Roots Interns
Why choose Roots Interns?
Roots Interns offers academic internships with grassroots projects worldwide to anyone looking for a program that balances meaningful work and valuable learning. With the help of our highly skilled and experienced team, you will be matched with the organization that best fits your internship goals and personal passions. Interning with these innovative organizations allows you to gain invaluable...
Roots Interns offers academic internships with grassroots projects worldwide to anyone looking for a program that balances meaningful work and valuable learning. With the help of our highly skilled and experienced team, you will be matched with the organization that best fits your internship goals and personal passions. Interning with these innovative organizations allows you to gain invaluable work experience, helping to expand your skills in a real-world setting. At the same time, you get to contribute to the important work happening at a grassroots level; a beautiful offshoot of mutual growth. By working directly with decision-makers and getting to implement projects to see the outcome of your work, you'll leave your internship having practical knowledge you can't get in a typical co...
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Medical Internship in Peru
July 01, 2025by: SauceProgram: Medical Internship in PeruOut of this experience in South America, I wanted to gain new perspective and improve my Spanish. I was able to achieve those things, along with seeing and experiencing much more. I will be back Arequipa!
Learning in Limuru
June 25, 2025by: PreeshaProgram: Award-Winning Grassroots Internship ProgramsKenya was never on top of my list for tourism. Initially overlooked, but later missed, my time in Kenya was rewarding and necessary. The beautiful people, welcoming environments, unbelievable nature, and support that came with the internship made this program important. Now I’m just waiting to go back.
A Meaningful and Eye-opening Experience
June 25, 2025by: JoeProgram: Youth Social Work Internship in Cape Town, South AfricaI had a great time during my internship with Roots Interns. The work was meaningful, and I learned a lot about community development and cultural exchange. The team was supportive and inspiring. I would definitely recommend this program to others.
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Marleen Lammers
Interviewed in 2020
Although she started her career as a journalist in The Netherlands, Marleen Lammer was drawn to Zambia about 15 years ago. Throughout southern Africa,...
Marleen Lammers
Interviewed in 2020
What inspired you to travel abroad?
We founded Roots Interns because we saw an opportunity to match skilled interns with grassroots organisations; a mission that provides both unique internships for students around the world, and hugely valuable support to small nonprofits doing important work. Roots Interns grew organically within Greenpop, an environmental organisation based in Cape Town that I was part of for many years. International interns were a vital part of Greenpop from the start, and undoubtedly helped make the projects what they are today. Seeing how much Greenpop benefited from having interns on board, and how valuable the learning experience was for the interns drove us to launch Roots Interns; so that we could host a larger amount of interns and support more important causes.
Talitha van der Waerden
Interviewed in 2020
Talitha has worked as a tour leader in the Middle East, as a communications consultant, and a project manager developing recruitment and change manage...
Talitha van der Waerden
Interviewed in 2020
What inspired you to travel abroad?
I was inspired by the opportunity of being able to help other people have a similarly good experience as the one I had when coming to South Africa for a skills-based volunteering experience. And it's great to be able to help our non profit partners grow and develop by sending them valuable interns.
Laura Penninga
Participated in 2019
Laura is 18-years-old and from the Netherlands. She’s in her third year of the Bachelor of International Communication in Groningen, and is spending t...
Laura Penninga
Participated in 2019
I've always wanted to go abroad. I grew up in a small town in the Netherlands, with not much to see and not much to do (except for staring at the horizon, which is quite far away as the Netherlands is extremely flat).
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Roots Interns offers academic internships with grassroots projects worldwide to anyone looking for a program that balances meaningful work and valuable learning. With the help of our highly skilled and experienced team, you will be matched with the organization that best fits your internship goals and personal passions. Interning with these innovative organizations allows you to gain invaluable work experience, helping to expand your skills in a real-world setting. At the same time, you get to contribute to the important work happening at a grassroots level; a beautiful offshoot of mutual growth. By working directly with decision-makers and getting to implement projects to see the outcome of your work, you'll leave your internship having practical knowledge you can't get in a typical co...
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Roots Interns offers academic internships with grassroots projects worldwide to anyone looking for a program that balances meaningful work and valuable learning. With the help of our highly skilled and experienced team, you will be matched with the organization that best fits your internship goals and personal passions. Interning with these innovative organizations allows you to gain invaluable work experience, helping to expand your skills in a real-world setting. At the same time, you get to contribute to the important work happening at a grassroots level; a beautiful offshoot of mutual growth. By working directly with decision-makers and getting to implement projects to see the outcome of your work, you'll leave your internship having practical knowledge you can't get in a typical co...
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