NGO/IGO Event Details

INTERNATIONAL WORK: CAREERS WITH NGOS

Friday, March 30, 1-3 p.m.

Whittenberger Auditorium, Indiana Memorial Union

Want to work for an international organization? Interested in human rights, relief, development and public health? Plan to attend IU Bloomington's 2nd annual career event focused on international non-governmental organizations. This event will include a panel discussion, networking and resource tables for each organization.

Representatives from the following organizations will be present:

* Wikimedia, www.wikimedia.org

* Save the Children, www.savethechildren.org

* Heartland Alliance, www.heartlandalliance.org

* International Rescue Committee, www.rescue.org

Jessie Wild, Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia Foundation believes that all humans deserve the right to information, and that access to information is imperative to give people educational opportunities so they can experience life to its fullest.  We work on how information resources can be used for education sources, particularly focusing on improving knowledge resources and access in developing countries.

·         Raechal Carbone, Heartland Alliance

Heartland Alliance believes that all of us deserve the opportunity to improve our lives. Each year, we help ensure this opportunity for more than one million people around the world who are homeless, living in poverty, or seeking safety.
Our policy efforts strengthen communities; our comprehensive services empower those we serve to rebuild and transform their lives.

·         Kate Hesel, International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
At work today in over 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, the IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

·         Robin Van Etten, Save the Children

When disaster strikes around the world, Save the Children is there to save lives with food, medical care and education and remains to help communities rebuild through long-term recovery programs. As quickly and as effectively as Save the Children responds to tsunamis and civil conflict, it works to resolve the ongoing struggles children face every day — poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease — and replaces them with hope for the future.

Registration required through your myIUcareers account.