Rio de Oro Gavardo Non-Profit Organization

• Activity period: 1 week of training, with the schedule to be determined between June 22 and July 6.   Project activities are scheduled from July 8 to 22, 2020.  

• Location of activities: All activities will be conducted remotely  

• Further logistical details will be agreed upon with partners and communicated in June 2020.  

• Number of volunteers involved: max. 4 (regardless of degree program)  

The Rio de Oro Gavardo ONLUS association is a non-profit organization that has been active in the Brescia area since 2007. It carries out solidarity projects to support children with disabilities and their families in the Saharawi refugee camps (southern Algeria) and in Italy, through health care stays organized during the summer months in several municipalities in the Brescia area. The association is built on the pillars of equality among peoples, cooperation, solidarity, the protection of human rights, and the fight against inequality.  

Given that we are unable to host our summer program and, consequently, cannot accommodate Luiss University students for an on-site volunteer experience during this project, we are happy to accept the proposal to carry out the project remotely.  

 PHASE 1 – ONLINE TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERS  

Students must receive basic training, delivered online, covering:  

• - The geopolitical situation in Western Sahara and the cause of the Saharawi people;  

• - The Rio de Oro Association’s projects benefiting the Saharawi people;  

• - The activities carried out by the association;  

The association is willing to design and implement the student training program or to collaborate in its execution.  

PHASE 2 - PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION  

• Areas of focus: communication, economics, and marketing;   

• Project idea: planning and executing a fundraising campaign to support the association’s projects; developing and implementing social media marketing and social marketing criteria and strategies to promote the association’s mission, presence, and activities through web and social media channels (Facebook and Instagram);