Help with writing articles for Better Life Vietnam's blog

Write engaging stories about our volunteer projects and impact.

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Application deadline 5 years ago: Friday 2 Oct 2020 at 01:00 UTC

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Overview

Write engaging stories about our volunteer projects and impact.

You have:

  • Strong skills in writing and story telling are essential.
  • Passion for sustainable tourism and community development work is required.
  • Availability of 1-5 hours per week is necessary.

Contract

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We are looking for help from five Online Volunteers with writing beautiful stories of how volunteer team members are making our projects happen, how our projects have an impact to underprivileged children and youth in Vietnam. Online Volunteers will work with an online team to write about different aspects of our organization: about our projects, stories of the underprivileged children and youth whom we help, stories of Online Volunteers who are contributing their time and efforts to support our work and etc. These articles/stories will be shared on our blog and social media channels. Each volunteer is expected to help with writing at least one article a week.

  • Writing and editing
  • Communication, mass media and art

    Better Life Vietnam (BLV) is a non-profit working to improve education conditions for underprivileged children and youth in Vietnam. In order to sustain BLV, we have launched two social businesses: Tours For Books organizes tour and provides travel services in Vietnam; and Coeurs De Papier sells handmade artworks products made by youth with disabilities. These articles will help promote our work through blogs and social media channels.

  • Volunteers: 5 needed

  • 1-5 hours per week / 12 weeks

    We require candidates to have strong skills in writing, story telling and a passion for sustainable tourism and community development work.

  • Viet Nam

  • English

Potential interview questions

Can you provide an example of a story you wrote that had an impact on its audience? This question assesses your writing skills and ability to engage readers. Share a specific story, the audience's response, and what made it impactful.
How do you approach the writing process for a new article? The interviewer wants to understand your writing methodology. Pro members can see the explanation.
What motivates you to work in community development and with underprivileged groups? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
How would you handle feedback on your writing? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Describe a time when you collaborated with a team to achieve a goal. What role did you play? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 5 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: onlinevolunteering.org