Lia joined the VACorps program in January 2022 as part of her GAP year, and participated in a Human Right’s Law Internship. She will begin her studies at Georgetown University in the fall of 2022.
“Cape Town is such a beautiful city and I knew I wanted to visit South Africa. I wanted to learn how to adjust to life in an unfamiliar setting as practice for college, and interning would give purpose to my days. My first internship was not a good fit for me, but the VACorps staff was so helpful in assisting me with switching to my perfect internship. I loved living in Observatory, it was such a vibrant community of students that felt like true Cape Town. I will miss the mountains and the spirit of the people here. I stayed for three months, until the final day of my Visa. I even loved it so much that I extended my stay by two weeks. The weekly activities were always fun and the VACorps support staff is so welcoming and kind. I’m grateful for their help and accessibility.”
Meet our most recent VACorps program alumni:
Chris Doe, Massachussets, USA (2023)
Chris joined the VACorps program in January 2023 as part of his Gap year and participated in a human rights internship. I decided to come to Cape Town to do an internship because I […]
Nico Theunissen, New York, USA (2023)
Nico joined the VACorps Program in January 2023 as part of his Gap year and participated in an internship at a clean energy engineering company. “Living in New York City, coming to Cape Town […]
Derya Tunçaral, Istanbul, Turkey (2023)
Derya is a recent graduate of Istanbul Bilgi University where he earned his bachelor’s in International Relations. He joined the VACorps program in November 2022 and participated in a political science internship. “It was […]
Isabelle Ryan, Illinois, USA (2023)
Isabelle joined the VACorps Program in January 2023 as part of her Gap year and participated in a business internship. “Originally, I was nervous about coming to Cape Town. I had never been so […]
Alize Serez, Istanbul, Turkey, (2023)
Aliza has recently earned a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Istanbul Bilgi University. She joined the VACorps Program in September 2022 and participated in a Political Science Internship. “The reason I chose Cape […]
Carley Adams, Ontario, Canada, (2023)
Carley is a recent MSc graduate of the University of Edinburgh, specializing in Medical Anthropology. She joined the VACorps Program in January 2023 and participated in a public health internship. “Cape Town is such […]