Financial possibilities for Interns

We offer three types of internships from a financial perspective.

1) Paid internships, which provide a living allowance;

2) Subsidized internship for people with special skills and work interests matching our needs; and
3) Regular internships for persons who explore and develop their own ideas and projects.
We assist all interns, as needed, with information for grant applications. Please read more on the following page about our internships. We are unable to pay for airfare.

Internships providing a living allowance

Creation of Adult Literacy Materials in Ecovillage Design Education

The Senegal branch of the Global Ecovillage Network (GENSEN), seeks an intern or volunteer to create adult literacy and primary school teaching materials and activities in Ecovillage Design Education (EDE), working with the Government’s Adult Literacy and Education Ministries. These educational materials will teach skills and technologies for preserving and enhancing sustainable village life and livelihoods, combining the best of ancient village wisdom and modern science. The successful candidate will work with GENSEN’s project teams to integrate sustainability education into human, economic and environmental development activities.

Subsidized internships for willing workers with special skills and experience:

This summer, we need interns to support the following projects:
- Reforestation and plant science project with government ministries (insert details here)
- Non-formal Education for Adolescent Domestic Servants, one intern will have the opportunity to help manage the program and support domestic servants
- Ecotourism project, one intern will continue planning and implementing ecotourism activities
- Solar cookers project, to continue the realization and expansion of solar cookers
- Biogas project, which uses animal waste to produce biogas for electrifying homes
- Research on how to manage and reduce solid and liquid waste in ecovillages and Yoff
- Developing partnerships for ecovillage and GENSEN activities with other organizations in Dakar
- Microcredit management, and or software design, to work for SEM
- Any and all ecological and appropriate technologies (drip irrigation, Permaculture, solar energy, CO2 offsetting, building.........)
- Leadership training skills, interest in training ecovillage leaders
- English <-> French translation
- TOEFL examination preparatory class for Senegalese university students
- Creation of fair trade shop selling ecovillage products on autoroute near airport.
- Or you name it !!!!

Our subsidies include: on-going cultural orientation, facilitation and introduction to experts and mentors, villages and villagers; wireless Internet access and work space; and Senegalese work partners, in exchange for your interest in their job training.

Your minimum costs:

will be $30/day ($900/month) for room, board and laundry in a home stay family in Dakar and/or village(s), (or towards other accommodation if you previously worked in Africa) plus your incidentals, travel expenses and possibly your translation partner if you speak no French

Regular internships

For persons with ideas for projects, research, or thesis work they wish to develop with GENSEN's network or ecovillagers, and persons wishing to explore Senegal through service learning in villages or in GENSEN headquarters.

International and local students have collected masters and doctoral thesis data in GENSEN villages, on organic agriculture, urban and environmental planning, ICT and local governance...(and even on concepts of romantic love among Yoff's fisherwomen). Others have worked in program design and made lasting contributions to GENSEN's programs. To learn more, kindly read about our internships.