Volunteer Online with UN: Environmental research for ASCOA's activities
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
UN Volunteers platform is offering an online volunteer opportunity, as ASCOA is looking for 5 volunteers experience in environmental research to conduct research and write one article around different topics.
The Association for Community Awareness (ASCOA) is a humanitarian non-profit organization with headquarters in Cameroon, West Africa, and offices in the USA and Kenya. ASCOA has a goal to enhance the quality of life of underserved communities and promote sustainable development in Africa and the world at large. ASCOA’s efforts range from fostering environmental protection with special focus on plastic pollution and marine littering to increasing awareness of HIV/AIDS and combating related stigma, engaging in women empowerment, child support, peacebuilding, and taking care of the displaced population. As an NGO, ASCOA works together with international and African partner organizations for community outreach and education to create sustainable local communities and fight against climate change and the discrimination within the society
Volunteer duration and working hours:
6-10 hours per week for 12 weeks.
Eligibility criteria:
The candidate has to:
- have strong experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative research
- have preferably a PhD degree and/or have at least 5 years experience in Research, in environmental engineering energy, sustainable environment, biology or environmental health sciences
- have previously published peer reviewed research articles in accredited journals
- Ability to communicate in English
Volunteer task:
- Online volunteers will writer articles on following topics: Land Waste, Marine Debris, Landfill Sites, E-Waste, Waste-to-Energy, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Global Warming, Ozone Depletion, Air Pollution, Waste Recycling, Sewage Treatment, Deforestation, Overfishing, Lowered Biodiversity, Acid Rain, Ocean Acidification, Agriculture and Animal Waste.
- The Online Volunteers will focus in their writings on environmental issues and practices within specific geographical regions or countries from around the world.
About UN Volunteers:
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program contributes to sustainable human development through volunteerism worldwide.
Online volunteering allows organizations and volunteers to team up to address sustainable development challenges – anywhere in the world, from any device. Online volunteering is fast, easy – and most of all, effective.
Through the Online Volunteering service, UNV offers:
- A global platform for organizations and online volunteers to connect.
- An easy-search database of online volunteering opportunities.
- Tools to manage volunteers’ and organizations’ online collaboration.
- Access to online volunteering experiences, best practices and lessons learned.
- The possibility for volunteers and organizations to expand their networks.
- The advantage of the universal reach and neutrality of the United Nations.
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