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Sample Internship Placements - Education

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This is a collection of past internship placements. There is no guarantee that these same placements, companies, organizations, and/or project roles will be available for future terms. Your internship placements will be determined through an interview process to match you with a company or organization aligned with your skills and interests.

This is not a comprehensive list of possible global internship placement opportunities.

Bali

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1. Bring Back the Light
2. Coral Triangle Center
3. Perfect Fit
4. Pratisara Bumi Foundation
5. Terra Water Indonesia

Internship Role and Responsibilities

Bring Back the Light

Company Description: Bring Back the Light is an initiative based in Taro Village, Bali, focused on firefly conservation and environmental education. Firefly populations are declining due to agricultural chemicals and light pollution, which disrupt their breeding and feeding cycles. The initiative combines ecotourism, educational programs, and breeding efforts to restore firefly habitats within the local plantation and farming landscapes.

Nestled among hundreds of palm trees and lush tropical surroundings, Bring Back the Light serves as both a sanctuary for fireflies and a learning center for visitors. Through guided tours, school programs, and creative workshops, the initiative raises awareness of biodiversity, organic farming, and the cultural significance of fireflies in Bali.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Develop age-appropriate educational resources about firefly conservation, lifecycles, biodiversity, organic farming, and their ecological importance.
Design activities and modules that can be integrated into local school science or environmental studies curricula, including teacher guides.
Assist in planning and delivering community workshops or educational tours focused on sustainable farming and conservation.
Use data and statistics to create engaging learning materials for visitors.
Conceptualize and coordinate art-based initiatives (e.g., murals, student competitions, lantern-making) to engage schools and communities.
Design educational displays for use during farm tours, school events, or lab visits (e.g., posters, exhibits, interactive installations).
Collaborate with local teachers and education coordinators to co-develop firefly conservation projects.
Support tour facilitation by preparing handouts and assisting with children’s group activities.
Collect feedback from teachers and students to refine educational materials.
Participate in team meetings, brainstorming sessions, and general conservation lab activities.

Coral Triangle Center

Company Description: The Coral Triangle Center (CTC) is an Indonesian foundation based in Bali with a regional scope and global impact. CTC works closely with local communities, governments, NGOs, and the private sector to strengthen marine resource management across the Coral Triangle.

CTC supports on-the-ground conservation in Bali and Maluku Provinces, Indonesia, and in Timor-Leste. The organization develops capacity-building programs focused on marine conservation area (CA) management, sustainable fisheries management, and marine resource governance to support communities and government institutions.

Its Training and Learning (TL) Department manages CTC’s competency-based training programs, which include in-person, blended, and self-paced online training. Activities include training needs analysis, curriculum and module development, delivery, and post-training evaluation. CTC supports Indonesia’s target to establish 30 million hectares of conservation areas by 2045.

You can learn more about CTC’s online training programs at https://ctc-academy.net/elearning/.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Support the Training and Learning Department with the development of training modules.
Develop two of six units for the Community Outreach on Coastal and Marine Resource Conservation training module (in English).
Create quizzes and tests for inclusion in the module.
Conduct at least one knowledge-sharing session (online or in-person) with TL Department members on topics related to education or social research methods.
Participate in a brown-bag session to share internship outcomes and insights with CTC staff.

Expected Outputs:

Completed soft file of the Community Outreach on Coastal and Marine Resource Conservation module (in English), including quizzes and tests.
A knowledge-sharing session with the TL Department.
Final presentation of internship results to all CTC staff.

Perfect Fit

Company Description: Perfect Fit is a female-founded social enterprise working to improve women’s health in Indonesia, which began in 2018 as a social project at Kopernik – an NGO focused on poverty reduction whose work relies on an empirical/data-driven approach, consulting, and technology diffusion. Women’s health and in particular, menstrual and sexual health, is still a taboo in Indonesia, where many communities are subject to strong cultural and religious influences and beliefs around menstrual health. The organization works to empower women & girls to have better menstrual health through innovative period products and education about women’s bodies.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Reviewing the current curriculum, learning materials, and lesson plans.
Reviewing recordings of training and education outreach programs and observing live sessions where possible.
Reviewing the program goals, impact & results of the current curriculum.
Collating research on educational programs on women’s health in other countries.
Assisting with data collection and analysis.
Providing feedback on the curriculum, learning materials, and lesson plans.
Supporting the creation and improvement of learning resources, including videos, documents, and presentation slides.

Pratisara Bumi Foundation

Company Description: Pratisara Bumi Foundation (PBF) supports young people and women champions in rural Indonesia in the design of solutions for sustainable development centered on local wisdom, environmental protection, and economic justice.

