Internships with Vanastree
Internship for research, documentation and writing, field visits,
practical work on the farm in the nursery, vegetable garden, tree
planting, earth work, seed sorting and packing, or manual work,
specific help with festivals or workshops, and any other specific tasks
that the intern has taken on
Paid/ Unpaid: UNPaid - Accomodation
will be arranged on the farm and in homestays. Interns must pay a
monthly amount to cover costs for the room and board and expenses to
the organization. The total cost per month of stay is approximately
$450.
Duration: Three to Six months
Location: Karkoli Village northwest of Sirsi, Karnataka
Contact: Sunita Rao sunitarao@sancharnet.in
Resources/Comments:
The program fee includes tuition, internship site development and
placement, pre-departure orientation, internship monitoring and
follow-up.
Monthly living costs (boarding, lodging, laundry
service, weekend homestays, 30 minutes of internet time 3 times a week,
Helping her/him learn and execute the work taken on, some amount of
local travel, overheads to the collective or associated NGO, and other
sundry expenses. Food will be simple, mostly vegetarian food with sea
food once or twice a week depending on season and availability.