Pifworld, a young and innovative charity platform (www.pifworld.com) offers you a unique internship to help ignite a worldwide revolution. You can be part of a dynamic, creative groundbreaking platform.
About Pifworld
Pifworld connects people to make a positive change worldwide. On our platform people from all over the world can support charity projects that will make a change. They can play it forward by inviting their friends to join their effort, or fundraise actively for a project of their choice. When the project kicks off, all supporters receive updates on the progress through personal videos, photos and blogs from the project’s fieldworkers. This way they can actually see the change they make.
Pifworld offers you
A chance to:
• Be part of a unique company striving for positive change world wide
• Learn on the job and really make a difference
• Be part of a team of young and enthusiastic professionals
• Have autonomy in your work
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for increasing awareness about Pifworld. Activities for which you will be responsible are:
• Identifying and contacting press contacts and bloggers
• Creating free publicity, both online and offline
• Writing (in English) for various purposes: newsletters, press releases, blogs, social media
• Content management of the website
• (Online) communication towards visitors/members
Requirements
We’re looking for someone with a strong drive. Someone who is enthusiastic, energetic, pro-active and responsive, and who has a real hands on mentality.
• Education in either journalism, communications or media/information management
• Socially engaged and affinity with non-profit affairs, PPP and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Fluent in written and spoken English, preferably a native speaker
• Good social skills
• Understanding of the social networking space
• Ability to handle the pressure and flexibility of a start-up environment
The internship will start as soon as you’re available and will last at least four months. You will work at least four days a week. We are located in a spacious, light and historical building: the former Asscher Diamantslijperij in De Pijp in Amsterdam .
Contact
Interested? Send your resume and application letter to Karin Jensma, Operations & Marketing Manager, karin@pifworld.com.
dance4life has a new project on Pifworld. Read below what the project is all about:
Summary
This initiative of dance4life empowers young people to take action themselves to push back HIV and AIDS. dance4life Kenya needs support to ensure that they can inspire as many young people in schools as possible.
Situation
There are 1.3 million people living with HIV in Kenya, meaning that they are still contending with a serious AIDS epidemic. But there is good news: Kenya is one of the few countries that show a decline in the adult HIV infection rates. This is due to factors such as behavioural changes like an increase in the use of condoms, fewer sexual partners and the delay of first sexual intercourse. There is also a decline in HIV prevalence among pregnant women, by more than 25% with young pregnant women in both urban and rural areas.
Goal
The project of dance4life empowers young people with a schools project made up of four parts: inspire, educate, activate and celebrate. Here on Pifworld we are asking for your support for the first part of the schools project, which inspires the youth to participate in dance4life and become actively involved. The tour is a fun, interactive experience that educates young people and energizes them with enthusiasm to take responsibility in the response to HIV and AIDS. The young people who have participated then have the chance to go on and participate in the following three parts of the dance4life schools project.
Main Activities
We kick off with a tour. This is where each school is visited by the dance4life Tour Team – which is no ordinary team, we’re talking dancers, musicians, peer educators and young people living with HIV. The tour is a fun, interactive experience that educates young people and energizes them with enthusiasm to take responsibility in the response to HIV and AIDS. Next they have the opportunity to learn in more detail how to take responsibility by participating in an in-depth program where they learn more about HIV. This includes prevention, sexuality, drug abuse, and their rights. They also pick up valuable skills about negotiation (No means No), communication and decision making, which they can apply in their daily lives.
Curious? See all our projects on Pifworld in the blink of an eye.
So far, this year has been great. After our release party early September, we welcomed more than 1,000 new Players to our community who, together, have been able to realise five great Pifworld projects. This October, Pifworld won the IMA Best in Class Award for best charity website 2009. Pifworld is going good. And it’s about to get even better.
Today, as you probably have noticed, a new and improved version of Pifworld.com has been launched!
We asked Pifworld’s Vera, in charge of the development of the website, to tell us all about the ins and outs.
Looks like Pifworld is doing well. So why change the website?
Winning the IMA Award was fantastic. It’s great to see an international jury recognise our efforts. But even with the IMA Award in the pocket, there’s always room for improvement. We listened to our community and received useful feedback and suggestions. A good reason to get in touch with some web specialists and technical experts to see how to improve Pifworld. And this is the result!
