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ProWorld's development projects are community guided and volunteer driven. As the needs of our host communities change, our projects change with them. We are currently seeking interns to fill the following positions:

Public Health Education Curricula Intern - Urubamba, Peru
Public Health Data Analyst Intern - Urubamba, Peru
Youth Development Intern - Mysore, India
Development & Communications Intern - Mysore, India
Development Intern - Oaxaca, Mexico
Education Intern - Oaxaca, Mexico
Graphic Design/Marketing Intern - Oaxaca, Mexico
Nutritional Marketing Intern - Oaxaca, Mexico
Animal Rights/Veterinarian Assistant Intern - Oaxaca, Mexico
Journalism/Public Relations Intern - All ProWorld sites; preferably India, Thailand or Belize
AIDS - Tourism Project Intern - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Education/Teaching Intern - Chiang Mai, Thailand

To apply for a featured internship:

Complete the application with as much information as possible.

Under "Internship Project Preference" write the title of the internship you are interested in doing on the line provided for "or a development project of this type."

Send the completed application along with a copy of your resume/CV to apply@myproworld.org.

For more information on these or other project options, contact a program advisor at info@myproworld.org.

** Final project placement is made by site directors, assessing each participant's skill set and interests to appropriately match with community needs at the time of internship. **

Wanted: Public Health Education Curricula Intern

Organization:

ProPeru Service Corps

Location:

Urubamba, Peru

Duration:

Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months

Duties: Form a work group of local health and education professionals; collaborate with this work group to develop standardized and culturally competent public health education curricula to implement within primary and secondary schools in the Sacred Valley; develop implementation plan to utilize the curricula within the schools; create an evaluation plan and evaluative tools to accompany the curricula to test students' understanding of material and effectiveness of the activities included within the curricula

Education:

Background in community or public health; preferably a community health/MPH student or public health professional

Language Requirements: Intermediate - Advance Spanish; must be able to effectively communicate with communities

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Wanted: Public Health Data Analyst Intern

Organization: ProPeru Service Corps

Location: Urubamba and the Sacred Valley, Peru

Duration: Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months

Duties: Take the lead on compiling, organizing and analyzing the data obtained from ProPeru's health campaigns and surveys as part of the water filter project; interpret the data; compile statistics and write summative reports describing the results; write recommendations for future research based on findings

Education: Background in public health or epidemiology

Language Requirements: Beginning Spanish

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Wanted

Youth Development Intern

Organization:

Association for the Welfare of the Mentally Disabled

Location:

Mysore, India

Duration:

Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months

Duties:

Support a grassroots program to meet the needs of special needs children in Mysore; train staff and parents on how to better care for special needs children

Education:

Background in education, health and nutrition, physiotherapy, speech therapy, disabled-friendly architecture; experience with mobility issues, art therapy, music therapy, dance therapy, child abuse, child psychology, clinical psychology or occupational therapy; experience working with aids and appliances preferred; experience living/working in rural communities preferred

Language Requirements:

English

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Wanted:

Development and Communications Intern

Organization:

Association for the Welfare of the Mentally Disabled

Location:

Mysore, India

Duration:

Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months

Duties:

Drive fundraising and communication efforts of NGO in Mysore, India which provides programming for special needs children and their families; raise community awareness through website development, newsletters, brochures and other promotional materials; assist in the preparation of grant proposals

Education:

Background in business administration, communications, journalism, marketing, graphic design; must have excellent writing skills

Language Requirements:

English

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Wanted:

Development Intern

Organization:

Oaxaca Foundation for Nature and Conservation

Location:

Oaxaca, Mexico

Duration:

Minimum 2 weeks; preferably 1 - 2 months

Duties:

Support fundraising efforts for the foundation through grant research and writing

Education:

Background in communications, journalism, english, marketing, public relations; must have excellent writing skills

Language Requirements:

Intermediate Spanish

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Wanted:

Education Intern

Organization:

ProMexico Service Corps in collaboration with primary schools in and around Oaxaca

Location:

Oaxaca, Mexico

Duration:

Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months

Duties:

Assist teachers in classroom; tutor primary school students after school in math and science; possibility to teach English after school

Education:

Background in education, family/community studies, Spanish

Language Requirements:

Intermediate Spanish

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Wanted:

Graphic Design/Marketing Intern

Organization:

ProMexico Service Corps

Location:

Oaxaca, Mexico

Duration:

Minimum 2 weeks; preferably 1 - 2 months

Duties:

Design promotional materials for a group of indigenous weavers in the Teotitlan de Valle in order to allow them to sell their products directly to consumers rather than to vendors who turn a large profit on the products; assist in other marketing efforts as intern sees fit

Education:

Background in marketing, graphic design, public relations, communications, business administration

Language Requirements:

Beginning - Intermediate Spanish

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Wanted:

Nutritional Marketing Intern

Organization:

Puente a la Salud

Location:

Oaxaca, Mexico

Duration:

Minimum 1 month

Duties:

Develop strategic marketing campaign to improve local nutritional through the consumption of amarenth, a local grain chalked full of protein and amino acids; execute the campaign within local communities; map out ideas for future campaigns