PBF works closely with women and youth groups at the grassroots level to support their work and growth journey to be leaders in their communities. As such, PBF supports a range of UN Sustainable Development goals, including SDG 1 (End Poverty), SDG 4 (Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 9 (Innovation, Sustainable Industrialization, and Resilient and Infrastructure), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 12 (Sustainable Consumption and Production) and SDG 13 (Climate Action).
The foundation is partnering with the United Nations to design programs to assist under-resourced communities across Indonesia to build sustainable communities. The foundation’s programs include the Women’s Earth Alliance Grassroots Accelerator and Ethical: Entrepreneurship for Sustainability Incubation.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Assessing current practices:

Reviewing existing learning materials and recordings of classes.
Providing feedback on the curriculum and lesson plans.
Reviewing the impact & results of the current curriculum.

Researching best practices:

Conducting literature reviews to identify best practices and existing impact evaluations of various teaching techniques and interventions.
Outreach to external organizations to identify best practices.

Suggesting improvements to current practices and participating in their definition and
enactment:

Refining metrics and the curriculum evaluation rubric.
Supporting the creation and improvement of teacher and student-facing resources, including videos, documents, and presentation slides.
Providing internal support as to how the organization can demonstrate the impact of their programs in terms of meeting program learning objectives.
Initiating the development of an impact evaluation framework for the effectiveness of the educational programs on the key outcomes of interest.

Terra Water Indonesia

Company Description: Terra Water is a social enterprise that focuses on widening access to clean, safe drinking water across Indonesia. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, with a population of 273 million people and is Southeast Asia’s largest economy. But many rural communities and residents of some less developed urban areas struggle with infrastructure and poor health. For many families, water sources are distant, contaminated or expensive, and household sanitation is unaffordable. Currently, around 18 million Indonesians lack access to safe water and many people do not understand safe practices around accessing clean water.

Terra works with a network of local and international organizations on a wide range of projects that complement each other in attaining its goal. In that context, it helps identify and deliver filters to families in Indonesia with the most need; in parallel, it also seeks to educate them on good WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) practices. While its primary focus is UN SDG 6 (Safe and Sustainable Water and Sanitation for All), its activities in the field either directly or indirectly touch on multiple other SDGs.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Assessing current practices:

Understanding the key issues around access to water in Indonesia.
Reviewing the current curriculum, learning materials, and lesson plans.
Attending and observing lessons and community outreach sessions.
Reviewing the program goals, impact & results of the current curriculum.

Researching best practices:

Conducting literature reviews to identify best practices.
Reviewing existing impact evaluations of interventions related to awareness-raising and behavior/practice change.
Outreach to external organizations to identify best practices.

Suggesting improvements to current practices and participating in their creation
and enactment:

Providing feedback on the curriculum, learning materials, and lesson plans.
Supporting the creation and improvement of learning resources, including videos, documents, and presentation slides.

Bogota

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1. Casa de la Madre y el Niño
2. Fundación Aeiotu
3. Fundación Colombian Dream
4. Fundación Escuelas de la Paz
5. Fundación Levántate y Anda
6. LIMPAL Columbia
7. Sisma Mujer
8. Somos CaPAZes

Internship Role and Responsibilities

Casa de la Madre y el Niño

Company Description: Intern Colombia is working in alliance with a non-profit organisation with more than 80 years’ experience in Colombia providing care and attention to abandoned children & ensuring pregnant mothers who have decided to give up their child for adoption find the best possible adoptive families. They also provide protection & housing in a transitory home to minors during the process of restoring their fundamental rights, such as health, education, nutrition and physical and social development, with the eventual goal of achieving the reintegration of the children to their families & creating harmonic and well-balanced family dynamics. Lastly, our partner provides education programs for young girls that never found an adoptive family to ensure they have a bright future and to avoid ending up living on the street or falling into the sex trade. Thanks to the work they have done, today many are now working in private companies or states institutions. Today it is one of the organisations that enjoys the greatest credibility and prestige in the country for its achievements and contribution to Colombian abandoned children.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

The Intern will lead classes with groups of young children on-site with the support of an assistant to help manage groups of children.
Develop program of learning activities and use of appropriate materials for duration of the internship, with lesson plans and clear objectives
Working with children on a small group basis
Create a healthy and nurturing environment during every class
Classes should have a focus orientated towards English, Art, or Music
Lead classes with the support of an assistant
Daily and/or weekly reports on children’s progress, issues and/or concerns
Motivate and encourage pupils

Fundación Aeiotu

Company Description: Fundación Aeiotu is a social organization that works in Colombia and Central America to develop the full potential of early childhood through an innovative pedagogical model based on play, art, and exploration, to close social gaps and transform communities.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Recognition of the context and community of the educational centers.
Recognition of the aeioTU Educational Experience from its foundations and components (Environments, learning strategies, transitions and monitoring of development).
Accompaniment of teachers in charge of children.
Accompaniment of boys and girls in pedagogical experiences of the educational centers.

