Cambodian government as one nonprofit organization.

Mission

World Assistance for Cambodia (WAfC)/ Japan Relief for Cambodia (JRfC) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving opportunities for the youth and rural poor in Cambodia. WAfC/JRfC operates interlinked programs across Cambodia in the areas of education, health, rural development, and technology.

Job Title 

Director of Children’s Advocacy and Development

Job description

Live in placement in Prek Eng (15-minute drive outside of Phnom Penh) at The Bright Future Kids Home & New Life Foster Care Center with 42 children from the ages of 5-19.

There are two tracks in which children come to live at the center.  The children coming in as A New Life foster child has one or both parents who have died of HIV/AIDS and have no relatives who can take care of them.  The children in the Bright Future Kids program come from the rural areas where there is no high school. They are scholarship students who are academically talented and stay at the center while attending high school in Phnom Penh.

Duties

  • Create lesson plans and teach English Classes to the kids residing at the BFKH center (and some additional students from the village)
  • Helping fellow caretakers with daily administrative work (paperwork for the children’s school, dentist, doctor etc.)
  • Facilitating activities for the children at the BFKH center (i.e., swimming, yoga, work outs, crafts etc.)
  • Working with HerStory to facilitate mentor trainings
    • bi-weekly check in calls with our New York Partners
    • traveling to rural Cambodia locations to check in on our mentors in the field
    • Creating monthly reports for HerStory
    • Creating reports/updates on the program for donors
    • Creating a budget and ensuring the funds are properly and efficiently utilized
  • Working with Global Glow to pilot, initiate and implement a new Health Initiative
  • Participate in conference calls with the founders and creators of the Health Initiative program
  • Creating a budget and ensuring the funds are properly and efficiently utilized
  • Ensuring the pilot program (and future official program) is running correctly by visiting the locations and creating an efficient system to receive updates
  • Work closely with our international donors to make sure they know their money is being used wisely and helpfully
  • In charge of social media platforms – updating Instagram and Facebook
  • Working closely with the Director of WAFC to promote and initiate fundraising events

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, link to photo portfolio and expected salary to:

Deborah Krisher-Steele: debbie@cambodiaschools.com

Bronwyn Ferguson: bronwyn@cambodiaschools.com