September 22, 2016

Princeton in Latin America

PiLA fellows spend a year of full-time service with nonprofits and NGOS in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Princeton in Latin America matches highly qualified recent graduates with partner nonprofits and NGOs throughout Latin America and the Caribbean for a year of full-time service. Fellowship positions and organizational missions are highly varied, and thus applications from all academic disciplines are welcome.  In 2016-2017, 42 PiLA fellows are serving with 24 organizations in 13 countries around the region.
 
Important qualifications include academic excellence and polished English-writing skills; demonstrated commitment to community service at home, abroad or both; foreign-language fluency (Spanish, Portuguese and/or French); knowledge of or experience in the region, or both; leadership skills; interpersonal and intercultural sensitivity; the flexibility to live at a subsistence level and adapt successfully to shifting circumstances during the fellowship; and a commitment to PiLA’s mission that extends beyond the year of service.
 
Fellows receive a monthly stipend to cover subsistence costs, according to local standards.
 
A few examples of our fellowship opportunities:
  • Teaching sustainability or technology at a middle school in Uruguay
  • Monitoring and Evaluation for nonprofits in the DR and Guatemala
  • Grant writing work in Guatemala
  • External Relations Coordinator at a college in Bolivia
  • Finance team member for an impact investment organization in Nicaragua
  • Writing business plans for entrepreneurs in Chile, Argentina, and Mexico

 

Deadline: November 7, 2016