You Can Make A Personal Impact
TYPES OF PROJECTS
PROVIDING:
Providing 1:1 career coaching
SPEAKING:
Leading sessions at scholar Leadership Summit and scholar webinars
SCHOLAR PROJECT SUPPORT:
Helping scholars launch their projects that support their home country
SHARE YOUR CONNECTIONS:
Internships, jobs, and/or college admission opportunities
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:
Helping the organization thrive
SPECIALIZED GIFTS:
Contributing in your own unique way
OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF!
SHE-CAN scholar Deborah Gonkpah wanted to build a latrine to protect her Liberian community from the hazards of public defecation.
A Power to Fly Volunteer helped her strategize how to scope the project, fundraise, and secure materials. Today her community has a new latrine!
Current Volunteer Opportunities
Scholar Projects
- Essay Coaches
- Work directly with the SHE-CAN scholars’ Essay Mentors on both the main Common Application essay and college-specific supplemental essays.
- SHE-CAN looks for volunteers with excellent writing/editing skills and professional experience in writing, college application support, or communications.
- Experience working with international students is a plus.
- Take The Lead Project guide to scholars
- Serve as a “Project Guide” to our newest SHE-CAN candidates who are about to do a Take The Lead Community service project in their home countries between February and May. Each candidate is matched with a Power to Fly volunteer.
- Make A Change Project guide to scholars
- Make A Change recipients can apply for funding to create and deliver a community impact project in their home country. This would take several hours per month during the planning stage before they return to their country to implement, with time for check-ins during the project.
- Provide a workshop on your field of work – we’re open to any field but are especially looking for people in:
- Business Development and Entrepreneurship
- Law and Social Justice
- Community Health
- Water Access and Sanitation in Rural Communities
- Technology
- Social Impact Investing
- International Development
SHE-CAN Projects
- Help us develop and elevate our Public Relations strategy
- Advise SHE-CAN on DEI strategy and implementation
- Assist with grant research and grant writing
- Provide feedback on our Google Ads strategy
- Identify companies willing to donate gently used laptops or phones to SHE-CAN scholars
“Working with Peipei through the Power To Fly program was the ideal way to meaningfully engage with a great young leader and make a real connection. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.”
– Sarah Gough, Programs Team Consultant at ICA Fund