Microfinance Interns, Tanzania

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: 

NGOabroad  provides a unique service that helps people enter or advance in international humanitarian work and provides frugal, custom fit international volunteer opportunities. It specializes in providing microfinance experience so that one is better prepared to enter a career in microfinance or international development. NGOabroad is a Limited Liability Company (LLC).

ABOUT THE JOB: 

NGOabroad is seeking Microfinance Interns in Tanzania. This is a great place to learn grassroots microfinance (much like in Mohammad Yunus' model in Bangladesh) where the emphasis is on peer support group helping micro-entrepreneurs succeed.. Intern will be responsible for helping at grassroot level to pull people out of poverty.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Emphasis on helping entrepreneurs develop small business enterprises or 'income generating' activities that will bring money into their families;
• Emphasis on small enterprise development instead of finance.
• Emphasis on teaching how to save so that it will be possible to pay back the loan

Qualifications:

• Students or seasoned professionals with backgrounds in Business, Entrepreneurship or Social Work
• Academic credentials are not as important as an interest in microfinance
• Strong entrepreneurial skills helpful
• Ability to survey local community and see what is needed/or what would sell well;
• Creative and strong imagination essential to dream up enterprises that have not been thought of or considered yet;
• Social work background helpful but not required in urban setting to work with different client groups: AIDS patient, disabled, prostitutes, youth, and women;
• Strong people skills and knowledge of small business development in order to coach and mentor microentrepreneur to success.

HOW TO APPLY: 

Please read the NGOabroad website and briefly answer this questionnaire and paste into the body of an email along with your resume. Send toinfo@NGOabroad.com