Fundación Colombian Dream

Company Description: Fundación Colombian Dream seeks to give new meaning to the lives of young people with substance abuse problems & addiction problems through the arts. Their programs allow young people to express their feelings and to redefine
the significance of life, with the main goal of reintegrating young people with addiction problems back into society and to be free from addiction. They also provide psychosocial support to families, communities, educational institutes and private organizations.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Support the planning & organization of theater and audiovisual workshops with a Biohealing focus.
Contribute to the development and implementation of the workshops.
Conduct a needs assessment based on what is identified throughout the workshops.
Generate input for the development & improvement of the workshops with a community focus.
Systematize the experience.
Opportunity to propose an initiative or project you wish to develop.

Fundación Escuelas de Paz

Company Description: Intern Colombia is working in collaboration with an NGO dedicated to promoting a culture of peace in Colombia through education, promoting knowledge of Human Rights and strengthening youth networks, teachers, and schools. Since 2001, our partner has transformed the lives of more than 1,000 teachers, 25,000 children and young people, and has worked with more than 120 educational sites across Colombia. Their long-term mission is to create a Colombia in which there is a stable peace and social justice. Our partner is also part of a wide network of recognized national and international organizations that work in the field of peacebuilding.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Education Researcher & Assistant

Review and assess educational materials used by the organisation in their workshops with children and teenagers in vulnerable communities.
Investigate new teaching techniques
Liaise & communicate with other international organizations working in similar fields
Attending team meetings
Support day-to-day tasks of the NGO administrative team
Assist in the organization of events and attending events
Possibility to travel to communities and participate in educational workshops, meetings between educators and educational communities, and training activities focused on knowledge, teaching and learning methodologies for Peace and Human Rights in Colombia
These tasks will be assigned as needed and to match the intern’s interests and background.
Please note: interns will also have the opportunity to contribute any additional time, knowledge and/or experience to develop educational research projects, strengthen and promote the organization internationally (including international cooperation & funding), provide logistical support, produce & publish content in English, or propose and implement any initiative related to education.

Fundación Levántate y Anda

Company Description:La Fundación Levántate y Anda is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting at risk children and adolescents develop their abilities in the areas of education, psychosocial, cultural awareness, and spirituality. They offer various
educational programs & manage a variety of different projects.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Characterization and identification of pedagogical needs in the Foundation’s child population.
Planning and development of psychological or psychosocial and recreational workshops for girls, boys and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 12.
Accompaniment and homework advice to boys, girls and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 15.
Academic reinforcement, providing the necessary support to strengthen the educational process of organizations beneficiaries.

LIMPAL Columbia

Company Description: LIMPAL Colombia is a subsidiary of the oldest women’s pacifist organization in the world, with more than 108 years of activism for peace in 46 different countries. They are a feminist, pacifist and anti-militarist organization recognized for their commitment to disarmament, reintegration, reconciliation from a feminist-pacifist perspective and the strengthening of organizations at the local level. For example, their involvement in the Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC-EP.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Cross-functional support for projects that seek to protect human rights, especially women’s rights.
Cross-functional collaboration for projects in search for international funding sources & cooperation.
Support in the design, production, and documentation (bulletins, reports, infographics, among others).>/li>
Participate in communications between LIMPAL delegations in different countries and national territories.
Support the creation of relevant thematic documentation (sectoral, geographic, financing, among others).
Participate in internal research related to disarmament, reintegration, participation, and peacebuilding.
Attend conferences, events, and meetings as requested.

Sisma Mujer

Company Description: Sisma Mujer is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 and contributes to the consolidation of women’s rights in Colombia, working with women victims of gender violence and discrimination, both domestic and in the armed conflict. Sisma Mujer focus on human rights and law to strengthen the social processes for the individual and collective empowerment of women.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Support the identification, summary, and systematization of international cooperation.
Develop inputs that will be used for the preparation of institutional and project monitoring reports.
Support the identification and mapping of key stakeholders for advocacy and strategic engagement.
Participate in team meetings and internal training activities to strengthen knowledge of human rights, gender justice, and strategic litigation.
Contribute to the analysis of information and its systematization to strengthen the planning and evaluation of institutional actions.

