Volunteer

Grassroots International occasionally has a need for volunteers to assist our staff in the Boston office with fundraising tasks, outreach, mailings, clerical work and other office support, for help with events, and as translators. We are a welcoming, informal, and interesting environment and we’d love to have you be part of the team.

We offer two types of volunteer opportunities:

•    Weekly Volunteers
•    Document Translators

Read more about each type of opportunity below.

Weekly Volunteers

Weekly volunteers provide regular administrative and clerical support for ongoing tasks and occasional projects. Weekly volunteer opportunities are offered on an as-needed-basis. These volunteer opportunities require:

•    A minimum four hour per week commitment
•    Legible writings skills for composing short notes and addressing envelopes to donors
•    Ability to work independently and efficiently at filing, stuffing envelopes and occasional data entry
•    Completion of special projects and tasks determined based on volunteer's skillset

Contact our volunteer coordinator for more information.

Document Translators

Grassroots has an ongoing need for folks with strong language ability in Portuguese, French and Spanish to translate proposals and reports from our partner organizations in Brazil, Haiti and Mesoamerica. Translators will:

•    Have intermediate to advanced readings skills in the foreign language, and strong English writing skills
•    Work with us independently and electronically, by exchanging documents with us via email

Contact our translation volunteer coordinator for more information.