There are over 140 international non-profit organizations in Singapore. NGOs form a crucial part of this huge number. These NGOs work in a variety of areas like, youth education and development, global biodiversity conservation, environmental awareness, arts and cultural heritage preservation, women and girls welfare, etc.
Asia has had its own share of challenges including natural disasters, environmental deterioration, and poverty. International NGOs that want to work in the Asian region prefer Singapore as the base for setting up their operations. Their interest can be attributed to the Singapore’s favorable business environment, world-class infrastructure, corruption-free law and order, diverse pool of talents, and global connectivity via air, land and water. These strengths of Singapore has helped it become one of the rising centers of philanthropic organizations.
Past AIP NGO interns have been involved and worked on the following projects:
- Coordinating with Administration, HR, and Finance departments to support the organization on training events and meetings.
- Maintaining networking with non-profit external partners and other organizations.
- Preparing situation analysis and submitting reports of meetings/field visits.
- Maintaining own records systematically and establishing systems to deliver the requirements of the role as needed.
- Providing effective support to program operations and monitoring humanitarian situations.
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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