Somos CaPAZes

Company Description: Somos CaPAZes is a non-profit organisation dedicated to educating a new generation in Colombia about peace. They offer various educational proghttps://www.somoscapazes.org/onsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Analyse data from diagnostic workshops and base lines.
Produce academic texts.
Write reports.
Evaluate projects and their impact.
Support in the construction of projects.

Cape Town

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1. Africa Unite
2. Ihata Shelter
3. InKind South Africa (Virtual)
4. Just Grace
5. The Scalabrini Centre
6. Umoja Little Treasures Daycare & Dreyden Primary School

Internship Role and Responsibilities

Africa Unite

Company Description:Africa Unite (AU) is a human rights and youth empowerment organization that works with citizens, refugees and migrants to prevent conflicts, enhance social cohesion and promote socio-economic development. It was formed in 2001 in response to violence against asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in New Cross Roads, in Nyanga, a sprawling, impoverished, predominantly black township on the outskirts of Cape Town in the Western Cape. Underpinned by its organization slogan, “Building Human Rights communities” AU programmatic focus is on building the knowledge and skills of Human Rights Peer Educators, facilitating reciprocal learning exchanges with community-based and migrant led structures, and creating a platform for intercultural exchange and dialogue between local, refugee and migrant communities in South Africa.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Train and mentor youth activists.
Contributing to research and drafting papers to lobby and advocate for change.
Support the organizations youth peer educators conducting community dialogues in targeted communities affected by crime, xenophobia and unemployment.
Liaise and work with stakeholders across the organization.
Balance of field and office work.

Ihata Shelter

Company Description: The Islamic Resource Foundation of South Africa (IRFSA) was first established in 2005. In 2010 IRFSA began trading as IHATA Shelter for Abused Women and Children in order to be more inclusive to vulnerable women and children, many of whom were under the impression that the shelter only offered shelter and protection to Muslim women. Since inception, we have directly helped more than 4000 women with empowerment, counselling, sheltering, clothing, food and protection and and assisted countless clients not resident at Ihata seeking support with domestic abuse/violent situations. Based in Heideveld on the Cape Flats, we mainly serve the local disadvantaged community, where women are often poor, uneducated and sometimes illiterate. Our shelter is open to all women affected by abuse regardless of race, religion or socio-economic status.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Work directly with the social worker
Support daily operations of the shelter
Exposure to two client groups

In-Kind South Africa

Company Description: In-Kind SA is a multi-pronged-approach NGO seeking impactful change in South Africa’s children. In our three pillars of coding and robotics, the “Young Minds of Mzansi” writers’ competition and by targeted volunteerism, we have created a platform of collaboration and partnership that ensures effective use of resources, capacity and expertise. A gap exists between some excellent ideas needing activation, capacity in the field to deliver on chosen options and the evaluation of the impact created by the effort and investment of stakeholders towards changing lives in poorer communities. At In-Kind SA, we leverage of the strengths of some of the most established organisations, offer the very best in our spheres of influence for measurable and durable outcomes. Our standalone pillars are built to showcase the level of excellence we demand of our partners and our commitment to add real value to our partner communities.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Work directly with Cosmas on a variety of projects.
Curriculum Design for educational courses
Syllabus review
Online interaction with learners
Research on various teaching methodologies
Facilitation
Fundraising/Grant Writing

Just Grace

Company Description:Just Grace is a non-profit organization based in the Langa township, dedicated to holistic community development and educational support. The organization focuses on youth empowerment, skills development, education, and entrepreneurship to create sustainable, positive change in the community. Through partnerships with local schools and community members, Just Grace delivers programs in career readiness, academic tutoring, and life skills.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Assist with academic tutoring and educational enrichment activities.
Support life skills workshops and youth mentorship sessions.
Contribute to program planning and implementation.
Assist in monitoring and evaluation of impact metrics.
Participate in community engagement efforts and school-based support.

The Scalabrini Centre

Company Description:The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town (SCCT) is a nonprofit organization offering development, advocacy, and welfare services to migrants and refugees in South Africa. Within this mission, the Employment Access Programme empowers clients by supporting
their professional development and access to the South African labor market.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Assist clients with CV development, job applications, and online job search strategies.
Supporting workshop facilitation and preparation (e.g., interview skills, digital literacy).
Conducting one-on-one client consultations and mock interviews.
Assisting with administrative duties, data capturing, and impact tracking.
Contributing to program development and innovation in employment readiness support.

