OneProsper Fundraising Project
OneProsper International is a Canadian charitable organization that is providing girls from low income families living in the Thar Desert of India with education, clean water, nutrition and increased family income. The intern will help to raise much needed resources to fund the girls education program. https://www.oneprosper.ca/ Responsibilities: Research The intern will be provided access and training to GrantAdvance.com; which is a subscription-based online database of Canadian foundations. The intern will create a list of the top twenty (2) most relevant Canadian foundations that are aligned with the work performed by OneProsper International. The intern will write their rationale with regard to selection of each Canadian foundation. Analysis The intern will create a brief summary of each of the twenty (20) Canadian foundations selected above. Each foundation summary will detail the foundation's giving priorities, key contacts, geographic focus (i.e. Africa, Latin America), whether the foundation is accepting applications, application process and application deadline. The intern will list the average giving amount for each foundation based on the past three years giving history. Writing The intern will write letters of inquiry for each of the selected twenty (20) foundations. The intern will select a request amount for each foundation that is within the annual giving range of the selected foundation.
Web Development
Create website for English Learning Buddy program, which is a 10 week volunteer program for high school students in Canada, USA. The website will enable volunteers to: view program information sign up be paired with students in India send reminders to volunteers and students send requests for feedback to volunteers provide students with a way to drop out or enter any questions provide students with volunteer certificates
OneProsper Digital Library Project
The intern will create a digital library of books in Box.com to help students in India to learn English. This resource will be used as part of the English Learning Buddy Program, a student volunteer program that connects girls from low income families in India that are highly motivated to learn English with Canadian high school students. Please click on the below link for more information on the English Learning Buddy program. https://www.oneprosper.org/buddy/ Responsibilities: Research The intern will research children's books, that are available for free in HTML and PDF on the website https://www.fadedpage.com that are best suited for reading popular children's stories. For example, Charlotte's Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Analysis The intern will categorize each of the twenty (20) selected books according to reading level - Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Writing The intern will write reading comprehension questions for each of the selected twenty (20) books. The reading comprehension questions will be organized by chapter and will test students comprehension of the preceding chapter. The intern will create an Answer Key for the reading comprehension questions. The intern will create a list of ten (10) curated discussion topics to be used by tutors and students to practice their spoken English Skills. The discussion topics can be any topic that advances cultural understanding between students living in India and Canada. For example, students can discuss their favorite holidays and how they celebrate these holidays.
Market Expansion for Student Volunteer Program
OneProsper International recently launched the English Learning Buddy program, which is a 10 week volunteer program for high school students in Canada. The mission of the program is girls educating girls. Volunteers are paired with students in India from low income families. Volunteers meet once per week to help their students practice their spoken English skills. After the completion of the 10 week program, volunteers receive a certificate and volunteer service hours. The student will perform the following responsibilties: Create a list of high schools and contacts in Ontario Build partnerships with high schools Provide volunteers with marketing materials and learning resources Assist in providing a virtual tutorial for volunteers Answer questions from volunteers Admin work Please click the below link for more information https://www.oneprosper.org/buddy/