2010-2011 Internships

Alternatives, in collaboration with the Ministère des relations internationales, is pleased to offer an assistantship position with our Québec Sans Frontières Program.

This placement will reinforce intern supervision for all interns participating in Alternatives’ QSF Programs for 2010-2011. The person will assist the internships programs officer to plan, organize and coordinate all activities related to these placements, including participant selection, pre-departure training, fundraising, partner organization relations, intern contract management, pre-departure evaluations and return evaluation activities and debriefs. The person will also coordinate the arrival of overseas interns to Montreal through the reciprocity project.

This mandate will be done under the supervision of the International internship programs’ project officer of Alternatives.

Who funds these internships? The Québec Sans Frontières internships are funded by the Ministère des relations internationales du Gouvernement du Québec. Are these internships remunerated? No. Alternatives engages to pay the following expenses: – return ticket for the overseas placement – overseas accommodation – medical insurance – visas if necessary All interns are responsible for paying the following expenses: – vaccines – medical exams Why is fund raising a compulsory part of the internship? The internships are funded by the Ministère des relations internationales du (...)

1. Partners :

A. Southern host organisation

PROTEGE QV

PROTEGE QV is a Cameroonian rights assocation whose mission it is to promote individual and collective initiative that target environmental protection and contributes to an increased quality fo life for Cameroonian families.

It’s main objectives are as follows:
– to solicit the active participation of development actors and increase their quality of life
– rural development
– promotion of technological research solutions to local problems and natural resource management
– promotion and appropriation of information technologies to facilitate attainment of the Millenium Goals

B. Quebec partener organisation

Communautique

Connecting Communities

Communautique’s mission is to support civic participation by promoting information literacy, appropriation of information and communications technologies and contribution to their development.

Its objectives are:
– Enhance access to ICTs and to the Internet
– Promote resourcefulness and self-reliance among voluntary sector groups, citizens and within the community environment
– Create a democratic cyber-culture
– Combat socioeconomic exclusion and unequal access to ICTs

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1. Partners:

A. Southern host organisation

Réseau africain pour le développement (RADI)

RADI’s mission is to fight against poverty, injustice and ignorance by promoting the participation of concerned population and by empowering and educating citizens to promote autonomy and self-sustainability. The RADI is involved in various areas: promotion and integration of women, sustainable agriculture and food security, national language literacy and basic education, peasant management, youth development in urban and semi-urban areas (education, training, integration, employment), and environment.

B. Quebec partner organisation

Head & Hands / À deux mains

Head & Hands’ mission is to work with youth to promote their physical and mental well-being. Its approach is preventative, non-judgmental and holistic, with a fundamental commitment to providing an environment that welcomes youth without discrimination. Head & Hands facilitate social change and the empowerment of youth based on their current needs within its community and society at large.

Head & Hands envisions a society where all youth are participants and are inspired by the endless possibilities available to them.

1. Southern host organisation:

Clubs Kayira de l’Association des Radios libres Kayira

Le Réseau des radios libres is an organization regrouping 9 community radio station (1 in Bamako, 8 in rural areas). Around those community radios were created the Clubs Kayira which are constituted of women’s groups, organizations helping people with disabilities o or organizations of villagers.

The ’Réseau des Radios Libres et des Clubs Kayira’ is a democratic watch dog organisation, its mandate is to raise awareness and undertake popular education on:
– local, national and international news, reported impartially and independently
– Helping bring together large numbers of citizens to undertake civic education trainings to found the basis of participatory democracy
– Take an active part in informing the public health, hygiene and environmental issues
– Give a voice to associations and all citizens who otherwise have no forum in which to express themselves
– Combat the dissemination of ideas and principles founded on intolerance, racism, exclusion and xenophobia
– Opening the radio station to a diversity of cultural expression (artist presentations and musical presentations, theater and cinema) from Mali and elsewhere.

1. Partners :

A. Southern host organisation

Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes del Ecuador (ACJ)

ACJ Ecuador was created in 1959 and is a civil society organisation working for social change, development and human rights. ACJ works with poorest and excluded of the Ecuadorian society and more specifically with youth and women. ACJ is a oecumenical volunteer movement which belongs to the international movement of the YMCA.

B. Quebec partener organisation

The YMCA of Québec

The goals of the international programs of The Ys of Québec are to inform and educate by encouraging local participation of people on international issues. As well, they develop and strengthen partnerships between local and overseas YMCAs.