Internships in Zambia

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Travel to Livingstone for this internship and gain an insight into public health issues from an African context. While immersed in this field for four weeks, you will be exposed to professionals working in local NGOs or clinics, run workshops, and conduct your own research. The Public Health Internship in Zambia helps step up your interpersonal and leadership skills while making a lasting impact on the lives of local community members. Ranked as a lower middle-income country, Zambia has big disparities to quality healthcare. Access depends on location, income, gender, and education. It faces numerous challenges, including increased workload with the HIV epidemic and shortage of trained staff. This internship was designed to assist in the initiatives taken to improve public health locally. Measures include implementing educational programs, promoting healthcare equity, promoting healthy lifestyles, and more. Working knowledge of computers, including some experience with Word and Excel, is essential. Fluent level of English is also needed. You don’t have to be a native speaker but must have a good command of the language. Positivity, flexibility, and passion are a must.

We believe that health is a human right, so we work with key partners in Livingstone, Zambia, to help break the inter-generational cycles of poverty that limit access to quality healthcare. As a Public Health intern with African Impact, gain exposure to many health issues and get involved in various areas throughout your four-week internship. These include: - Striving to protect and improve the health of the local people and their communities, where cultural norms, traditional practices, and patriarchal attitudes are entrenched in society - Promoting healthy lifestyles and researching disease and injury prevention - Implementing educational programs, recommending policies, and conducting research to limit health disparities - Promoting healthcare equity, quality, and accessibility - Looking at issues within gender and age and focusing on changing the approach youth have to live longer, healthier lives - Breaking boundaries with mental health, which is still largely ignored in Zambia

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Explore your entrepreneurial spirit and travel the world! This gap year program lets you intern with businesses and learn about different cultures in Zambia, Peru, and Argentina. You'll work with professionals, gain new skills, and make friends abroad! In Zambia, you will partner with an NGO to create positive change in education, health, family support, women's empowerment, and conservation. You will gain experience in NGO management, project facilitation, fundraising, and marketing. In Peru, provide microfinance services to local communities, especially in rural areas. You will assist with community visits, loan assessment, financial management education, and administrative tasks. Also, you will join a non-profit supporting entrepreneurs in Argentina. You will assist with establishing startups, connecting with resources, and participating in networking events to help accelerate the growth of Argentina's entrepreneurial ecosystem. Build your resume, experience different ways of life, and have an amazing adventure!