Internships Volunteer Work

AIDSETI, AIDS Empowerment and Treatment International: "a network created and managed by people living with HIV/AIDS - both infected and affected - in the South and the North. AIDSETI is incorporated in Burkina Faso and in Delaware, US,..." "an international network of 26 community-based associations of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) focused on providing HIV care and treatment in" Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cote d'Ivoire - Dominican Republic - Ethiopia - Guinee - Haiti - Jamaica - Kenya - Tanzania - Togo - Trinidad - Uganda - Zimbabwe. Personal stories, programs. Has unpaid internships. Organization founded by Lee Wildes of San Francisco. [KF] http://www.aidseti.org/

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (Durban, South Africa): Promotes "a rights culture and a protective and responsive legal system...." Described the university-based Street Law program. Publishes Democracy Watch. Has an internship program. The Centre was established in 1987 in the Law Faculty at the University of Natal, Durban. http://www.csls.org.za/

Cross-Cultural Solutions: "independent non-profit organization with no governmental or religious affiliations." Partners with CARE. "volunteers work in orphanages and child care centers, schools, health clinics and hospitals, homes for the elderly, centers for people with disabilities, and other community organizations." Is open to all ages, abilities (including those with disabilities). Has 3-week minimum stays in Ghana and Tanzania. A three week cost for the Volunteer Abroad program is $2,650. Interns work in health, education or social services and work for 5 weeks in Ghana ($3,471) or 4 weeks in Tanzania ($3,210). Offices in New Rochelle, New York and Brighton, U.K. [KF] http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/

Council on International Educational Exchange. International Volunteer Projects: "International Volunteer Projects offer unique opportunities for Americans to work on a short-term, team-oriented projects overseas." For Africa only has projects in Morocco. Must be at least 18 years of age. The average age of volunteers is 20-25. You must arrange and pay for your own airfare and ground transportation. The CIEE was established in 1947. Based in New York City. [KF] http://www.ciee.org/index.cfm

Economic and Social Research Foundation (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania): ESRF was "established in 1994 as an independent, not-for-profit institution for research and policy analysis." Hosts an Anti-Corruption Forum with reports, documents. Some issues of its Newsletter are online. Has a searchable online document catalog. The newspaper clipping database has articles in PDF but sources are not indicated. Has student internship positions. Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Old Site:http://www.esrf.kabissa.org/ New site: http://www.esrftz.org/

Foreign Policy Association: Has a Job Board lisiting internships, job and volunteer opportunities. "a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmental, educational organization founded in 1918 to educate Americans about the significant international issues that influence their lives." http://www.fpa.org/

Global Routes (Northampton, Massachusetts): A non-profit, non-sectarian NGO. Its first program was in Kenya in 1986. For North American high school and college students; students live with local families. Costs: Summer: $4,300, Fall, Winter, Spring: $4,600. Program fees do not include airfare. Has teaching internships in Kenya and Ghana. Interns can receive academic credit through California State University, Chico. Based in Northampton, Massachusetts. http://www.globalroutes.org/

Global Service Corps (San Francisco): Its Tanzania program includes internships; costs range from $1600 to $3500 (2 weeks to 10 weeks). "Volunteers give community service by working on service-learning health and HIV/AIDS prevention and sustainable agriculture projects." Works with Earth Island Institute, the San Francisco environmental organization. http://www.globalservicecorps.org

Global Volunteer Network: Places volunteers in community projects in Ghana, Uganda, and other countries. Volunteers participate in educational, environmental and community aid programs. Examples of ...activities available include teaching English, environmental work, AIDS education, and assisting in an orphanage. "Our Uganda program allows volunteers to participate in AIDS education and economic stimulation, while our Ghana program allows volunteers to steach children a variety of subjects." "The Global Volunteer Network (GVN) is a private, Non Government Organization (NGO) based in Wellington, New Zealand." http://www.volunteer.org.nz/

Global Youth Connect: Study tour to Rwanda; cost approx. $2,000. May have internships. Hafsat Abiola was on the founding steering committee. Based in Woodstock, New York. [KF] http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/

GoAbroad.com: "source for study abroad, language schools, overseas internships, international volunteer positions, teach abroad, jobs abroad, US Universities, Eco-Travel around the world..." Select by country or type or work, internship, area of study, etc.. http://www.goabroad.com/

The Idealist - Action Without Borders: Directory of nonprofit agencies in 110 countries, including African countries. Has a database of internships, non-profit jobs. Founded in 1995 and based in New York. http://www.idealist.org/

Indiana University. Summer Study Abroad: Dakar, Senegal - "History, Culture and Politics of West African Muslim Societies," July 6-August 12, 2003: Application deadline is February 24, 2003. Applicants must be an undergraduate student at an accredited university, have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, and have completed two semesters of college-level French. Cost is $2,250 for non-Indiana U student, plus the cost of airfare. At Cheikh Anta Diop University. Directed by Maria Grosz-Ngaté, Associate Director of IU's African Studies Program. http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/flyers/dakar.html

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa / Institut pour les Droits Humains et le Développement en Afrique - Internships: "Interns coming from outside Africa pay into a fund for the support of African interns, as follows: $250 per month for those who stay three months; $200 per month for those who stay up to seven months; and a flat $1500 for those who stay eight months or longer. Such interns will have to cover all their living and other expenses while in the Gambia, including health insurance."; Qualifications: Interns must be computer literate and fluent in either English or French, with working knowledge of the other language. Arabic or Portuguese language skills are an advantage. Interns may be of any academic or national background. Those with legal training will work in the Institute's litigation and capacity building programmes. Those with training in journalism, public relations, social sciences, fund-raising, graphic design, computers and web page maintenance, library and cataloguing skills are also welcome." The Institute has received funding from the Ford Foundation, Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and others. http://www.AfricanInstitute.org/html/internships.html

