Organização das Mulheres de Cabo Verde (OMCV) – Anchor Point Internships (Praia, Cape Verde) November 19, 2008
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OMCV’s impact is felt at several levels as it providesmany services in addition to information about and training in women’s rights, including: literary programs and activities which reinforce literacy; offers skills training (e.g. sewing, typing, basic computer skills, commercial baking); promotes family planning (targeted particularly at 15 to 19-year-olds); undertakes health education, including education about HIV/AIDS; gives loans to women for income-generating activities; runs work day care centers for 4 to 6 years olds; and provides information about environmental issues. OMCV has planned exchange visits to Brazil and Portugal to study methods of transforming and training women about their rights.
Since March of 2000, OMCV has provided more than 400 loans totaling $214,458 to over 270 families, achieving a loan repayment rate of 99 percent. During the 12 months ending in October of 2001, OMCV collected $23,332 in interest and fees, against operating expenses of $22,555 — demonstrating steady progress toward operational sustainability. Its microcredit activities have also provided a credible platform to address its community development goals, such as literacy training, health promotion, and AIDS prevention counseling. The National Microcredit Steering Committee endorsed OMCV’s approach and the NGO has been actively engaged in legislative discussions about the role of civil society organizations in micro-credit
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Internship Description:
Cape Verde is an archipelago composed of ten islands. It is only slightly larger than Rhode Island, and located 385 mi (500 km) west of Senegal. The intern will work with the staff in the Praia office. Praia is a city of approximately 100,000 inhabitants.
The OMCV runs several HIV/AIDS programs, including prevention and education, psychological support for families, work with community leaders. One intern will work in the HIV/AIDS prevention and education area.
The second intern will work on the microfinance area of OMCV. In 1999, with support from the African Development Foundation, OMCV created a new microfinance department, and with ACDI/VOCA assistance OMCV began to unlearn bad lending practices and adopt new procedures that will lead to sustainability. Previously, OMCV had disbursed loans to urban and rural women microentrepreneurs at very low rates of interest and with an unsustainable level of loan recovery.
Ideal Internship Qualification:
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Logistical: Current Sophomores and Juniors All majors encouraged to apply—interest in women’s health, education, development, microfinance, sustainability, social issues, peace and justice, human rights, encouraged to apply.
Knowledge of Portuguese or Spanish preferred. |
Personality: Flexible Motivated Open minded Detail oriented Organized Self starter Patient Able to live simply |
Center for Cross Cultural Learning – Wellesley in Africa (Rabat Medina, Morocco) November 17, 2008
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The CCCL is a cultural and educational institution run by Moroccan academics who have years of experience and expertise in cross-cultural education. The CCCL organizes a variety of cultural and educational activities, which include language courses, seminars and lecture series on Moroccan society and Arab and Islamic cultures. The CCCL also offers musical performances and educational excursions to various parts of Morocco.
Internship Description:
An intern at CCCL is expected to participate these activities depending on her skills, interests, and the needs of the Center. A successful intern at CCCL should be flexible, open minded, motivated, and eager to learn and to be involved in all CCCL activities and departments. An intern will benefit the most from an experience with the Center if she comes prepared to be a part of the CCCL family rather than specializing in one area of the operations.
Ideal Internship Qualification:
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Logistical: Current Sophomores and Juniors Open to all majors- Middle Eastern Studies, Africana Studies, Political Science and French majors, especially encouraged to apply. French language skills highly desirable
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Personality: Flexible Open minded Motivated
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Aga Khan Educational Service – Wellesley in Africa – Kampala, Uganda November 10, 2008
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Aga Khan Education Services (AKES ) provides education to some 55,000 students in 12 countries throughout Eastern Africa and South and Central Asia and has done so for more than a century. As a part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), AKES with Aga Khan Health Services provides social services equally for people of all faiths in urban and rural regions of the developing world. The AKDN also comprises institutions devoted to culture and architecture, rural support programs, and tourism and financial services (for more information, see www.akdn.org). In some parts of the world, Aga Khan schools provide the only access to formal schooling for girls and young women.
Aga Khan Education Services has operated schools in Uganda since 1957. After a period of nationalization by the Ugandan Government in the 1970s, the schools re-opened in the mid 1990s. They have welcomed interns from Wellesley since 2004. The schools offer students the Uganda National Curriculum, the International General Certificate in Secondary Education (IGCSE) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
Internship Description:
Interns live in the capital, Kampala, and work as apprentice teachers in any one of four schools: either of the two Aga Khan Nursery Schools, the Primary School, and the Secondary School. In addition, interns will spend part of each week working with faculty and staff on specific faculty/staff development and enrichment projects. Interns live in independent apartments near the school grounds, which are located in downtown Kampala on Colonnel Muammar Gaddaffi road (formerly Makerere Road, very near to the world-renowned Makerere University. Kampala is a leafy, bustling capital city that straddles seven hills. Taxis are abundant, but many commuters rely on boda-boda’s – the 1-passenger motorbikes that weave in and out of traffic. Most residents of the city speak English as well as Luganda and/or Kiswahili. Interns in the past have had a chance for travel outside the city to visit the shores of nearby Lake Victoria, or sample one of the national game parks.
Ideal Internship Qualification:
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Logistical: Current Sophomores and Juniors Africana Studies and Computer Science majors are encouraged to apply. Strong Academic background Demonstrated interest in Education and/or working with children Demonstrated interest in Africa |
Personality: Open-minded Mature Independent Flexible (able to survive the occasional cool shower or power outage which may affect the TV or the internet) |
Aga Khan Educational Services: Wellesley in Africa – Kampala, Uganda December 2, 2007
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Our Interns for 2009
Aga Khan Educational Services
Wellesley in Africa – Kampala, Uganda
Aga Khan Education Services (AKES ) provides education to some 55,000 students in 12 countries throughout Eastern Africa and South and Central Asia and has done so for more than a century. As a part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), AKES with Aga Khan Health Services provides social services equally for people of all faiths in urban and rural regions of the developing world. The AKDN also comprises institutions devoted to culture and architecture, rural support programs, and tourism and financial services (for more information, see www.akdn.org). In some parts of the world, Aga Khan schools provide the only access to formal schooling for girls and young women.
Aga Khan Education Services has operated schools in Uganda since 1998, when schools re-opened that had been nationalized by the Ugandan government in the 1970s, and has welcomed interns from Wellesley since 2004. The schools offer students the national curriculum, the International Graduate Certificate in Secondary Education (O- and A-levels), and the International Baccalaureate.
Internship Description:
Interns live in the capital, Kampala, and work as apprentice teachers in any one of four schools: the Aga Khan Nursery School, the Primary School, and the Secondary School. In addition, interns will spend part of each week working with faculty and staff on specific faculty/staff development and enrichment projects. Interns live in independent apartments near the school grounds, which are located in downtown Kampala on Makerere Avenue, very near to the world-renowned Makerere University. Kampala is a leafy, bustling capital city that straddles seven hills. Taxis are abundant, but many commuters rely on boda-boda’s – the 1-passenger motorbikes that weave in and out of traffic. Most residents of the city speak English as well as Bugandan and/or kiSwahili. Interns in the past have had a chance for travel outside the city to visit the shores of nearby Lake Victoria, or sample one of the national game parks.
Ideal Internship Qualification:
| Logistical: Current Sophomores and Juniors Africana Studies and Computer Science majors are encouraged to apply. Strong Academic background Demonstrated interest in Education and/or working with children Demonstrated interest in Africa |
Personality: Open-minded Mature Independent Flexible |
