Oxfam International Relations

Throughout my undergraduate career at the University of South Carolina, I continually found myself drawn to internship opportunities

I am extremely interested in the internship at FAIR Girls, due to its mission of aiding young women to live productive and amazing lives. As well as, since International Social Work is what I hope to specialize in. However, I do not have any experience working with survivors of trauma and trafficking. Given my dedication to learning, my work ethic and my educational knowledge of social work, though, I believe I’d make a strong candidate for your consideration in this internship.

Our elders always tell us that if an opportunity is handed to you, grab it. The moment I saw Kuya Scott’s photos in Mahidol University, I said to myself “I would do anything to be able to apply.” I kept on hoping that it would be open to all, and when Ma’am Sally introduced about the Global Internship Programs and said that it is open to everyone and not just to those who are part of the Dean’s List, it made me feel ecstatic.

I am passionate about help making a difference within the LGBTQ community. By improving the well-being of the LGBTQ communities. My underlying goal is to help serve the HIV’ AIDs community in order to help loved ones. My reasons for wanting this internship is to become an allied for both LGBTQ and HIV/AIDs communities. I will do this by having an open mind and being mindful of how others view individuals within these communities. I want to help to spread knowledge and awareness around AID/HIV and help get rid of the negative connotation around the LGBTQ community. I am passionate about helping individuals get their voice back. With my crisis intervention skills, and caseload experience, I believe I will be a great assess for this

Imagine your house and your life burning, and your family all running in sheer, blind panic. You need to escape, to find shelter; yet when you do eventually toll hard and long to find salvation, they turn you away. This is what it feels like to be a Syrian Refugee. Right now, the Syrian Refugee Crisis is a global phenomena that continues to affect the lives of an enormous number of people. This comes at a time when immigration from country to country is a very controversial topic, and solutions need to be found in order to help the Syrian people. Despite a growing need for immigration reform, Syrian refugees, Muslims particularly, are being denied rights by many European countries, (like the Netherlands, Hungary, and Turkey); their rights to

In particular, I want to focus on gender and international education. As a global citizen, a feminist, and someone who has taught abroad I’m passionate about narrowing the education gap between young boys and girls. Having been raised in a culture where males are expected to be the breadwinners, and thus their education is more highly valued, I have a particular empathy for girls who aren’t able to achieve their potential. Through nonprofit work, I plan on doing my part to ensure that all girls everywhere receive a quality

Oxfam International role as an international organization is advocating for transformational change, by opening political space, raising funds, public support, sharing technical expertise and providing strategic funding to partners and carrying out humanitarian work that saves lives. Its main role is freeing people from the injustice of poverty. It has proved this by working with the most vulnerable communities in Kenya and in the slums of Nairobi. In times of natural disasters and crisis it has had a great record of humanitarian relief assistance to those affected, through the delivering of water and sanitation, food, shelter, and security that are needed in emergencies. It also establishes emergency responses locally and reinforcement of

There are over half a billion people who live in conflicted and fragile states that consists of wars, prosecutions, and even deaths. However, many people were displaced from their homes in the Syrian war of 2011. However, many left their countries in fear of being prosecuted for their beliefs, citizenships, part of a group, or due to their partisan opinions. However, these refugees left to their neighboring states like Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. (2015, p. 1). They were heading to the Western States. The rising cause of the refugee issues to security, is they pose as a perceived threat to the host country. A globally forced displacements of refugees has been going on since there has been wars, disasters, conflicts, political upheavals

In requirement of graduating with a degree in Psychology, students have to complete an internship with a company for a minimum of 120 hours. During fall semester 2014, I started searching for internships that would be appropriate as well as a good sense of exposure pertaining with my course, after sending my resumes to several organization and companies, I got a call back for two interviews. And after considering the pros and cons of each job offer, I decided to complete my internship with All Women Action Society also known as AWAM. The reason I chose this organization is because, it gives a great deal of exposure in relation to my degree in psychology as well as for my future master’s degree. AWAM is an independent non-governmental feminist

My experience Interviewing with the Open Society Foundation (OSF) was very surprising. Prior to interviewing with OSF I was worried that I wouldn't find any common interest with them, being that I am a biochemistry Major interviewing for a Justice Initiative Internship position with little or no experience in law. However, I had the complete opposite experience. My interest in helping and advocating for people around the world was in alignment with the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) mission of using law to protect and empower people around the world. This internship is a very structured program that empowers it interns with skills to tackle relevant topics such as Governance and Accountability and the possibility of having exposure

In September of 2015, President Obama pleaded towards his administration to allow entry for 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States. This sparked a lot of controversy between millions of Americans due to the threat of possible “terrorist sleeper cells”. The feelings of this can, partly, be contributed towards the emerging terrorist organization, ISIL/ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Despite these feelings, there are also many citizens that believe that our nation must act humanitarianly and urge legislatures to allow these refugees admittance into our country. In the article, “Obama Increases Number of Syrian Refugees for U.S. Resettlement to 10,000”, the authors Gardener Harris, David Sanger, and David Herszenhorn discuss President Obama’s call-to-action and give details that support the allowance of Syrian Refugees into the United States. Contributing writer, David Sanger, is a chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times and he has covered many issues, like: foreign policy, globalization, and nuclear proliferation. Mr. Sanger writes about many of the struggles that the refugees may face when attempting to gain access into the United States and discusses many views from outside politicians and professionals.

I believe that involving myself in such a rigorous program will push me beyond the two months I spent in Cape Town because I want to reach beyond the individual level because even though it was a great experience, I did not feel as though I got a chance to branch out of the NGO I was interning with. After interning, on Mandela Day I saw how much the community appreciates the organization and unfortunately, I was unable to fundraise for the program so that more individuals can participate because they often ran out of resources like food and advertising material to promote their

Amnesty International's mission statement is as follows: "Amnesty International's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights." (Wikipedia, 2016)

A refugee is someone who has been forced out of their own country due to reasons such as political, economic or even threats of wars. Since the beginning of 2015, a large number of people from Middle Eastern and African countries are fleeing war, persecution, and poverty and have been crossing borders into and within Europe. The Syrian refugee migration problem is one of Europe’s major crisis of the decade. In an article by “Europe’s Commision”, we see that “More than 1 million refugees and migrants have arrived in the European Union” in which a large amount of these refugees are fleeing from the civil war in Syria. Europe is in the middle of a huge debate between the ethical concerns regarding whether or not to grant Syrian refugees into Europe. The global catastrophe has clear ethical considerations; however, these refugees should not be denied into all of Europe because they are trying to escape from war and terror in their own country.

As would be student at your University, I am honoured to have an opportunity to apply for the International Community Development Scholarship Program. Studying the programme would ensure I give a positive contribution to my country after finishing the course. I believe that community development workers ' input to the society is invaluable. Hence, I want to be aligned with a profession that assists the underprivileged in the society.