The SHARE Institute can arrange internships abroad. Though the locations available vary from year to year a sampling of some of the places interns have visited in the past include Yemen, Egypt, Zambia, South Africa, Nicaragua, and India. Our international internship program can be a exciting way to broaden your horizons and understanding of the world, its people, and its cultures.
Currently, The SHARE Institute maintains partnership agreements with the Tamil Nadu People's Welfare Association (TAPWA), Compas de Nicaragua, and Journey's Within Our Communities (JWOC). TAPWA, our partner in India, has hosted three SHARE interns in the past and provides excellent experiences for students or individuals interested in learning about Indian culture and development issues. TAPWA provides housing to its guests. The executive director of TAPWA takes special interest in ensuring that guests visit all the projects that TAPWA implements in the surrounding villages.
Our partner NGO in Nicaragua, Compas de Nicaragua, hosted 7 interns from The SHARE Institute from December 29th 2007 to January 16th 2008, and will host another visiting intern in August of 2008. Compas de Nicaragua teams up with Women in Action, a NGO based in Managua, Nicaragua, that works with severely impoverished women and children that live in the La Primavera district. Visiting interns stay with host families and work with the women and children on various projects, including building chicken coops, making soy food, creating gourd art, and participating in English and computer lessons that are taught to the women and children. Interns will also visit La Paz, Nicragua, where they will explore and help implement various aspects of organic farming and sustainable living methods.
In Cambodia, our partner organization JWOC will lead interns through a tour of their various projects that are designed to reduce poverty and increase living and economic conditions within the communities they work in. Internships can range from a couple of days to a month or more; the length of stay and the type of activities are completely saleable to meet the interns desired activities and travel timeframe.
If you are interested in an international internship here are a few things that you should know:
1. All Interns are responsible for making their own travel plans and the associated costs of travel, including, but not limited to, airfare, local transportation in departure and arrival cities, phone calls, food, lodging, unexpected travelling costs, etc.
2. A minimum donation of $200.00-300.00 dollars to the NGO the intern will be staying or working with is necessary, and is the responsibility of the intern.
3. SHARE charges a $100.00 administration fee to make all arrangements of the internship with the host NGO.
4. All travelers must be considered medically healthy and fit for travel by a doctor prior to departure. Proof is required.
If arrangements are made during the off season for various locations the travel expenses can often be very reasonable. The SHARE staff is very knowledgeable about travel costs, arrangements, and good times to travel to various locations. Our staff will be happy to lead you in the right direction for an optimal experience during your internship, at a price point that most find very reasonable. This program has been a wonderful success in the past and we have heard nothing but great things about the experiences of our previous international interns.
If you are interested in the international internship program please fill out the application above. Additionally you can contact us at (916)-966-7482 or email us at sstolba@aol.com for more information.
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