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Position Title: Media/Communications Call ID: SAD.UPS.2019.04
Request Num: SR20064 Date Call was Listed: Mar 27, 2019
Status: Active Last Updated: Mar 27, 2019
Number of Positions: Requested Pending Filled Available
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Position Description
Country: Peru
Calling Organization: South Peru Union Mission (Unión Peruana del Sur)
Position Type(s): Communications/Media
Length of Service: 12-24 months
Who makes Final Decision:   Top Sending Org
Beginning Date: Sep 1, 2019 
Ending Date: Jun 29, 2020
Urgent? No
Application Deadline:
Cancel call if not filled by: Oct 10, 2019
Duties:     The volunteer will serve in a ministry that supports the SDA church, entitled
AMOR Projects, to perform the following duties: Provide media and communications
assistance for AMOR Projects in the Amazon basin of east Peru. You will be involved
in documenting the activities of the AMOR Projects group as you participate with
them in the activities of medical outreach, orphanage activities, evangelism, and
teaching in the local schools. You must have skills in photography, movie creation,
and journalism.
On-site Orientation Provided? Yes
Stipend during Orientation?  Yes
Orientation Date: Sep 2, 2019
Voice tape/phone interview required? Yes
Institution requires signed agreement?  Yes
Acceptable Dress: Modest shirts, shorts, jeans and work pants are acceptable. For church and special functions, dresses, dress pants and shirts.
Unacceptable Dress:  No tight pants, short shorts, spaghetti straps, low cleavages, or clothing with questionable logos or messages. No jewelry, tattoos, colored painted nails. Women: midriff must be covered when bending down.
Lodging   (Requests for a specific gender or age must be related to accommodation issues, maturity, safety or culture.)
Lodging:   The housing provides bunk beds with mattresses, mosquito netting, table and chair. Other supplies are purchased in nearby Pucallpa for personal needs.
Gender: Either
Age Preference: 20+ years
Marital Status: Single
Child Accommodation Available: No
Housing Restrictions:
Qualifications   (Legally, "experience required" must be related to specific duties of position.)
Experience Required:   Education or experience in the business field.
Languages:  English(Fluent) Required, Spanish(Average) Prefered
Minimum Education Preferred:  2 Years College/Univ
Concentration: Business related field
Education Comments: Education or experience in the business field.
Finances
Currency: Dollars, United States of America
Finance Type: Regular (Shared Funding)
Expense Responsibility Terms/Comments
Visa   Volunteer/Sponsor    
Medical / Inoculations   Volunteer/Sponsor    
Travel to/from Location (Volunteer)   Volunteer/Sponsor    
Travel to/from Location (Spouse)   N/A    
Local Travel   Calling Organization    
Travel (Children)   N/A    
Excess Baggage   Volunteer/Sponsor    
Insurance   Volunteer/Sponsor   For Long Term and Short Term positions: Accident, Sickness & Personal Effects & Baggage (PEB) Insurance Protection for Volunteers. For international volunteers serving in NAD: Short-Term Travel Insurance.  
Accommodations   Calling Organization    
Utilities   Calling Organization    
Food / Meals   Volunteer/Sponsor    
Monthly Living Allowance   Volunteer/Sponsor   USD Volunteer should raise $300/month plus airfare plus money to use for required vacation to leave country and return to renew 180 day Visa  
Other   N/A    
Total monthly amount volunteer/sponsor must raise: $300/month
Additional terms/benefits or comments: 1) THE INSURANCE WILL BE BILLED TO THE VOLUNTEER'S SENDING INSTITUTION
2) PROOF OF INSURANCE PAYMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE DELIVERED TO AMOR
PROJECTS AND A COPY BE ATTACHED TO THE VOLUNTEER'S APPLICATION BEFORE
THEY CAN START SERVICE.
3) THERE HAS BEEN A DONATION TO HELP FUND THIS POSITION. THE DONAR IS
WILLING TO PAY UP TO 2/3 OF THE COST TO THE SENDING INSTITUTION FOR THE
APPLICANT THAT IS ACCEPTED TO FILL THIS ROLL.
Travel and Visa
Destination City: Pucallpa
Airport: David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL)
Travel from Airport to Destination: AMOR Projects representative will pick up.
Required Inoculations Update Tetanus, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, Hep A.
Other Medical Recommendations Prophylaxis for malaria if prescribed by physician.
Visa Required? Yes           Visa Type: Tourist
    Who Applies: US citizens receive visa at Lima airport upon arrival.
Work Permit Required? No  Who Applies:
Police Clearance Required: No
HIV Clearance Required: No
Child Protection Clearance Required:   No
Send papers to: Send papers to: AMOR Projects, P.O. Box 212, Loma Linda, CA 92354

Additional Information
Site Director / Physician:
Henry Alberto Camacho Navarro (filex34barbas@gmail.com)
Amor Projects contact person:
Ron Hawkins (ron.hawkins@amorprojects.org)
Deadline:
Visa/Travel Details: Visa/Travel Details: Upon arrival in Peru at Lima (Jorge Chavez International airport) pass through immigrations, at the immigrations desk, request 183-day-tourist-visa and receive tarjeta andina (the bottom half of a white form you will fill out upon arrival in Peru for the immigrations checkpoint, Immigrations will stamp the paper, which then constitutes your visa for entering the country. It is very important to store this paper in a safe place, as it is required for you to leave the country. Before expiration of 183 days, leave the country for 24 hours for visa renewal (recommended border countries Ecuador or Bolivia).
Requesting Organization
Organization Name: South Peru Union Mission (Unión Peruana del Sur)
Calling Division: South American Division
Calling Union: South Peru Union Mission
Calling Conference:
Country: Peru
Region:
Supervisor
Supervisor: Choque Ortega, Farí
Title: Executive Secretary
Approved By:   Daniel Villar,  for South Peru Mission (Misión Peruana del Sur) on Mar 14, 2019. Entered by: dos Santos Basso, Suély