Education: Background in marketing, public relations, communications, health sciences, business administration

Language Requirements: Beginning - Intermediate Spanish

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Wanted: Animal Rights/Veterinarian Assistant Intern

Organization: Veterinarian Practice

Location: Oaxaca, Mexico

Duration: Minimum 1 month

Duties: Assist licensed veterinarian in her mission to rescue, treat and find loving homes for street animals; clean, feed and play with animals to get them ready to live with a local family; set up a formal adoption process for animals; create animal rights campaigns focusing on the importance of spade/neutering pets and proper care of pets

Education: Background in the biology, veterinarian sciences, public administration; experience with animals preferred

Language Requirements: Intermediate Spanish

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Wanted: Journalism/Public Relations Intern

Organization: ProWorld Service Corps

Location: All ProWorld sites; preferably India, Thailand and Belize

Duration: Minimum 2 weeks

Duties: Contribute to the communication efforts to support ProWorld's mission, sustainable development and study abroad; report on issues facing our host communities and countries; visit multiple project sites within host country; write content and take photos which focus on development issues, projects, homestay living, cultural excursions and overall experience to be used in online communication channels; respond to student questions regarding host community and experiences in an online forum; conduct interviews of other onsite project interns; research and work with media outlets from home campus/community in order to gain media exposure for development issues, international education and ProWorld's projects

Education: Background in communications, journalism, marketing, public relations, international relations

Language Requirements: English

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Wanted: AIDS - Tourism Project Intern

Organization: ECOT

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand

Duration: 5 - 10 weeks

Duties: Identification of the research issue and initiation of the research project; conduct in-depth surveys/interviews with organizations working in the field of AIDS (health, stigma, empowerment, women/men, children); literature review to learn about available research, projects, activities, etc.; identification of the research question; identification of the target groups for the research (tourists, tourism industry, NGOs, civil society groups); identification of the destinations for the research (country, district, town, etc.) project; writing up a draft of the research proposal.

Intern will be based at ECOT and have access to a PC with internet and phone; travel allowances for research relevant interviews/meetings will be paid for by ECOT.

Education: Background in social science with previous research experience

Language Requirements: English

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Wanted: Education/Teaching Intern

Organization: Croston's House Children's Home

Location: Chiang Mai/Lamphun, Thailand

Duration: Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months

Duties: Create sport activities and develop the standardized curricula for orphans that is focus on child development; create educational materials support; set up an English class after school to improve their English skill; support fund raising effort for the foundation through grant writing; ability to work without supervision, creativity with young children is a must; additional creative ideas are strongly encouraged

Education: Background in education, curriculum development, training and focus on child development; experience with children is preferable

Language Requirements: English, opportunity to study Thai language and use it in a work setting.

Special Requirement:
Volunteers will have the opportunity to stay on site at the orphanage during week and/or weekend hours, depending on the arrangement made by ProWorld, the intern, and the organization.

** Only women are accepted for this position and background checks are required. This is also an internship offering extensive exposure to rural life, and volunteers should be aware personal flexibility is essential for this internship.

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** Final project placement is made by site directors, assessing each participant's skill set and interests to appropriately match with community needs at the time of internship. **

