How to find an internship in Cape Town, South Africa
1. To get started, browse our Cape Town internship directory on the right hand sidebar and read a full description of each internship opportunity by clicking on the title. If you find an internship that appeals to you, click the "remember this internship" button at the bottom of the page to remember the site for your application. You will notice that we offer a very diverse selection of internship sites. If you do not see an internship that appeals to you, please don't hesitate to contact us with your specific internship requirements. Please note that the sites listed are only example internship sites-- our Cape Town internship database includes more than 100+ sites not listed on this website.
2. After contacting us with an initial application, we will reply to you with an additional series of information requests. From this stage, a dialogue begins between you and a member of our staff.
3. Once we have received enough information from you to understand your internship objectives, we will search our database to find a match between you and one of our internship sites. Occasionally there is not a fit, so we'll contact organizations outside of our network to create an opportunity for you. All of our internships are created on a customized basis.
4. You will receive an internship site recommendation from our staff via email. This recommendation outlines the best internship opportunity for you in Cape Town in addition to an overview of the host organization. Please note that we will present you with a Cape Town internship site recommendation FREE OF CHARGE. We will only request a deposit once you have reviewed and accepted our recommendation.
-Brent Erickson, an intern at the Gugulethu Dental Clinic.
VAC specializes in finding internship opportunities that are tailor-made to satisfy your academic, professional and intellectual needs. At the same time, we feel strongly that participants in our program shall make an impact at their internship sites. Central to our program philosophy is the concept of mutually beneficial experiential learning, through which the intern, partner organization, and the communities they serve, have the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop in dynamic and positive ways.