International Law Institute - African Centre for Legal Excellence (ILl-Uganda): Internships for foreign law students [from all countries; many U.S. students have participated]. "Interns are involved fully in the workings of the Centre, and are encouraged to formulate independent projects concerning legal capacity building in developing nations and international commercial law. The internship is unpaid but housing is provided. Applicants must currently be enrolled in law school." The Centre offers continuing education and research for lawyers, finance officials, and other professionals from all nations of sub-Saharan Africa. http://www.ili.org/uganda/home.html

KickStart (formerly ApproTEC): An NGO founded in Kenya in 1991, works in Kenya, Tanzania, Mali. "Each summer, ApproTEC has a very limited number of internships at its offices in Nairobi, Kenya. These non-paying positions are for experienced business, economics, and engineering design graduate students or professionals. ApproTEC assists small business people "to identify viable business opportunities, to access the technologies required to launch the new enterprises and to widely market new products." Example: Designed a water pump which has helped Kenyans grow food more efficiently and profitably. ApproTEC received one of five Tech Museum of Innovation award for technology benefiting humanity - Source: San Jose Mercury News, 1C. Nov. 8, 2002, p. Based in Nairobi and San Francisco. http://www.approtec.org/

Pearls of Africa - Online Volunteers: Assist a Uganda non-profit working with people with disabilities. "conduct research, translate information from one language to another, prepare grant proposals, writing, design web sites and pages, create graphics, assist in marketing, fundraising, and communications..." A partner of NetAid. http://www.pearlsofafrica.org/online_volunteering.html

Southern Africa Environment Project - Internships: SAEP is a non-profit with offices in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. Accepts "volunteers and interns/fellows for its environmental education and academic support and enrichment programme in the high schools of Philippi and other townships, Cape Town. These positions provide unique opportunities to learn, teach, and serve at the same time." Volunteers must have their own funding. [KF] http://www.saep.org/

Stanford Association for International Development: Stanford student organization, information on international service opportunities. http://www.stanford.edu/group/said/cgi-bin/home.php

Stanford In Government - International Internships: Lists resources for students, undergrad and graduate. Not restricted to Stanford students. http://www.stanford.edu/group/SIG/internships/international.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/SIG/

Stanford University - FUSION Future Social Innovators Network: For Stanford students interested in social entrepreneurship. http://fusion.stanford.edu/

Stanford University. Haas Center for Public Service: For Stanford undergraduate students only. Has an African Service Fellowship, a joint program with the Center for African Studies, for students interested in working on social and economic issues in Africa, particularly southern Africa. This is a full-time nine-week, internship (typically done in summer) with an organization in southern Africa. The Haas Summer Fellowship enables students to design their own program in Africa. Students need to have a previous contact in Africa. http://haas.stanford.edu/

Students for International Change: "a non-governmental organization that is committed to limiting the impact of HIV/AIDS in northern Tanzania and to providing high-quality service-learning opportunities for future leaders in international development and public health. SIC offers a range of free services to target communities including awareness campaigns, HIV testing and counseling, and educational resources." 'SIC offers structured 8 and 12 week volunteer programs open to students and recent alumni of Arizona State University, the Claremont Colleges, Stanford University, the University of Arizona, UCLA, the University of Florida, and the University of Southampton (UK). We may also accept applications from students at other selected Universities." Based in Tucson, Arizona. http://www.sichange.org/home/

United Nations in Nairobi - Internship Programme: Applicants must provide their own funding and be currently enrolled in a third or fourth year of under-graduate (BA/BSc) or in a graduate (Masters) or post-graduate (PhD) programme. They must be willing to intern on a full-time basis spending five days a week usually for a period of not less than THREE MONTHS and not exceeding SIX MONTHS. http://www.unep.org/Vac/Internship/Default.asp

University of Minnesota. Global Campus: Offers some internships to non-Minnesota students in Kenya and Senegal - "This program is open to all individuals. Eligibility does not require student or University of Minnesota status." Use the Intern Volunteer Database to locate internships, volunteer work. http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/

VolunteerMatch: Matches volunteers with non-profit organizations. Find in person volunteer projects by type, location. Virtual volunteer projects (build web sites for organizations world-wide). Other virtual volunteer projects include translation, preparing training manuals, etc. Based in San Francisco, California. http://www.volunteermatch.org/

West African Research Center: Offers fellowships, travel grants, and internships. Based in Dakar, Senegal. http://www.warc-croa.org/

Women for Women International: A non-profit which matches a U.S. woman with a woman overseas. "always needs general office volunteers for our Washington, DC headquarter office." Research Internships research and write reports on the political, economic, demographic and gender issues of specific countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Columbia, Iran, Kosova, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.womenforwomen.org

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Internships: For undergraduate and graduate students. "Foreign students are eligible, but they must hold a valid F-1 or J-1 visa and appropriate work authorization." The Center, "a nonpartisan institution, supported by public and private funds, engaged in the study of national and world affairs", has an Africa Program. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=internships.welcome

Print Sources
Directories may help locate organizations which accept interns.

East Africa Directory of Grantmakers and Grants Programmes, 2004-2005.
Nairobi, Kenya : Allavida.

NGOs Eastern Africa, development & business organizations : Directory & profiles. 2005/6.
Nairobi : New Dawn Media Services, 2006.

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