So what exactly has changed?
Besides a new homepage, the best improvement is the navigation. Finding a project has become easier. Just go to the tab ‘projects’ and you will find an overview of all Pifworld projects. Just pick one you like. Of course you can also still browse the globe to find your favourite project.
It has also become easier to support your projects. Donating is a piece of cake now, since you don’t necessarily have to register any more. Of course it’s still a lot more fun to donate as a Player, so you don’t miss out on all community dynamics.
In case you want to share your project with others, just go to the bottom of each project page. There you will find all share tools. Let the world know you support Pifworld and easily invite your friends to do the same.
What are your dreams for Pifworld in 2010?
Pifworld is a platform for ‘The New Giving’. Meaning a new way of contributing to a better world. Social networks, nowadays, are an inherent part of society. My dream for Pifworld is to become the platform for charity.
By listening to our community, improving the website and winning the IMA Award we are well on our way. Of course we could go on and on about the details. Best thing, though, is to to discover the new site yourself. Enjoy!
Overloaded prisons, hardly any facilities and bad medical care. This situation affects a lot of young Indonesian kids, who ended up behind bars because they had no choice but to steal in order to survive. Today, we have some great news: with your help the budget of the Better life behind bars project has been reached!
The Anak Asuh Foundation is now able to provide the kids with new books and vocational training, and the prison hospital will receive new beds and equipment!
Besides a large number of Players and offline supporters, five students of Asian Trade Management contributed in a great way. Cynthia, Jenny, Amy, Sharon and Ying raised over 1,000 euros by throwing a fundraising party. ‘If we’re doing this, we’re doing it right’, is what they must have thought. So why not arrange one of Amsterdam’s most famous night clubs, Escape, as their party palace?
With great performances of various DJs, more than 150 people danced the night away. Traditional Indonesian performers made sure the night had a real Asian vibe to it. With a total of 1,105 euros raised, the girls can be proud of organising such a successful evening.
To everyone that contributed in some way, thanks a lot!
Before, you were able to read what the children of our spotlight project dream of. In this short video you can now watch Pifworld founder Harmen van Doorn tell you all about his dream. Harmen is someone who chased his dreams and decided to take a huge leap to follow his heart.
Nearly two years later, Harmen has come close to realising his dream: to make the world a better place. (Yep, inspired by the king of pop Michael Jackson)
After working as an Investment banker for 10 years, he set up Pifworld: the online charity platform you find yourself on.
What inspired Harmen to start Pifworld? What message does he want to send out to the Players? And how does he see the future of Pifworld?
Take a look at this video to get to know Pifworld Founder Harmen van Doorn.
We all dream our dreams. Some dream of a life on a tropical island, others of their prince charming. Mariëtte Asagbo, founder of Mariettes Child Care dreamed of providing a safe home for neglected kids in Ghana. She realised her dream and is now running the Hanukkah’s Children Home with her Ghanaian husband, Moses. With her dream coming true, thirty children can start dreaming of a better future.
This week we asked the kids of the Hanukkah Children’s Home about their future hopes and plans. First comes Kwasi with a beautiful dream: ‘When I grow up I want to help poor people, just like ‘daddy’ Moses. I would really want to be like him!’
Where most kids here hope to find a Playstation or new skates under the Christmas tree, kids in Ghana seem to have slightly different wishes. A young girl called Adwoa says: ‘My dream is to make enough money, so I can take good care of my future children’. In some cases, however, dreams just seem universal. Like the one of Belinda. She is dreaming to become a famous singer. Or like Yaw’s: ‘I would love to become a soccer player’.
While they are dreaming of a better future, we can start helping them today. They already have a safe home, but basic health care is still lacking. Let’s help help build a medical post at the orphanage and make Mariëtte’s and Moses’ dream come true! Support Be a dream now and ask your friends to do the same.
Pifworld, hét jonge en vernieuwende online goede doelen platform, biedt creatieve talenten een unieke kans om als stagiair(e) bij te dragen aan het realiseren van een betere wereld. Je wordt onderdeel van een zeer innovatieve en creatieve start-up.
