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Read first-hand accounts from our interns about their transformative experiences in South Africa.
Shannon Kirkpatrick
I knew from early on in my studies that I wanted to work abroad for some or most of my career, because I was already lucky enough to experience the magic of liv...
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Naoki Hiroi
I am from Tokyo, Japan and am currently in charge of investing in fixed income assets at a Japanese bank. I majored in Economics at University and focused on fi...
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Sophie Olivier
My name is Sophie and I am 32 years old. I am from the UK and I currently live there. I work in the charity/development sector mainly in fundraising. I work par...
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responsible internships
If interning is not done right, it can be harmful to the people it's supposed to be helping. To avoid this we focus on education around responsible intern...
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Emily Essi
As part of the past intern interviews, we caught up with impact-focused Emily Essi. Read what she had to say about her time as an intern in Cape Town....
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Reuben Kadé
We caught up with past intern Reuben Kadé who is socially-minded and technically-trained. Read what he had to say about his time as an intern in Cape Town....
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Stephanie Spera
We caught up with people-oriented, culture-embracing, and a past iKapa intern, Stephanie Spera. Read what she had to say about her time as an intern in Cape Tow...
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Lydia Feinberg Henze
My name is Lydia and I'm from Connecticut. I studied Public Policy at Syracuse University where, through a familial connection, met Dee Moskoff. Following gradu...
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Celine Trauschke
My name is Celine and I'm from the Western part of Germany. From 2016 to 2019 I studied Public Administration in Cologne. I currently stay in Düsseldorf where I...
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Mandla Higa
One of our most recent iKapa Impact interns, Mandla Higa, participated in a very exciting Agri Tech Project in collaboration with the organization, "Humans to H...
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Daniëlle Davelaar
This month's iKapa Impact past intern profile is dedicated to Daniëlle Davelaar, who hails all the way from The Netherlands! Daniëlle studied a BA in Social Wor...
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Haley Hardie
This month we are profiling past intern, Haley Hardie, all the way from Syracuse University in Upstate New York, USA! This profile is unique in the sense that i...
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Emma Barrett
My name is Emma (Emms) to most, and I live in the UK with my fiancée Matt and our little baby girl who is one years old! We are both teachers- I teach Food and ...
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Will Smithson
Being interested in development work, I wanted more hands-on experience working on the ground in a developing country....
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Chené Fourie
My heart is to serve Africa's most vulnerable communities and to empower and equip them to create a better and brighter future for themselves. Being on the grou...
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Chelsea Aiosa
I always had a passion for travel and South Africa was on my bucket list, specifically Cape Town. I had taken a history seminar about Apartheid and I fell in lo...
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