Environmental And Climate Change NGO Internship Detail

Environmental And Climate Change NGO Internship

Details of the Internship:

About Greenpop:

Greenpop is a social enterprise that plants trees and sets up creative ways of sustaining trees through community involvement and spreads environmental education in sub-Saharan Africa. Greenpop’s objectives are to uplift communities, plant trees in deforested areas, green under-greened urban areas, spread environmental awareness, combat climate change and inspire a green movement by making greening enjoyable. Greenpop started in September 2010 and has since planted over 8000 trees in over 120 beneficiary schools, crèches, orphanages, old-age homes, community centres as well as deforested areas. Creative tree-care programmes have been implemented and children, community members and volunteers are getting their hands dirty, learning a lot and loving it.


In July 2012, Greenpop will be expanding to Zambia; the country with the second highest deforestation in the world. During a three-week project, 5,000 to 10,000 indigenous and fruit trees will planted in the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Dambwa Forest, and at schools and on subsistence farms around Livingstone. In addition, we will teach children at schools about trees and conservation, and we will host workshops for farmers to promote conservation farming methods. This will be the start of an ongoing campaign to make Livingstone a greener and more sustainable environment.

Greenpop recently won the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Western Cape Provincial Government competition for Social Enterprises in South Africa, as well as a LeadSA competition run by Cape Talk in association with the Dischem Foundation. Greenpop was also shortlisted for an Enviropeadia award in two categories in South Africa.

Your Role:

As an intern, you will be involved in most aspects of running Greenpop, so that you will gain all-round experience in running a Social Enterprise. Your main tasks will likely be:
 

• Marketing: Run promotions, research marketing opportunities, assist in developing marketing plans, manage printing processes, compile marketing documents
• Social Media: Boost Greenpop’s online presence by updating Facebook and Twitter, and writing blogs
• Communications: Assist in putting newsletters together, answer emails, handle relations with clients and beneficiaries
• Operations: Set up logistics for planting days at schools
• Project Co-ordination: Assist in coordinating planting and conservation education programmes at schools and community centres around Cape Town
• Fundraising: Assist in developing fundraising strategies, research fundraising opportunities, help implement fundraising campaigns
• Research: Research ways for Greenpop to expand, research marketing and fundraising opportunities
• Administration: Offer support to daily administration tasks

• Experience in marketing and social media
• Experience in fundraising
• Practical experience in running projects
• A firm grasp of Word, PowerPoint, Excel (and ideally Photoshop)
• Ability to work independently and on own initiative
• An eagerness to learn and explore
• A flexible attitude
• A keen interest in and knowledge of environmental issues

Climate Change, Deforestation, NGO Operations, NGO Internship, Environmental Awareness Project