Internship Experiences

When I first arrived in Naddi after resigning from my comfortable sales job at a tech giant in Mumbai, I […]

On the move – Chemical to Renewable Engineering Making a portable solar light   After studying Chemical Engineering in UK,

To give you all a bit of a back story to myself my name is Ethan Donovan and my mother

Did the time fly or did it crawl? I honestly can’t tell. The last six months have not always been

Being part of EduCARE weaves some sort of spell – It constantly requires you to grow and change. Unexpectedly, several

Gajner has got a treasure, a treasure that not a lot of people take care about. It is unique, huge,

Gajner has got a treasure, a treasure that not a lot of people take care about. It is unique, huge,

Even after 1.5 years of EduCARE India Internship, I have laughed, cried, been thoroughly stressed, and also overjoyed many times

Seven months ago I remember saying to a fellow intern, “wow, time is going by so slow,” and he responded,

The retreats for Coordinators were developed during 2015 as an opportunity for the management team to come together and talk

After 2 months of intense nutrition work with the community, the cooking competition in Chenni successfully finished one part of

During the whole time I have spent in India or any country, I have never experienced anything like what recently

If there is one thing to know about India, it’s that they love a good festival and celebrating in style.

I have a tradition of sipping a freshly brewed coffee on the brisk mornings of a hike to take in

One of the nicest aspects of volunteering in EduCARE’s Gajner office is the seemingly unlimited options for travel on the

September 30th, 2015 is a day that we, the Naddi interns, won’t forget. Everything had to be removed from the

“I’m not going to make it, I’m not going to make it,” I kept thinking to myself as I focused

I have been in EduCARE long enough to see two dozen interns come in my life and leave it. Most

Sitting on the rooftop of the Gajner intern house, I hear religious melodies travel across the desert’s horizon by speaker.

Before I arrived in India at the beginning of June 2015, the news at home was displaying stories on a

First of all, I’m not pregnant. Gajner is not one of those places where young people go and parents are

I find myself at the end of a six-month internship with EduCARE India. As I was saying my final goodbyes,

My intern flatmate Lea and I sat upon the marble wall fencing in the Birla Mandir from its gorgeously kept

I am here above my past, above negative people, I am here in search of new learning, some good friends

While working on my project at EduCARE, I’ve found that many days are emotionally draining and challenging due to my

Over the past 6-months, EduCARE India has seen a lot of development and improvement, and many incredible interns to help

 “It happens, it will happen again. It’s complex, it’s India.” ~Mr B Hai, my name is Bruno. One of my

This past week, the Bikaner cluster had to say a tearful goodbye to a wonderful intern who has been staying

  Living in India comes with many challenges; I am constantly being pushed outside of my comfort zone and forced

Living and working in Gajner has its perks and its challenges, especially when you are used to a big city