Over Pifworld
Pifworld verbindt mensen en goede doelen om wereldwijd een positieve verandering teweeg te brengen. Op ons online platform kunnen mensen uit heel de wereld projecten steunen die zij belangrijk vinden. Door vrienden, familie en kennissen uit te nodigen of actief fondsen te werven kunnen zij meerdere mensen bij hun project betrekken. Alle leden van Pifworld worden op de hoogte gehouden van de ontwikkelingen van de projecten door middel van video-updates en persoonlijke blogs. Voor het Pifworld-team zoeken wij een enthousiaste graphic designer & video editor.
Verantwoordelijkheden
Als stagiair ben je verantwoordelijk voor:
Design en ontwikkeling campagne-website(s).
Productie van video’s voor Pifworld TV
Design van banners
Design van flyers
Eventueel:
Community building, social networking
Je werkt zelfstandig en krijgt substantieel eigen verantwoordelijkheid binnen het team
Eisen
Pifworld is op zoek naar een gedreven, enthousiaste student(e) die energiek, pro-actief en verantwoordelijk te werk gaat. Iemand met een echte hands-on mentaliteit.
Expertise in Photoshop, Illustrator en Powerpoint
Kennis van html, php
In staat om onder de druk en flexibiliteit van een start-up organisatie te functioneren
Inzicht op het gebied van sociale netwerken
Bonus:
Ervaring met video and audio montage
Portfolio omvat zelf ontwikkelde persoonlijke projecten
Perfecte communicatievaardigheden
In voor een feestje!
De stageperiode begint in januari en geldt voor tenminste vier maanden.
Ons kantoor is gesitueerd in een historisch, ruim en licht gebouw: de voormalige Asscher Diamantslijperij in De Pijp in Amsterdam.
Geïnteresseerd? Stuur je CV, motivatiebrief en portfolio naar info@pifworld.com
He is one of the most enthusiastic persons we know. He is a hard worker and he is ready to realise his dream. We are talking about the main person of our very first media project on the globe: Jimmy The Man Tours! Get to know this amazing new project and learn more about Jimmy himself.
Jimmy Mohika is a 32 year old guy from Granada, Nicaragua and dreams of helping his community move forward. How does he picture this? By bringing foreign travellers to the beautiful, yet undiscovered rural areas around Granada with his own sustainable tour company Jimmy the Man Tours. His tour company will not only improve the lives of over 150 local families, it will also give tourists an insight into the real Nicaraguan way of living.
Now that Jimmy had his first driving lesson and took some classes in tourism, it is time to get started. To introduce himself to the rest of the world, Jimmy planned a promotional tour through Nicaragua. That way Jimmy will create awareness on this way of tourism allowing him to welcome his first guests.
With the least amount of effort, you can help 150 local families. Watch the short video above and play it forward for Jimmy. Only €760 is needed, you can do the maths…
We all know that Africa is the best place to plan your safari. You also probably know that the Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and we have all learned in high school that Nairobi is Kenya’s capital. However, we found some interesting facts about this fascinating continent that you may not know.
Did you know for example, that the roots of Freddie Mercury, Queen’s former front man, can be found in Tanzania?
And did you know that in Kenya all days and nights have the same duration because of the position to the equator? No matter if it is summer or winter. Every night it gets dark at 6 PM and every morning at 6 AM the sun will rise again. No exceptions.
If this isn’t enough, watch this: Africa is the home of the South African Giant Earthworm. With an average lenght of 2 meters, this is the Anaconda among the worms. In 1967 your worst nightmare was discovered; a South African Giant Earthworm of 6.7 meters! In case you’re planning a fishing trip, you might want to consider bringing your own bait.
More of these exciting facts & strange figures can be found on Afrika.nl. It will give you all the info you desire about this exceptional continent.
Last week, we celebrated the fact that our very first spotlight project Picture a Wave of Change was fully funded within just a few weeks. Step by step we are making the world a better place.
However, there are still plenty of people, animals and places that need support. So let’s keep up the good work!
As we already revealed last week, Be a Dream will be the second spotlight project. This project aims to provide children in Ghana access to health care by building a medical post at the Hanukkah Children’s Home. This orphanage has been run by Mariette Asagbo and her Ghanaian husband Moses for two years now.
Within a few weeks, Dutch volunteers Dorien and Romy will pack their bags and go to the Children’s Home in Ghana. Curious what they are up to? Watch this short video above, where they tell you all about their plans.
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