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Internship Information The ACÁ Eco Center organic training farm in Jaltepec, Jalisco Mexico hosts interns working in a wide variety of capacities. All interns are initiated in a range of basic experiences onsite, including hands on fieldwork such as weeding, seeding, planting, washing, packaging and selling the organic produce, they learn about each of the sustainability models. Long term interns (after 3 months) are then placed into their area of interest and specialization in ACÁ program areas with specific goals to complete. We invest a great deal of time with hands on training of interns and design the internship to meet each person's goals, making the best use of their time & talents. As a grassroots project we are limited by a shoe string budget and depend on resourcefulness and creativity as we focus on ACÁ current and each intern is involved in raising funds as well. The organic training farm is open year-round and is open to the public Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 5:30 and Saturday until 3:00. The work is not easy and is not recommended for those looking for easy travel options. Our interns work hard and are kept very busy, they are provided with safe internship opportunities, room & board is available, and it's a great opportunity to learn and practice Spanish. Potential areas for hardworking, dedicated, and motivated interns working in our 2004-2005 projects include community projects to teach safe agriculture and offer outreach in communities, with women, farmers, schoolyards and an orphanage. Interns are placed in one the following areas after the initial onsite three month training period. Preferences given to bi-lingual applicants and long term applicants with related experience. We invite interested applicants to submit resumes and a personal letter at any time of year. Employment references are required and checked.
 1) Student Subsidy Fund development. 2) San Juan Cosala "Eco Club Pibil" - development of community based edible schoolyard model. 3) Organic marketing locally, consumer information & Farmers Market support. 4) Product development, merchandising at Gg's Country Co-op store.
5) Mission San Pablo orphanage training and food program. 6) On-site multi-use corral – safe small animal and humane poultry production project. 7) Simplified integrated hydroponics model - onsite and outreach. 8) Community Compost Program - onsite and outreach. 9) Edible plants nursery and greenhouse development.
10) Public eco-tours of various smart sustainable systems at the ACÁ Eco Center and organic gardens. 11) Fall\winter fund-raising organizer - ACÁ Harvest Fair - October ACÁ Volunteer Appreciation - December
12) Spring\summer fund-raising organizer - 13) Public Relations and Power-Point presentations development. 14) Local fund-raising campaigns. 15) Corporate campaigns and capital gifts. 16) Web updates, donor development & online donations. 17) Database integration of student statistics and measuring ecological footprint. 18) Grant writing, proposal tracking and database integration. 19) Administration and secretarial support.  |
