Remote Internships with Grassroots Organizations

My internship placement with the Wellness Africa Foundation through Roots Interns has been an incredibly rewarding experience. The program provided structured guidance while still allowing me to take ownership of meaningful policy work that aligned with my academic goals. Communication with both Roots and the host organization was supportive and responsive, ensuring that I felt prepared and valued throughout. I would highly recommend Roots Interns to any student seeking an opportunity to apply their studies in a real-world, globally relevant context.

I had same excellent experience overall from start to finish. Everyone was incredibly helpful and I learned valuable skills to take with me in my future endeavors. My main tasks were: Organizer student files and profiles, create fundraisers, review social media posts, research.

I am very satisfied with this internship opportunity. During my time here, I was able to broaden my horizons and gain valuable knowledge about water-related issues and how they are addressed within the textile industry. I felt that my contributions were valued, as my ideas were consistently listened to and taken into consideration. I learned how to work effectively in a remote setting while balancing my studies and personal life, which has made me feel more prepared and confident to enter the workforce after graduation. Getting to collaborate with great colleagues and engage directly with experts in the water field, gave me deeper insights into the challenges and solutions surrounding water stewardship.

I worked in-person and remotely which has allowed me to experience two work dynamics, both of which have been enjoyable and have developed me as a whole. I found that the transition from in-person work to remote was handled very efficiently and i was able to get stuck back in, with a very clear idea of what i had to do - my supervisor did a wonderful job at coordinating this. This has been such a great experience for me. My main tasks were; Creating and delivering creative writing workshops for local schools with my supervisor, gathering parent testimonials, making an anthology of students stories and poems and planning and creating content for a campaign.

My internship with Zambezi Animal Welfare Services (ZAWS) was an incredibly meaningful experience. This opportunity strengthened both my skills and my commitment to animal welfare as a future career. My main tasks and responsibilities included organizing calendars and spreadsheets, writing emails, and researching grant opportunities.

Roots made it really easy for me to find an internship that matched my interests and goals. The team was super helpful and supportive throughout the whole process, from applying to actually starting the role. As an intern, I analyzed environmental risks with a focus on water impacts and textile certification systems, conducted research and expert interviews, and helped translate complex findings into clear, engaging content for public and stakeholder use.

At first I did not know how a remote internship would work. However, this has been the most rewarding experience I have had. I felt culturally immersed and created important materials for my organization to use. Loved it!

I’ve learned so much from this opportunity, and I’m grateful for the support, guidance, and inspiration along the way. Working at Roots has been an incredible experience, and I’ll carry these lessons with me. I hope our paths cross again!

I really enjoyed my remote internship through Roots. It has taught me a lot about non-profit work and given me a new perspective about sustainability and self-reliance. It was also my first time working remote, so that was a new experience to get used to and required me and my organization to be flexible. Overall, I learned a lot and made new connections

Working with Roots Interns was made easy for me, from before the placement and after the placement I received amazing support that rapidly enhanced my experience in the marketing industry. With Roots you get to work closely with senior professionals showing you the ropes, I got to handle different social media campaigns with the help of my supervisor and that helped me with being 100% sure that I want to stay in the digital side of marketing. My work was posting content, writing captions for content, helping with social media campaigns, social media tracking, help with content calendar, engaging with audiences on social media.

My internship placement with Roots Interns has been a transformative experience, allowing me to gain valuable insights into global public health and community-based projects. The opportunity to work remotely while contributing to meaningful initiatives has greatly enhanced my practical skills and understanding of public health strategies in diverse settings. My main task involved the creation of an eight-week lesson curriculum to teach inmates about HIV, its risks, and prevention.

This is a very good internship opportunity. I learned a lot of knowledge during this internship, and I believe it will be very helpful for my future formal work. As an intern, I feel my main tasks and responsibilities are to communicate with the team and complete the tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Baobuyu Learning Center. I worked on health promotion and communication, creating health flyers. I improved my understanding of Canva and discovered how efficient it can for advertissement and communication especially in the medical field. I enjoyed the meetings with my supervisor. Her feedback were valuable and helped me improved the quality if my work. The most challenging aspect of the internship was summarising my research results into one single page and make the message simple and easy to understand by any type of audience.

Amazing internship with Roots Intern. I have learned and applied the knowledge which I lernt during my bachelor degree and master. I have learned how to use the google analytic, create content & develop website..

