This international nonprofit promotes access to adequate housing for the most vulnerable populations. The mission is to break the poverty cycle by offering families an opportunity to achieve, through shelter, the strength, stability, and self-reliance they need to build a better future. Through the organization’s projects, they offer families living in inadequate conditions the opportunity to manage a solution to their housing problem. The organization also promotes human and community development to ensure a sustainable solution over time. The type of solutions can be: loans to build or improve housing; technical legal assistance for self-assisted building; and regulated rents.
Industry: Development & Sustainability; Public Policy; Engineering & Operations; Finance
Sector: Nonprofit Organization
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Possible Intern Roles:
Communications Intern
The communications intern will create online content to keep the NGO in the spotlight of the press, influencers, legislators, and potential donors and volunteers. They will also contribute to the production of campaign materials and monitor/report the effectiveness of current communication materials.
Suggested Spanish level: Intermediate
Candidate requirements: The candidates must have familiarity with social media platforms. It is desirable for the candidate to have good knowledge of design tools, such as Illustrator or Photoshop, knowledge about social media metrics, and video editing skills. The ideal candidate will be able to work in a small, high-performing team and will have creativity, excellent communication, and teamwork skills.
Fundraising Intern
The fundraising intern will conduct research on international cooperation funding opportunities, analyze potential funders according to the mission, projects, and capabilities of the organization, draft reports and proposals to further improve the organization’s international cooperation outreach, and gather information to send to potential funders.
Suggested Spanish level: Advanced
Candidate requirements: Candidates must have prior experience creating fundraising proposals and have strong writing abilities. It is desirable for a candidate to have an academic background in international relations and be fluent in written English.
Social Work Intern
The Social Work intern will assist the Social Work team in the creation, implementation, and facilitation of workshops for families living in under-resourced communities. They will answer any concerns or questions from the families and respond to any potential issues that may require further attention. In addition, they will conduct research about relevant social issues for a project and search for organizations for the nonprofit to collaborate with. Lastly, they should be proactive in proposing possible ways to further improve current projects.
Suggested Spanish level: Advanced
Candidate requirements: The ideal candidate will be interested or studying social work and/or research fields, have an understanding of housing problems, and a desire to learn.
In the words of past interns:
“Through this internship I was able to to look at my career (Civil Engineering) through a different lens; a more global one. Looking at the impact projects such as the study of urban voids can have in the habitat deficit around the world makes the effort feel universal, without the human imposed boundaries we usually pay more attention to. Meeting a team of such passionate people for service and civility made me realize how much I appreciate such a setting and how much I wish to implement that in my future.” - Beatriz O., Urban Strategist, from Princeton University
“I really felt like I got a better understanding about the housing crisis in general but especially in Argentina and learned a lot about Argentina’s politics and culture. [The team] was really welcoming and was able to work with people who didn't know Spanish very well. I knew I could go to them when I didn't understand or needed help in any way.” - Laura M., Communications, from Virginia Tech University