Summer Internships
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Summer 2010 Internships For summer 2010, we will again be searching for high-quality interns to assist us in our work in rural communities in Uganda. The interns will be helping us to “roll out” the Healthy Villages program in new communities. Please visit our Healthy Villages section to read more about this program and how it is changing the lives of the rural poor in Iganga District. Applications must be submitted electronically. Program Dates: May 30th – August 1st Team Leader Dates: May 24th – August 5th Application Deadline: January 15th |
Internship Downloads
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See the bottom of this page for links to much, much more information on our program!
Internship Program Specifics
Our interns work in team made up of 4 international interns and 2 Ugandan interns. Five teams will live and work in our 5 new Healthy Villages, essentially launching the three-year HV program in those communities. These teams will be responsible for conducting a quantitative and qualitative needs assessment, for establishing water treatment and mosquito net supply chains, for establishing a Village Heath Team, for organizing multiple healthcare initiatives (often working with outside NGOs, CBOs, and government officials), and for generally laying the groundwork for public health and development interventions as needed in that community. They will also work and volunteer with the local Health Center to which their village is assigned.
One team will be responsible for 2009 Healthy Village follow-up – this team will spend roughly 10 days in each of the villages launched in 2009, doing a second needs assessment, holding community meetings to gather feedback on the year’s work, and perhaps conducting health care initiatives of their own (e.g. an HIV/AIDs testing day, or a massive Safe Water Education day).
If enough qualified applicants apply, we may take a seventh team responsible for working only with the Health Centers, doing detailed capacity assessments, holding trainings with staff, working with sub-county and district officials to improve medicine supply chains, and doing advocacy work at the district or even national level. For this team, we will be looking particularly for doctors or nurses, upper-level medical students, individuals with work experience relating to medical supply distribution, or individuals with advocacy work experience.
Each intern team is headed by one international “Project and Administration Leader,” and one Ugandan “Project and Implementation Leader.” International and Ugandan team leaders begin the program a week early, in order to receive special training, to meet government and NGO officials, and to acclimate themselves and learn their way around before other interns arrive. International team leaders also end a week later, so as to write a Summer Report for the later use of UVP and the District.
Questions regarding our internship? Visit our ‘office hours’ on Skype by messaging username ‘UVP-Interns’ on Mondays 2-3pm PST.
For more information on our Internship Program, please see the links below.
Internship Fundraising Requirement
The Healthy Villages Internship as Compared to Others
What You Will Gain from the Internship
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