Public Health, Psychology, Business/Development Social/Community Work Internship in Cape Town, South Africa
Gain Professional Experience in South Africa!
4 Weeks in Summer 2017 (22 May – 16 June), option to extend
Open the doors to your future by participating in this truly unique internship, offering professional, hands-on experiences that most internships cannot offer. Grow from intern and student to educator and advisor via research, training, and exposure to the underserved communities. Internships are customized to fit the career goals of each person.
Make an impact in the lives of others while experiencing your own life-altering journey. The breathtaking city of Cape Town proffers the unique dichotomy of the exceedingly underserved communities scattered among the splendid European-like African city. With eleven official languages and exceedingly deeply-rooted cultures, South Africa is rich in diversity and unique complexities. You will be challenged to overcome physical and mental health, financial, and oppressive barriers for those most in need. You will be drawn to the underserved South Africans, as they touch deeply into your soul and inspire you to work beyond the capabilities you ever imagined for yourself with a new-found compassion, outlook, and strength. Your work to overcome the abundant challenges of the residents is sure to be profoundly rewarding.
This fully-mentored internship program features an array of field work in the fields of public health, specifically health promotion, mental health/psychology, social work, business, marketing, economics/finance. Interns perform research in the communities alongside established South African NGO's making remarkable impacts. The scope of the research is developed directly by the interns under the guidance of the Impilo Phambili program director. The research, exposure, and learning experience culminates into workshops and projects developed and conducted predominantly by the interns for community members and to train/educate NGO staff, health care workers, entrepreneurs, and students. Depending on your specific field of interest and work, there are many options for a final culminating project.
Applicable Fields of Study/Interest:
• Public Health/Health/Health Promotion
• Pre-med/Nursing
• Nutrition
• Business/Management
• Environmental Health/Sciences
• Exercise Physiology/Kinesiology
• Social Work
• Biotechnology
• Physical Therapy
• Advertising/Marketing
• Community Development
• Education
• Anthropology
• Behavioral Health/Psychology
• Global/International Studies
• Other related field
The cost to participate in the program is $2300.00 USD and includes:
•Housing for the duration of the internship
•Transportation to and from the airport upon arrival to and departure from Cape Town, South Africa
•Breakfast pack of various items upon arrival
•Local cell phone & SIM card to use throughout programme
•On the ground support, orientations, and overall guidance and opportunities to meet and interact with South Africans and other interns alike
•Ground transportation to the internship sites and return
•Access to local organisations and community
•Direct guidance from the programme director, who will provide overall and technical training and education
•Language Classes
•Education on South African history and current health status and climate
•Opportunities to work with previously-collected data from the local community, to learn, and to educate
•Gaining experience in leadership, project development, and hands-on work
•Tours, discounted activities, and much more!