Cultural Orientation Ambassador- Welcome House - Greater Portland, Maine

Related Program: Refugee & Immigration Services

80 Sherman Street
Greater Portland, Maine

Community integration is vital to refugee resettlement. The Cultural Orientation volunteer helps to support integration into their new community on this informative day, .

Key Responsibilities: 

• Help in the morning with set up of tables and chairs 8 to 9AM
• Clean up 3 to 4PM
• Help with setting up activities and materials
• Help with setup and clean up during morning snacktime , and lunchtime.  
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Impact of Opportunity:  

The Cultural Orientation volunteer will embody the CCM core value of “hospitality” by “welcoming the most vulnerable and in need to an environment of dignity, safety, warmth and a sense of being home.” The efforts of the orientation volunteer will help refugees build a safe life in Maine by improving connectedness to their local community at large and to the local immigrant community. The efforts of the orientation volunteer will help refugees become independent and self-sufficient. 

Qualifications & Skills Required: 

• Must be over 18, or with a parent or guardian if ages 14 to 18
• Willingness to learn from refugees and promote respect. 

• Ability to build relationships and establish trust. 
• Patience, flexibility, and dependability.  

• Outgoing with excellent communication skills. Language skills helpful. 
• Experience and/or strong interest in working with people/families from different cultural backgrounds. 
• Ability to learn/teach how to access local resources. 
• Creative problem solving. 

Training Offered:  

• Monthly supervision with Volunteer Coordinator 

Time Commitment & Schedule: 2 to 8 hours per month - the 3rd Friday of the month

Benefits: 

• An increased appreciation for human rights. 
• Deepening of your knowledge of immigration. 

• A mutually beneficial cultural exchange. 

Program Contact: Linca Vanessa Iradukunda, RIS Volunteer Coordinator, 207-653-2491 or [email protected]

Updated August 2023 kad

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