The experience led to self-development and being critical as I aimed to give proper advice to the company. I enjoyed helping the company, African impact, with their awareness campaign. I have learned how to look at things from a communication specialist point of view and now I will look at certain things from a communication specialists point of view.

I worked on creating an organization diagram, accumulating data for an infographic, drafting an infographic, analyzing survey data, and creating a school profile. I did not know what an infographic was before interning with MSPC and now I have already drafted my first infographic! And I know this skill will be useful in the future. I learned valuable skills from the internship that I believe will be transferable to my other jobs in the future.

I interned with Penda for just over two months and had a wonderful experience! Marleen was extremely helpful, supportive and accommodating and was very flexible with what tasks I wanted to do. It felt lovely to be part of an exciting organisation and contribute to their programmes. I've made some good links through the internship and I now feel confident to embark on an exciting and fresh career path!

My internship with Roots evolved my understanding of the different types of marketing and how it can be part of Roots development. Both my supervisors allowed me to explore tasks that has helped me figure out what I might venture in for my future career. It was a great experience personally and professionally.

It was my first internship, and everyone at Roots has made it a very memorable experience for me. I learned a lot of skills and had a wonderful time. The team was very welcoming, and they helped me ease into a professional workspace.

My remote internship with Penda completely exceeded my expectations! For my gap year, I was looking for a meaningful way to get involved with a social impact organization, meet and get to know people from outside Canada, and gain valuable work experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. I can easily say my remote internship allowed me to achieve all of these in engaging ways. Working with Marleen (Managing Director of Penda) was wonderful. Marleen and the rest of the Penda team create a very balanced work environment. The environment of working with other Marleen and other interns remotely was very collaborative and engaging, but still allowed each team member to freedom to have creative independence over their projects. It was a lovely balance that made me as an intern feel respected and supported! I quickly fell in love with working for Penda and would absolutely recommend interning with them to anyone looking for a rewarding experience! Roots and Talitha did an excellent job of providing support throughout the internship. Talitha checked in every few weeks to see how I was doing and if there was anything Roots could do to make my experience better. Even from a remote internship, you still get opportunities to connect and get to know other interns. I highly recommend doing a remote internship with Roots to anyone who is looking to have a rewarding experience but is unable to travel to Africa. If you are able to travel, Roots is a lovely organization and I would absolutely consider joining them in Africa!

Working at Penda, was perhaps one of the best learning experiences I have had. Though the internship was virtual, the team at Penda and Roots made sure that I would be able to get most out of this role.

Despite working from home, I learnt many new things and was especially pleased about the practical application of many aspects I had been taught about at university. While I would have preferred to travel to Malawi, I did manage to gain in-depth insight into the way an NGO works and what the particular challenges in this particular case are.

The team of Greenpop is like a big family who support, collaborate, and does everything needed to create a synergic environment in which working becomes pleasant and satisfying. Definitely recommended.

Sadly I was unable to travel to Malawi due to Covid-19 and so I carried out this remotely. It was tough at first but after a week everyone knew what was happening and how we could all work remotely. I was given tasks which both played to my strengths but also ones which challenged my thinking and enabled me to expand my skills and knowledge of the area I was working in.

My Roots internship has been very fulfilling despite being virtual and during a pandemic. My supervisors were constantly communicating with me and kept me on task and over the course of the summer, I learned so much more about Malawi and its people than I ever thought I could with a virtual internship.

I am super grateful to have experienced my internship the way I did. I started in Cape Town at Penda and got to wear many hats at the same time during my internship. Social media management, content creation, blog writing, web development, building a new website, visiting projects, interviewing people and much more. I have learned so much while working at Penda and I am especially grateful for my very nice and kind little team. I always felt "at home" and welcome. When COVID-19 hit, I went back home to Europe, however the transition was no problem at all. Everything went seamlessly and smoothly. I got to take my work back home with me and learned how to work digitally with a team.

I feel blessed to have the opportunity to work for a South Africa based organisation from home. I can experience the international work vibe without travelling. My internship keeps me busy and focused which is so important because I don't have to be one of those who are bored at home. I am using my time effectively, I am productive, learn a lot of new skills. Thanks to Roots Interns, I often forget that there is a world crisis out there. I can only recommend a remote internship!