(Denver, CO) – Micro lendig non profit, Global Peace Train (GPT), invites the Colorado community to join the team and help spread the word. Starting in January 2012, GPT is embarking on several new initiatives, and is dependent on their volunteer team to help make these projects successful. GPT is currently seeking enthusiastic individuals who are interested in taking a leadership role in specific committees and who have a passion for making a difference on a global level.
GPT is recruiting volunteers with the following professional experience and skills:
- Fund Development
- Special Events Planning
- Marketing Communications
- Call Center Management
- Database Management
- Project Management
To become part of an amazing team of volunteers in 2012, interested parties can send a brief email describing their interests and skills to marta@globalpeacetrain.org by December 31st, 2011. Volunteers will begin meeting within their selected committees during the second week of January, 2012.
By joining the GPT team, volunteers will make a significant impact and will be greatly appreciated by the global communities that continue to endure extreme poverty and hardship. To learn more about GPT, visit or contact them at:
Email: info@globalpeacetrain.org
Web: http://www.globalpeacetrain.org/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Peace-Train/135118249882007
YouTube: http://youtu.be/Z9SYprRtPjA
About Global Peace Train and Its Programs:
Founded in 2009, Global Peace Train (GPT) is a volunteer-based, Colorado nonprofit [501(c)3] that empowers some of the world’s most underprivileged communities to become self sufficient by custom fitting business models with traditional culture. We achieve our mission by collaboratively working with NGO’s and the most destitute populations all over the globe. Our goal is to provide the resources the communities need to lift themselves from poverty and to educate them in the skills they ask for in order to personally empower them towards a brighter future.
To date, GPT efforts have involved micro-lending for women-led projects in Kenya*, economic development on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota**, and transformative programming with metro-Denver gang members.
*The Mission of the Kenya Project is to empower the native women and develop a sustainable program that can be handed over to the local participants when it is fully operational. The objective of Miracles with Microloans© is to reduce poverty while creating dignity, not dependence. Miracles with Microloans© is designed to facilitate the empowerment of underserved women in the Kuwinda slum, using micro financing as a vehicle to develop sustainable community enterprises. This microfinance program offers small loans to impoverished women so they can start small businesses and lift their families out of poverty.
**The Mission of Tribal Traditions of the Lakota Sioux is to empower the native women to build an economy and share their tradition. By designing an e-commerce website and teaching them business skills, they learn how to bring their beautiful quilts to market with integrity and passion.