Tanzania Volunteers arranges internships in many fields. If you can’t find your field from the internship placements list please contact us. We arrange new placements all the time.
By internship we mean a practical training period at the workplacement that student performs BEFORE graduation.
The minimum length for the internship period is 1 month. Internship is always unpaid and the working language is English. Your internship will be supervised by local professionals.
Tanzania Volunteers will arrange all the contracts and paperwork needed for internship, including Residence Permit. When you arrive we will pick you from Kilimanjaro International Airport and you willstaycomfortably in our volunteer house together with other interns and volunteers. In the beginning of your trip we will familiarize you with the local language and culture by 3 days orientation.
Our workers will take good care of you during your whole trip. On the weekends you can attend on different safaris or other short trips and after your internship period you can climb Mount Kilimanjaro or have a relaxing holiday on Zanzibar island. So make sure you have time for longer trips after your internship period!
"At the working place they started slowly with me which was good so that I had time to get used to the working routines and so on. They taught me how to use Galileo booking program which was very useful since I may need to use it even in Finland. ...
"Everything here is totally different compared to European countries so patience is good to have, and learn Kiswahili as much as you can. Also planning the days beforehand is good. New ideas are always welcome to every place. All the things that are normal to us are new here and ...
"Rau Day-care center is a good place for active and initiative person. There is lots of doing if you want to. Staff is hearty and language isn’t problem if you just want to communicate (staff doesn’t speak English). With imagination and creativity possibilities are limitless. There is also chance to ...
"I was working in Mahabusu ya Watoto (Juvenile Jail) for eight weeks and it was the most wonderful experience of my life. I loved the kids there and I still miss them. That place runs with volunteers and we had free hands with the things we planned to do there. ...
"Three weeks teacher training in Ebenezer Pre-primary & Primary School! Teaching and guidance in Ebenezer were unsurpassed: we were warmly welcome and we were able to choose the subjects we wanted to teach. The kids were wonderful and the teachers co-operative. The tips for volunteers/ interns:
– Take every material you ...
"My first internship in hospital was in Mawenzi Regional Hospital. My internship in Moshi, Tanzania was my second internship during my studies. Mawenzi is a governmental hospital with several different wards. I did most of my internship in female surgical ward guided by a local doctor. In the beginning it ...
"Working at Mawenzi has been a big challenges but also a great experience. You learn about the many cultural differences, and as a nursing student you have to accept the situation of poverty and try to find the best ways to work around it. The facilities are bad and there ...
"Working days were quite relaxed; the length was usually 4 to 6 hours + travelling there and back about 1 to 2 hours in a day. It was surprising how important interns ‘wo’rk was to the center. You are allowed to do more things than in Finland. I was also ...
"In the morning it took always about 1 hour to change all the greetings and news with the nurses. Everything happened slowly and it really increases your patience. During the day you can give many vaccinations, take blood samples, and assist in deliveries and in health checking. Home visits were the ...
"In Majengo Health Center you will get in the middle of the local health care in a very basic level. In the Health Center you will see very well the local life and culture. Workers are very friendly but they need some time to get encouraged to have any deeper ...
"Good thing was to realize that maybe one of them started to think changing his life. Wolfgang (the manager in Juvenile Jail) is very kind and wants to help in everything. He gives all the information you need. It is not good if there are too many volunteers at the ...
"My internship here is Moshi, Tanzania has been one of the greatest experiences in my whole life. I have got to know the African culture and got a chance to experience how it is to work in local Montessori day-care. In my working place and in TVL house I have been very ...
"On the other side of Equator the water in the sink flows to same direction as in Finland….. and that is pretty much the only similarity between these two cultures which both I still feel homelike. Almost half a year is a long time, enough. It is enough time to ...
