Environmental Advocacy Work in Africa
Job Description
Summary
Art in Tanzania is introducing and implementing environmentally friendly solutions for Tanzanian communities. These solutions include dry toilets, composting and household water reuse, and solar water purification systems. We also emphasise sustainable tourism operations.
Details
Tanzanian communities lack the economic strength needed to implement environmentally friendly solutions in their households.
Presently, less than 50% of households have a toilet. Interns are developing sustainable and affordable solutions, including dry toilets for homes and schools.
This program also includes an introduction to solar-based water purification. Other green work includes developing compost, finding sustainable sources for providing heat for cooking, developing tree and bamboo nurseries, educating the neighbourhood, and advocating.
Sustainable Wildlife Safaris and other tourism operations are essential local sources of funding. The safaris also help us work towards sustainability.
We are developing an NGO business model to streamline revenue back into communities.
You can also get experience in an African tree nursery and help in planting operations.
The working hours are 6-8 hours from Monday to Friday. Paid internships include a local minimum wage of USD 100 per month.
We use our social media pages for advocacy work, and our Facebook pages have more than 50K followers.
Academic-level team leaders supervise your internship daily. We also monitor your work with a weekly plan and report system to ensure your progress in your study program.
The internship outcome is to learn to use and get experience implementing your education in developing country conditions with limited capacitation. Also, to better understand the opportunities in a fast-growing economy. Interns work in teams of international students and volunteer professionals.
Work hours are 6-8 hours per day, Monday through Friday.
The program is ongoing, so the start dates are adjustable. We accept applications from all students and alumni. Your placement is tailored to your background, experience, and interests to empower our daily work with the communities.
Daily tasks include practical fieldwork, planning, reporting, and visibility work.
The start and end dates are flexible and accommodate other travel arrangements in Tanzania. However, personal costs include international flights, student permits, accommodation, and meals.
You and your visiting friends can enjoy low-cost, sustainable s and safaris.
We need your tentative arrival and departure dates to book you in and open your account.
The Benefits and Perks are as follows:
Accommodation and meals are personal expenses. For 1-13 weeks, EUR 175 per week covers accommodation with breakfast and dinner and the student compound, and from week 14 onwards, it is EUR 125 weekly.
Airport transfer is EUR 60 in one way, a personal expense.
A Charity VISA for immigration of USD 50 is a personal expense. For less than 12 months, a multiple entry visa is USD 250.
We pay you a USD 100 per month stipend. It is small but 2x Tanzania’s national minimum wage. The minimum participation time for the grant is four weeks.
Flights are a personal expense.
Local transport, if any, is a personal expense.
Student work: https://www.slideshare.net/ArtinTanzania/art-in-tanzania-tanzania-climate-change-report
Participant reference: https://youtu.be/wsd846-tkQE and https://youtu.be/skkAoaAXoFU and https://youtu.be/EnUbSvXT92Q and https://youtu.be/IqgXsbGOk0g
Students presently in Tanzania are available at intern@artintanzania.org. Please also check their experiences at https://www.instagram.com/artintanzania/ and www.tiktok.com/@artintanzania.
Contact us for more details at info@artintanzania.org or SKYPE with us at infoartintanzania. You can always send a quick note to our WhatsApp at +255767777773.
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