Carolina Lopez Barrera Email & Phone Number

Bogota Dc

Manage the virtual implementation of the virtual program in the Americas (USA, Panama, Paraguay & Costa Rica). My role includes recruiting students and mentors, training them and overseeing mentor-student relationships, facilitating monthly workshops, and managing program logistics and communication through the LMS. I am also in charge of designing the Social Impact Summit and take care of post-program tasks, ensuring the smooth running and future success of the program. This role requires bilingual communication and strong organizational skills in a cross-cultural environment.

Panama

🔸Lead the coordination, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the AMIGOS programs in Panama, ensuring the achievement of established objectives and goals.**🔸Promote and maintain strong relationships with Panamanian partners, based on mutual respect, collaboration, and shared visions that engage youth in community development initiatives and intercultural exchange.🔸Supervise and support project staff during summer programs, covering areas such as health and safety, logistical support, reporting, and financial reports.**🔸Continuously monitor political, economic, health, and safety issues in the assigned areas of work, ensuring a safe and appropriate environment for operations.🔸Manage budgets and documentation for assigned programs, ensuring efficient use of resources and compliance with regulations.🔸Ensure the efficient, timely, and accurate implementation of all monitoring and evaluation tools, enhancing the quality and impact of the programs.

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

🔸Mentoring young people from Latin America and the United States in implementing community service projects using Design Thinking methodology.🔸 Planning monthly meetings with mentees to track their initiatives.🔸 Facilitate bilingual workshops (English/Spanish) for Latin american and american youth.

Chiriquí, Paanamá

🔸Lead a dynamic team in the planning, execution and evaluation of the social project focused on Sustainable Agriculture 🔸Mentoring of young volunteers during their cultural experience in Tierras Altas-Panama. 🔸Manage the project budget, ensuring financial sustainability and accountability. 🔸Collaborate with senior management to define the objectives and goals in order to achieve total project success.🔸 Creation of alliances with Associated Agencies and the local community to take advantage of local resources. 🔸Conduct regular meetings on the status of the project, reporting progress, milestones and key performance indicators to interested parties. 🔸Prepare periodic reports in order to demonstrate the impact and transparency of the project.

Denver

🔸 Cultural exchange with host families from the United States and learning English as a second language.🔸 Teaching Spanish as a second language to children and young people.🔸Collaborate with parents to ensure consistent child care practices and open communication.🔸Use virtual assistant skills to manage the family calendar, send emails, and coordinate virtual meetings with my local leader.

Maicao-La Guajira-Colombia

🔸Develop and implement child protection policies and procedures to guarantee the well-being and safety of all boys and girls at the Comprehensive Care Center (CAI) in the city of Maicao-Guajira.🔸Coordinate with social workers, psychologists and legal experts to provide comprehensive support services to children and their families.🔸Organize educational and recreational activities to promote physical, emotional and social development.🔸Advocate for the rights of migrant children and adolescents and collaborate with local authorities and organizations to improve their access to essential services.🔸Monitor and report any case of child abuse, exploitation or neglect, ensuring immediate intervention and follow-up.🔸Prepare periodic reports in order to report the progress of the program.

Carmen Del Darien-Chocó

🔸Implement "Mi Futuro es Hoy" project within the framework of the post-conflict, in order to enhance the skills children and young people from distant regions (Tarazá-Antioquia and Carmen del Darien- Chocó).🔸Conduct research and needs analysis to adapt the project to the specific conditions of each community.🔸Build strategic alliances with public, private and social organizations to develop community support programs.🔸Keep the beneficiary database updated and organize digital files for efficient access to information.🔸Collaborate with community leaders, schools and local organizations to ensure comprehensive support for young people at risk of armed recruitment.🔸Lead interactive workshops on human rights, resilience, social justice, conflict resolution and peacebuilding to a variety of audiences, including students, teachers and local communities.🔸Plan and supervise the implementation of youth-led peace initiatives for the development of resilience and peacebuilding in local communities affected by armed conflict.🔸Organize events and activities to strengthen the sense of community and promote civic participation.🔸Conduct project monitoring and evaluation to measure impact and adjust strategies as necessary.🔸Provide emotional support to young participants and families in situations of crisis or need.🔸Manage administrative tasks, including email correspondence, calendar management and scheduling appointments for meetings with participants, family commissioner and the organization's directives.

Risaralda, Colombia

🔸Facilitate cultural workshops for girls and boys of the Embera indigenous community and Afrocolombian population of the Risaralda region. 🔸Promote historical storytelling and preservation of cultural traditions. 🔸Conduct ethnographic research to understand the needs and challenges of the Emberá indigenous community.

Pereira, Risaralda

🔸Formulation, management and execution of projects focused on gender and self-care.🔸Responsible for raising economic and physical resources to finance social initiatives.🔸Establishment of strategic alliances with international cooperation organizations.🔸Social media management, including writing blogs and relevant content to increase visibility and engagement with initiatives.

Medellin

🔸Analysis of the self-sustainability of social organizations in Medellín using the Design Thinking methodology as a framework.🔸Conducting an extensive research and systematization of experiences to identify patterns and best practices in organizational sustainability.🔸Responsible for the translation and editing technical and academic documents to facilitate the dissemination and understanding of findings and recommendations.

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

🔸Collaborate in the planning and supervision of constructio for prefabricated homes and eco-roofs. 🔸Represent the Organization into the National and Departmental Council of Volunteering, in order to create more alliances. 🔸Identification of beneficiary families for the program. 🔸Assist in promoting community events.

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

🔸Lead recreational activities for girls, boys, teenagers and adults, including summer camps, craft workshops and themed events. 🔸Collaborate closely with other areas to integrate recreational activities into corporate well-being programs and improvement of the work environment.

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

🔸Provide essential administrative support for the organization team dedicated to the protection of abandoned children.🔸Effectively manage correspondence and organization of important documents for the organization.🔸Collaborate in the organization of recreational events for abandoned boys and girls.🔸Coordinate the creation of a library-toy library at the minor protection center in Mosquera-Cundinamarca.

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