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Wanted:					Public Health Education Curricula Intern
Organization:					ProPeru Service Corps
Location:					Urubamba, Peru
Duration:					Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months
Duties:					Form a work group of local health and education professionals; collaborate with this work group to develop standardized and culturally competent public health education curricula to implement within primary and secondary schools in the Sacred Valley; develop implementation plan to utilize the curricula within the schools; create an evaluation plan and evaluative tools to accompany the curricula to test students' understanding of material and effectiveness of the activities included within the curricula
Education:					Background in community or public health; preferably a community health/MPH student or public health professional
Language Requirements:					Intermediate - Advance Spanish; must be able to effectively communicate with communities
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted:					Public Health Data Analyst Intern
Organization:					ProPeru Service Corps
Location:					Urubamba and the Sacred Valley, Peru
Duration:					Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months
Duties:					Take the lead on compiling, organizing and analyzing the data obtained from ProPeru's health campaigns and surveys as part of the water filter project; interpret the data; compile statistics and write summative reports describing the results; write recommendations for future research based on findings
Education:					Background in public health or epidemiology
Language Requirements:					Beginning Spanish
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted					Youth Development Intern
Organization:					Association for the Welfare of the Mentally Disabled
Location:					Mysore, India
Duration:					Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months
Duties:					Support a grassroots program to meet the needs of special needs children in Mysore; train staff and parents on how to better care for special needs children
Education:					Background in education, health and nutrition, physiotherapy, speech therapy, disabled-friendly architecture; experience with mobility issues, art therapy, music therapy, dance therapy, child abuse, child psychology, clinical psychology or occupational therapy; experience working with aids and appliances preferred; experience living/working in rural communities preferred
Language Requirements:					English
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted:					Development and Communications Intern
Organization:					Association for the Welfare of the Mentally Disabled
Location:					Mysore, India
Duration:					Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months
Duties:					Drive fundraising and communication efforts of NGO in Mysore, India which provides programming for special needs children and their families; raise community awareness through website development, newsletters, brochures and other promotional materials; assist in the preparation of grant proposals
Education:					Background in business administration, communications, journalism, marketing, graphic design; must have excellent writing skills
Language Requirements:					English
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted:					Development Intern
Organization:					Oaxaca Foundation for Nature and Conservation
Location:					Oaxaca, Mexico
Duration:					Minimum 2 weeks; preferably 1 - 2 months
Duties:					Support fundraising efforts for the foundation through grant research and writing
Education:					Background in communications, journalism, english, marketing, public relations; must have excellent writing skills
Language Requirements:					Intermediate Spanish
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted:					Education Intern
Organization:					ProMexico Service Corps in collaboration with primary schools in and around Oaxaca
Location:					Oaxaca, Mexico
Duration:					Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months
Duties:					Assist teachers in classroom; tutor primary school students after school in math and science; possibility to teach English after school
Education:					Background in education, family/community studies, Spanish
Language Requirements:					Intermediate Spanish
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted:					Graphic Design/Marketing Intern
Organization:					ProMexico Service Corps
Location:					Oaxaca, Mexico
Duration:					Minimum 2 weeks; preferably 1 - 2 months
Duties:					Design promotional materials for a group of indigenous weavers in the Teotitlan de Valle in order to allow them to sell their products directly to consumers rather than to vendors who turn a large profit on the products; assist in other marketing efforts as intern sees fit
Education:					Background in marketing, graphic design, public relations, communications, business administration
Language Requirements:					Beginning - Intermediate Spanish
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted:					Nutritional Marketing Intern
Organization:					Puente a la Salud
Location:					Oaxaca, Mexico
Duration:					Minimum 1 month
Duties:					Develop strategic marketing campaign to improve local nutritional through the consumption of amarenth, a local grain chalked full of protein and amino acids; execute the campaign within local communities; map out ideas for future campaigns
Education:					Background in marketing, public relations, communications, health sciences, business administration
Language Requirements:					Beginning - Intermediate Spanish
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted:					Animal Rights/Veterinarian Assistant Intern
Organization:					Veterinarian Practice
Location:					Oaxaca, Mexico
Duration:					Minimum 1 month
Duties:					Assist licensed veterinarian in her mission to rescue, treat and find loving homes for street animals; clean, feed and play with animals to get them ready to live with a local family; set up a formal adoption process for animals; create animal rights campaigns focusing on the importance of spade/neutering pets and proper care of pets
Education:					Background in the biology, veterinarian sciences, public administration; experience with animals preferred
Language Requirements:					Intermediate Spanish
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted:					Journalism/Public Relations Intern
Organization:					ProWorld Service Corps
Location:					All ProWorld sites; preferably India, Thailand and Belize
Duration:					Minimum 2 weeks
Duties:					Contribute to the communication efforts to support ProWorld's mission, sustainable development and study abroad; report on issues facing our host communities and countries; visit multiple project sites within host country; write content and take photos which focus on development issues, projects, homestay living, cultural excursions and overall experience to be used in online communication channels; respond to student questions regarding host community and experiences in an online forum; conduct interviews of other onsite project interns; research and work with media outlets from home campus/community in order to gain media exposure for development issues, international education and ProWorld's projects
Education:					Background in communications, journalism, marketing, public relations, international relations
Language Requirements:					English
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted:					AIDS - Tourism Project Intern
Organization:					ECOT
Location:					Chiang Mai, Thailand
Duration:					5 - 10 weeks
Duties:					Identification of the research issue and initiation of the research project; conduct in-depth surveys/interviews with organizations working in the field of AIDS (health, stigma, empowerment, women/men, children); literature review to learn about available research, projects, activities, etc.; identification of the research question; identification of the target groups for the research (tourists, tourism industry, NGOs, civil society groups); identification of the destinations for the research (country, district, town, etc.) project; writing up a draft of the research proposal. Intern will be based at ECOT and have access to a PC with internet and phone; travel allowances for research relevant interviews/meetings will be paid for by ECOT.
Education:					Background in social science with previous research experience
Language Requirements:					English
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Wanted:					Education/Teaching Intern
Organization:					Croston's House Children's Home
Location:					Chiang Mai/Lamphun, Thailand
Duration:					Minimum 1 month; preferably 2 - 3 months
Duties:					Create sport activities and develop the standardized curricula for orphans that is focus on child development; create educational materials support; set up an English class after school to improve their English skill; support fund raising effort for the foundation through grant writing; ability to work without supervision, creativity with young children is a must; additional creative ideas are strongly encouraged
Education:					Background in education, curriculum development, training and focus on child development; experience with children is preferable
Language Requirements:					English, opportunity to study Thai language and use it in a work setting.
Special Requirement:					Volunteers will have the opportunity to stay on site at the orphanage during week and/or weekend hours, depending on the arrangement made by ProWorld, the intern, and the organization.
Only women are accepted for this position and background checks are required.** This is also an internship offering extensive exposure to rural life, and volunteers should be aware personal flexibility is essential for this internship.
Apply					Return to Top of Page

Final project placement is made by site directors, assessing each participant's skill set and interests to appropriately match with community needs at the time of internship.