Estella Borgoño

Estella Borgoño (name changed) is 14 years old and is enrolled in CENIT's Adopt-a-Dream program, as well as being a student in ESTAR, CENIT's primary school. Estella was forced to leave school when she was eight to supplement her family's meagre income. She was selling fruit and candy in the streets of the Santa Maria neighbourhood. Estella spent nearly three years working up to 14 hours a day in these dangerous and polluted streets. Luckily, one of our street outreach volunteers working in the area befriended her and enrolled her in Adopt-a-Dream. She was paired with a godparent in the United States who pays for Estella's school costs, medical and dental care, and monthly groceries for her and her family. Estella was also enrolled in CENIT's Nivelaciones program, which is designed for children who have missed substantial amounts of school, to help them catch up to their appropriate grade level. Today, Estella is a full-time student in good standing at CENIT and will start her first year of high school next year. She no longer works in the streets and dreams of graduating and owning a store or working in a beauty salon one day.

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Fundraising

When?

This position is currently unfilled so a new volunteer would ideally start as soon as possible. Preferred stay of four months.

Job Description

This project aims to raise funds for CENIT, which is primarily donor funded. The ultimate goal would be that CENIT has a stable source (or stable sources) of funding, and is not dependent on one-time donations. The volunteer must have a good level of written English in order to communicate with oversees organizations.

Responsibilities include:

Actively seeking new donors
Writing grants
Revising contracts from donating organizations
Organizing and improving Cenit´s publicity materials
Carefully documenting your work to provide transparency for future volunteers

Salary

This is a volunteer position without financial compensation.

How to Apply

If you are interested, please email your resume or any questions you may have to contact@cenitecuador.org, or mail it to Centro de la Niña Trabajadora (CENIT), Voluntariado, Huacho 150 y José Peralta, Quito, Ecuador.