FAWE- Internship

FAWE is pleased to invite applications from eligible individuals for internships at its Regional Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya.

BackgroundFAWE is a pan-African Non Governmental Organisation founded in 1992 to promote girls’ and women’s education in sub-Saharan Africa in line with Education For All. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, FAWE has a network of 35 National Chapters operating across Africa.

FAWE's mission is to promote gender equity and equality in education in Africa by fostering positive policies, practices and attitudes towards girls’ education. The goal of the organisation is to increase access and retention as well as improve the quality of education for all girls within the school system and for women in universities.

FAWE's internship programme

In its 2008-2012 Strategic Plan, FAWE instituted an internship programme to encourage young graduates and university students who and are interested in gaining practical experience in their field of study. Interns provide support to specific FAWE units according to identified needs.

FAWE encourages the placement of interns at its Regional Secretariat in Nairobi and in National Chapter Secretariats.

Interns may be of any nationality or gender as long as the engagement is mutually beneficial to the intern and the requesting organisational unit, and thus to FAWE.


Call for applications

FAWE is inviting applications from eligible graduates for a three-month internship at its Regional Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya, in any of the areas of work listed below:

1. Accounting2. Programme assistance
3. Conference/meeting planning support4. Programme administration support

More information on the internship programme can be found ; Keep Checking their websites at http://www.fawe.org/support/get_involved/index.php.