Local Business Outreach Intern

  Mexico

• Oaxaca: 
Oaxaca

Term: Throughout the year 
Dates: ongoing

Description:
Purpose: To further Puente's relationships with local businesses
Location: Oaxaca City, Mexico
Time Commitment: Minimum two months, 25 hours per week
Level of Spanish needed: Advanced         
Level of English needed: Intermediate

Responsibilities:
This intern will visit local businesses and speak with the owners about Puente. These businesses might be locally or foreign owned restaurants, food stores, clothing stores, etc. The intern will be given a basic script and a list of potential contacts from which to start. The purpose of the first visit will be to educate the business owner about Puente's mission and gauge the owner's interest while the second visit might be to ask for publicity in the business, a small monetary donation, or donated goods for an event. The intern might also conduct research on other potential partnerships for Puente.    One day per week, this intern has the opportunity to visit a rural community in order to observe Puente's work firsthand.

Highlights: An internship with Puente a la Salud Comunitaria offers an opportunity to experience the promotion of amaranth, a grain native to Mexico, uniquely suited to face some of Southern Mexico's greatest health risks. Through the community visits, the intern experiences first-had the diversity of the Oaxacan countryside, as well as the impact of a grassroots public health approach.

Qualifications:
- Outgoing attitude
- Background in business or sales
- Ability to work independently and with others
- Experience speaking in public
- Capability to solicit donations

Salary / Pay: The internship ais unpaid; however, occasionally a small stipend might be included. All internships require a minimum commitment of two months except under special circumstances. Most internships are designed for those with a graduate level education or people with at least two years of paid experience in a similar position.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to Mexico Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone Interview
• Resume

Puente a la Salud Comunitaria's Mission Statement: Partnering with families, health workers, and farmers to promote the consumption and cultivation of the highly nutritious grain amaranth, Puente a la Salud Comunitaria is dedicated to the eradication of malnutrition and the improvement of health in rural Mexico.

Year Founded: 2003