Purpose
Promote and Raise Funds for SAMA
What will I do?
Promote SAMA in your community using various tools.
In-person Events
- Organize an event in your community whose proceeds are used to fund a SAMA program, examples of prior events:
- Eid Bazaar
- Live Performance
- Sharing SAMA fundraising flyers in personal social media profile/groups
- Creating a Facebook (or similar social media portal) Event/Birthday Fundraiser for a SAMA program
- Posting a Video Testimonial about SAMA work in social media
What projects will I raise funds for?
- Knowledge_Without_Barriers
- Project ECHO connects Learners in Africa with Subject Matter Experts from all over the globe
- Serving_the_Underserved
- Provides advanced medical care to those who cannot usually afford it in Sudan.
- Medical Supplies Program
- Provides high-quality re-purposed Medical Supplies to Sudan.
What will I learn?
- Project Management Skills through Mentorship by SAMA Leadership
- Subject to availability/performance
- Summer Shadowing Opportunity in a US clinical setting
- Present SAMA Work in US Conferences
Requirements
Essential
- Align with SAMA Mission to Serve the Underserved
- Outgoing Personality
- Easy to Work With
- Willing to Learn
- Willing/Able to attend the monthly committee meeting (First Saturday of every month at 12PM Central Time)
- Fluent in English
Desirable
- Live and Work in the USA
- Enrolled in a US college with a plan to apply for medical school
Process
- Application forms are reviewed by the SAMA Board of Directors
- Those who are a good fit are invited to attend the monthly Fundraising Committee Virtual Meeting (12 PM Central First Saturday of every month)
- In the monthly meeting, new volunteers are introduced to the team, new tasks are assigned, old tasks are reviewed
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