Umoja Little Treasures Daycare & Dreyden Primary School

Company Description:Umoja Little Treasures Daycare is an early childhood development center focused on providing a nurturing and educational environment for young children and Dreyden Primary School is a foundational education institution that supports learners in their early academic years through structured learning and personal development. Both organizations are committed to empowering children through quality education, care, and engagement.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Assist teachers with daily classroom activities and lesson delivery.
Engage students through educational games, reading, and interactive exercises.
Provide one-on-one or small group academic support.
Help with classroom organization and materials preparation.
Participate in staff meetings and support extracurricular or enrichment activities.
Help create lesson plans.

La Paz

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1. Child Family Health International (CFHI)

Clinical Rotations

Child Family Health International (CFHI)

Company Description: Child Family Health International (CFHI), a United Nations-recognized non-profit organization, is a distinguished leader in Global Health experiential learning for undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate trainees through both faculty-led and non-faculty-led program structures. CFHI programs are designed to provide participants with concrete skills for global health work within multicultural and international populations while broadening and deepening participants’ understanding of how health is shaped across different contexts and populations.

The organization offers first and foremost a global learning opportunity, where participants learn by shadowing and engaging with local experts. Clinical placements provide valuable insights into the healthcare system, local realities, the burden of disease, and the determinants of health. In line with our commitment to best practices in global health, clinical rotations and public health activities in CFHI are

Program themes: Public health, primary health care, hospital medicine, maternal and reproductive health, pediatrics, and child health.

Sites: All sites are subject to change dependent on availability and local conditions. Students will have the opportunity to request preferences and the local team will do their best to accommodate these.

Public Children’s Hospital: This site is a state-run hospital and one of the largest and oldest hospitals in Bolivia, treats patients from all over the country. The hospital has 160 beds and is the national center for Pediatrics.
Public Women’s Hospital: This site is a third level hospital specialized in providing services to women. Among other services, they provide care in: Gynecology: STI infections, septic abortions, surgery, laparoscopic surgery, hysteroscopy, cervical and breast pathology, etc. Breast Pathology, Sterility and Conjugal Infertility. Obstetrics: dystocic childbirth, pathologies associated with pregnancy, diabetes, etc.
Intensive Care: life support, assisted breathing, shock management, complications, etc. Neonatology: newborn care, newborns hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit, intermediate therapy, etc. Anesthesiology: general anesthesia, conductive anesthesia, recoveries, etc.
Municipal Hospital: This site is a municipal hospital located in Los Andes, in the city of El Alto. With only 20 pediatric and neonatology beds, it is a small hospital specifically for children and mothers. It is also a teaching hospital and receives medical interns doing rotations in Pediatrics and Obstetrics.

Oaxaca

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1. Child Family Health International (CFHI)

Clinical Rotations

Child Family Health International (CFHI)

Company Description: Child Family Health International (CFHI), a United Nations-recognized non-profit organization, is a distinguished leader in Global Health experiential learning for undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate trainees through both faculty-led and non-faculty-led program structures. CFHI programs are designed to provide participants with concrete skills for global health work within multicultural and international populations while broadening and deepening participants’ understanding of how health is shaped across different contexts and populations.

The organization offers first and foremost a global learning opportunity, where participants learn by shadowing and engaging with local experts. Clinical placements provide valuable insights into the healthcare system, local realities, the burden of disease, and the determinants of health. In line with our commitment to best practices in global health, clinical rotations and public health activities in CFHI are

Program Focus: Primary Care, Hospital Medicine, Indigenous

Sites: All sites are subject to change dependent on availability and local conditions. Students will have the opportunity to request preferences and the local team will do their best to accommodate these.

Centros de Salud/Primary Health Centers: The Centros de Salud are government run primary care clinics serving families in Oaxaca City. These clinics provide services including health education and promotion, diagnosis and treatment of disease, prenatal care and family planning, and primary care services including vaccinations and well-child checkups.
General Government Hospital: This facility is a general hospital sponsored by government and civil organizations in Oaxaca. The hospital provides primary, secondary and tertiary care. It is a popular site for students interested in pediatrics because the department is generally very busy.
Nonprofit Rehabilitation Center: This state-of-the-art facility receives most of its funding from a national telethon campaign televised annually. It provides genetic counseling for families, as well as physical and speech therapy. It also provides services and equipment for children with disabilities from across the state of Oaxaca. Learn from orthopedic specialists, general practitioners and rehabilitation experts as they engage in patient consultations and rounds. Since its opening in 1997, this facility has provided care for over 4,000 children.