Summer 2010 Think Impact Global Development Internship :: Apps Due Feb 28

As a Global Development Intern with Think Impact you could could incubate your social venture while living in an African village, receiving mentorship, training, funding, and working with the local community to get your venture off the ground.

Sound good to you, too? :)

Think Impact connects American college students and young adults with developing countries to alleviate poverty. The organization aims for its alumni to make a career in development or as America’s next generation of entrepreneurs, policymakers, CEOs and philanthropists who personally understand the potential for development by leveraging local community resources.

Think Impact’s Global Development Internship is an 8-week village homestay and social venture incubation program for top social entrepreneurs.

Applications for the Global Development Internship close on February 28, 2010 for this summer.

Interviewing the Founder of Think Impact: Incubating Social Ventures in African Villages from Teju Ravilochan on Vimeo.

Then once you've returned to the USA at the end of your internship, you can apply for a Think Impact Global Development Fellowship. Think Impact provides each fellow with a stipend that will cover travel and living costs for 6 months to 1 year in South Africa while projects are being implemented.

Check out the 2009 Funded Fellows here.