Voluntaria con nosotras
Caryn Kelly y Lilian Okech se conocieron como dueñas de negocios en 2017. Formaron Hope to Shine para centrarse en desarrollar el potencial de las mujeres inmigrantes y refugiadas como líderes en sus hogares, lugares de trabajo y comunidad.
Obtenga soporte
Creamos oportunidades para conexiones interculturales y recursos para estudiantes del idioma inglés.
Beneficios de voluntariado
As a volunteer, you'll have an opportunity to:
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Learn about another's life experience and culture firsthand
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Develop a friendship with your partner and get to know them and their family
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Witness progress and celebrate both big and small victories together
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Gain valuable teaching and tutoring experience
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Make Central Iowa more welcoming
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Co-create a sense of belonging and community
Beneficios de voluntariado
We do not require our volunteers to have previous teaching experience or knowledge of a second language. Volunteers attend an orientation to the program before they start meeting with their partners and participate in monthly learning opportunities with others in the program.
Volunteers must be:
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18 years of age or older
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able to meet regularly with their partner once per week for at least three months
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flexible, patient, and comfortable working with language learners with varied cultural and linguistic backgrounds
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able to travel to and from a specified meeting place each week (by car, public transportation, virtual, etc.)