Descripción:
MAPU Association is a young non-profit organization, founded in Madrid, Spain, on April 2006. The main objective of MAPU Association is to encourage and promote cooperation and development projects within the communities of Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia in order to foster local self-sufficiency, augment the locals´ resources, and improve their capacity for positive and sustainable development.
One of the Education and Culture projects promoted by MAPU Association is the organization of an FM community radio station in the city of Esquel, where MAPU is based in Patagonia. We are currently looking for the financial resources to establish the radio station, which we expect will start functioning around February 2010.
Volunteering Placement Description: As a volunteer in the Community Radio Operator placement, you will be responsible for controlling the broadcast equipment, carrying out broadcasting activities, mixing sounds, and other tasks related to the functioning of the community radio station.
Also, according to your experience, you will be able to help with setting up the studio, organizing the production equipment, controlling the acoustic balance of the studio, etc.
Objectives: The aim of this volunteering placement is that you help achieve professional performance of the local community radio station, and that you contribute your knowledge and experience in the field.
Requirements: For this volunteering placement you need to have studies and/or experience as a radio technician/operator. Also, you need to be flexible, proactive, creative and able to work in an autonomous, systematic and organized way.
Languages: Intermediate level of Spanish
Minimum and Maximum Length: 1 month minimum – flexible maximum
To perform your volunteer work, you would need to pay a fee of 250 € to the MAPU Association. This amount includes your annual membership fee to MAPU Association (50€) and your one time volunteer placement organization fee (200€). Through your annual membership fee, which you will decide whether you renew the following year, and the payment of the organization of your volunteer placement, you will not only contribute to finance the MAPU Association projects, but you will also be able to keep volunteering, as a member of MAPU, in every available project in Patagonia which fits your profile without having to pay the volunteer fee again. Also, you will get help organizing your trip, finding an accommodation at a reasonable local price with a local host family and all the support you may need for this experience.
¿Cómo aplicar?:
If you are interested in this volunteering placement, please visit our website (
http://www.patagoniavolunteer.org/) or contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Fernanda Rojas, directly at
info@patagoniavolunteer.org. She will send you the Application Form in which you will need to include a Letter of Intent (you will find a guide on what to mention in the letter) and your Curriculum Vitae.
