Interning at an NGO abroad seems an exciting opportunity to many youngsters, and it rightly is.
But many of them go into the internships with such exalted expectations that they find it difficult to adjust with the grounding reality of internships at NGOs.
Like other fields, working in NGO field also demands of you to start from the grassroots level and progressively move up. While at some NGOs you may get the opportunity to jump into the field work, at other NGOS your help maybe required with basic administrative tasks such as editing and proofreading content for publishing, updating social media profiles, creating presentations and designs, computer work, etc. depending on your skill proficiency.
Throughout your internship in Thailand, you will encounter real-world problems with no feasible solutions and ground-level challenges that remain insurmountable. If you’re planning a career in NGO field, then you should understand that you may not always get the expected results.
An NGO internship in Thailand will prepare you for this crucial aspect of NGO work, how to remain unconditionally committed to your cause and efforts without worrying about the outcomes.
Because even though you may not change the world entirely with your NGO internship Thailand, you will definitely leave it a little better and more cheerful than earlier.
Past AIP NGO interns have been involved and worked on the following projects:
Note that all AIP interns are given a personal supervisor who will train, monitor and guide you throughout your international internship experience.
Internship tasks will vary from company to company, as well as intern to intern. These are only examples of tasks that were carried out from previous interns.
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