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Spring Newsletter, Now Online!
We’re Hiring!–Program Director & WatSan Program Manager
Program Director
About This Position: The Program Director reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for the planning, funding and execution of Green Empowerment’s projects, in collaboration with our NGO partners overseas. It is a full time position in Portland, OR, with occasional travel to project sites.
Implementation and Financial Management of Programs (70% of time):
Ensure [...]
Help with Clean Water for Pueblo Amado
Help Us Raise $10,000 for Pueblo Amado by May 31st
Objective: Improve the health, sanitation and overall quality of life in Pueblo Amado
Technology: Gravity-fed drinking water system
In-country, NGO partner: La Asociación de Trabajadores de Desarrollo Rural-Ben Linder (www.atder-bl.org)
Current funding partners: Christadelphian Meal a Day of the Americas, private individuals including the Linder family
Beneficiaries: 300 [...]
Half Hour of Empower on KBOO
Green Empowerment Technical Program Manager Aaron Liss sat down with KBOO’s Kathleen Stephenson on April 25, 2012, three days before the 25th anniversary of the death of Ben Linder, to discuss Linder’s legacy and the ways in which Green Empowerment celebrates that legacy on a daily basis. Linder was a young, engaging mechanical engineer who [...]
Celebrate the Legacy of Ben Linder
April 28th will mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Ben Linder, a mechanical engineer from Portland who was killed by U.S.-backed contras in northern Nicaragua as he prepared to build a small hydroelectric plant. The project that Ben helped to launch has continued since his death. A recent editorial in The Oregonian speaks to the person [...]
The Intrepid Travelers Return from Nicaragua
Susan Rosenthall, a member of Havurah Shalom congregation in Portland, completed an eight-day service project in El Jocote with fellow members of Havurah Shalom in late December. The following account was published in a recent Havurah Shalom community newsletter. Although only “on the ground” for a short while, the group assisted in community improvements that [...]
Zone B: Inside Umpiem Mai Refugee Camp
Antonia Sohns served as a MAP Fellow with our partner Border Green Energy Team (BGET) along the Thai-Burmese border. After completing her Masters in Water Science, Policy and Management from Oxford, Antonia joined the BGET team in late 2011. She shares a day in “Zone B” of the Umpiem Mai refugee Camp, where harsh realities [...]
Anna Garwood in U of Va. Magazine
In an article authored for The University of Virginia Magazine, Anna Garwood discusses her roots in international development plus several indelible career moments that fuel her dedication to Green Empowerment’s mission. She describes how her studies at U.Va. (Anna studied anthropology and Spanish) have given rise, in an unforeseeable nature, to her work at Green Empowerment. [...]
IRRI Mexico Internships Available. Apply Now!
An exciting opportunity: Our partner organization Instituto Internacional de Recursos Renovables (IRRI) is offering in-country internships that range from two to twelve months.
WHO: IRRI Mexico develops and disseminates sustainable and appropriate technologies, such as biodigesters and rainwater catchment systems.
WHAT: IRRI provides a unique internship experience through programs that share our interdisciplinary approach– promoting energy independence [...]
Blacksburg Community Delivers Clean Cookstoves
A group of volunteers from Blacksburg, VA, many of which were students at Virginia Tech, recently completed the installation of a series of improved biomass cookstoves in the community of San Jose de Bocay, Nicaragua — one of Blacksburg’s sister cities. Green Empowerment coordinated the trip with local NGO partner APRODELBO and other local community [...]
