Wells Bring Hope is a non-profit committed to drilling wells to bring safe water to rural villages in Niger, West Africa. Niger is a place where contaminated water kills innocent victims, most often infants and young children.
One out of seven children will die before the age of 5
40% have trachoma, which leads to blindness when untreated
85% of women cannot read or write
There is more to this sad story. The burden of getting water falls upon women and girls, who walk 4-6 back-breaking miles every day of their lives to find water. The result? Girls don't go to school--they must help their mothers with this difficult task. Women have no time to work to earn money to improve their quality of life.
When a well is drilled, 250-300 ft. into the ground, lives are transformed instantly.
They have hope for their future.
Water-borne diseases are virtually eliminated
Child mortality drops by 70+%.
Education becomes a reality for girls.
Women are given micro-financing tools and education, which enables them to start small businesses and help provide for their families.
Founded in March 2008,
Wells Bring Hope is an all volunteer, grass-roots organization. To see how many wells we've drilled and how many lives we've transformed, go to www.wellsbringhope.org/
While we have specific opportunities listed here,
we are flexible and open to new ideas.
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The Volunteer Interview and Placement Team interviews applicants (via Zoom) for positions within Wells Bring Hope (WBH). Since WBH is an all-volunteer organization, this is one of the most critical teams for our organization. We have scripts for interviewing and the team works closely together.
The person in this position would also interview nominees and track them in our placement system. This person would possibly also assist in coordinating our volunteer newsletter published every other month.
Required Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication (in English)
- Reliable and responsible at responding to e-mails and keeping tracking system up to date regarding assigned nominees in a timely manner. This is critical.
- Good judgment regarding people
- Good interview skills
- Good organizational skills
- Good basic computer skills (Gmail, Word, Excel, Dropbox, Google Drive and ideally, Canva)
- Available for about 5-7 hours/month on average
- Small amount of data entry (of information about your assigned volunteer nominee)
Responsibilities of Volunteer Management Team Member
- Learn about the goals, needs and development model of Wells Bring Hope
- Review resumes and writing samples of assigned nominee candidates, interview candidates for volunteer positions, and match skills with current needs of our organization
- Address any questions potential volunteers might have
- Establish ongoing relationship with team managers for whom you are recruiting team members
- Enter candidates into our online database and file relevant documents in Dropbox (or Google Drive)
- Attend virtual team meetings (usually 2 x/month for 30 minutes on Sunday mornings). Ideally, this person should be located in North America. Scheduling meetings and interviews is much more inconvenient for them due to the different time zones.
- Share ideas with the team about new ways to reach out to potential and existing volunteers
- Help create monthly volunteer newsletter (two of our team collect info for the two page newsletter and put into a template to send to our administrative person to finalize and email to our volunteers.
Who are we?
Wells Bring Hope drills wells to bring safe water to rural villages in Niger, West Africa, the poorest country in the world. We are committed to saving lives with safe water and providing sustainable solutions to transform lives for generations to come. The burden of finding water falls upon women and girls who walk miles every day to find water. It means that girls are unable to attend school and women have no time to work and earn money for their families.
We are an all-volunteer organization, with just one paid employee, and so we place a very high value on those who want to work with us. The work of our volunteers is more than just "a drop in the bucket." It is the lifeblood of our organization. Volunteers bring their passion and dedication to our team and for that, we are a very fortunate.
