Full-time Employment Opportunity: One Acre Fund

Full time employment opportunity: One Acre Fund

Where: East Africa

One Acre Fund is looking to find highly driven, talented, passionate individuals who would like to develop a career abroad. One Acre Fund operates with the goal of serving small farmers. They currently have running programs in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi, as well as pilot programs in Ghana, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. They are a young organization (about 6 years old), and they serve farmers by providing a complete bundle of support. They also operate with a social entrepreneurship mentality, the farmers pay for their service. Currently 80% of their field costs are covered by program revenue. 

Interested? Email Jessica at jh79@uw.edu for more information

Finals Week Motivation

Feel like throwing your textbooks out the window yet? Well here’s a fact for you that may make you appreciate your status as a college student (and stressed finals studier): 

College graduates have a higher business success rate than those who do not attend college - according to Businessweek. Studies show that the average startup founded by a college graduate has 25% greater sales than the average startup founded by a high school dropout.

So stay in school and enjoy it - your experiences will make you a better founder/employee/businessperson in the future! 

Internship Opportunities

(1) Terra Bean Coffee
(2) Somalian Refugee Sewing/English Classes
(3) Hydroforma
(4) Bangs Shoes

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Details:

(1) Terra Bean Coffee
New company that aims to make direct trade between coffee farmers and roasters easy and accessible. The service will help coffee roasters and coffee farmers overcome the information, communication, shipping and marketing barriers that currently inhibit them from establishing direct relationships and trading directly. The goal is to create sustainable business relationships that enable both the farmers and the roasters to take more ownership of their businesses by controlling more of the supply chain.

Looking for positions in: 
  1. Logistics — Figuring out the most cost efficient and lowest risk way to get coffee from the origin country to the US. This means understanding how exporting works, importing, domestic shipping and warehousing. I have started conversations with logistics and importing companies.
  2. Legal — Figuring out what contracts need to be in place (This includes contracts between Terra Bean Coffee and roasters, Terra Bean Coffee and importers, Terra Bean Coffee and exporters, coffee roasters and coffee farmers, coffee farmers and exports, roasters or Terra Bean Coffee and warehouses). Understanding exporting laws and container sharing laws of Costa Rica and Nicaragua and other prospective countries.
  3. Creating example farm profiles (this may require skyping coffee farmers and speaking Spanish)
  4. Interviewing coffee roasters to gain a better understanding of if/why they value direct trade, how they currently source their coffee, what would they like out of interactions with farmers?
  5. Researching current direct trade projects both in the coffee industry and other industries.
  6. Writing a business plan

(2) Somalian Refugee Sewing/English Classes
Part of Southwest Youth and Family Services. Somalian refugees are given sewing and English classes, this program allows women to acquire language skills while creating much needed clothing and other times for themselves and their families. Want to develop a fair trade brand. 
You are a good fit if… 
  1. You have an interest in sewing, DIY, immigrant communities (especially the Somali community), women’s empowerment, non-profit organizations and/or English as a Second Language would be a great fit.

(3) Hydroforma
Creates high-impact solutions to our global crises. Water is a looming global issue that can get anyone’s attention once it hits close enough to home. Doom and gloom doesn’t always sell, so their goal is to help people be more “water smart” by making the process fun. 

You are a good fit if…
  1. You have an interest in environmental impact, marketing, brand development, business development.

(4) Bangs Shoes
Bangs is a for-profit humanitarian brand that supports 4 partner non-profits in 4 different causes (Hunger, Development, Disaster Relief, and Water). They do so through the sale of 4 colorful and stylish shoes! 

Looking for positions in: 

  1. Marketing — the internship is largely focused on brand building and the intern’s goal will be to establish a team on campus and spread the word about Bangs and their partner non-profits. Bangs wants to make REAL and sustainable change.

Looking for an Internship?

Bangs Shoes is looking to fill a marketing intern position! 

Bangs is a for-profit humanitarian brand that supports 4 partner non-profits in 4 different causes (Hunger, Development, Disaster Relief, and Water). They do so through the sale of 4 colorful and stylish shoes! Check them out on their website www.bangsshoes.com

About the Internship
The internship is largely focused on brand building and the intern’s goal will be to establish a team on campus and spread the word about Bangs and their partner non-profits. Bangs wants to make REAL and sustainable change.

How you can Apply
Email our executive director Jene Etheridge at jene.etheridge@gmail.com 

Bangs wants to fill the position with someone passionate about their philosophy, which is why they have specifically come to SEC to find someone who is eager to make a difference in the world! 

Ashoka Be A Changemaker Luncheon this Thursday!

Ashoka is hosting their 3rd Annual Be A Changemaker Luncheon this Thursday from 11:30am-1:30pm!

+ Renowned journalist and author, David Bornstein, will be delivering the keynote speech on social innovation. 

+Youth Venture Social Innovation Fast Pitch Finalists will pitch their ideas to win money for their ventures, and you get to choose the winner in a live vote! 

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Talk to your officers about receiving free tickets to this event! 

Social Innovation Fast Pitch Needs Volunteers!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th 2-8:30pm at the Seattle Center 

There will be an awesome keynote address from Nathan Myhrvold, the founder of Intellectual Ventures. Finalists from SIFP will be competing, and there will be an Impact Donor Reception where influential philanthropists and impact investors are invited. It’s a great opportunity to network and to learn about successful businesses.  

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Email any of your officers from the contact page if you’re interested!