intern with the women of kireka!

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As someone with many un-paid internships under her belt, the word “volunteer” often makes me shudder. But, the facts are, we need your support!

• Programme Assistant Intern (Full-time): This position with the Women of Kireka would involve guiding the women in their current business practices (accounting, savings, establishing micro-loans, etc.), doing marketing & design, escorting visitors to the quarry, and organizing sample shipments/partnerships with local and international organizations.

• Advocacy and Awareness Intern (Full-time): Not long ago, a reader commented that we were not doing enough for the overall Kireka community. Granted, when the women leave the quarry, their jobs will be taken by equally desperate individuals. In order to mitigate this, we would like to run an awareness campaign on the working conditions of the Kireka community among media, community and government. There’s been a trickle of information on the quarry over the years, but we really want to ramp this up and make an impact.

The lovely Hannah Gray will help you organize your internship placements. She has a boat-load of experience in this field and is an expert in all things Kampala (and fun!). If you are interested, please send your CV, cover letter and a short 500-word statement on what you would like to achieve to myself or Project Disapora. Of course, information on the site is limited, but we want to know how creative are!

Note: We’re certainly not as widely known or CV-boosting as UN-name any branch, but we can promise a very engaging experience with the Women of Kireka and Uganda as a whole. We are also expert reference-letter writers. Most importantly, we’ll help you build contacts in the field of international development in East Africa.