VACorps Testimonials
What is it like to be a participant of VACorps?
Lucia joined the VACorps Program in May 2019 and participated in a Conservation Internship. "I chose Cape Town as the place where I wanted an [...]
Bailey joined the VACorps Program in May 2019 and participated in an Occupational Therapy Internship. "Before arriving in Cape Town, I planned out in my [...]
Fatima joined the VACorps program in March 2018 and participated in a public health and social work internship. She is studying Health Services Management at the [...]
Gregory joined VACorps in January 2019 and participated in a Psychology internship. He is studying a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of [...]
Emily is from California and joined VACorps in January 2019 to participate in a communications and human rights internship. She is currently studying a Bachelor [...]
Duygu joined VACorps in February 2019 and participated in a winemaking internship. She is studying Chemical and Biological Engineering with a double major in Industrial [...]
Madison joined the VACorps Program in January 2019 and participated in a Disaster and Risk Management Internship in January 2019. "My time in Cape Town [...]
Sophia joined the VACorps Program in January 2019 and participated in an Entrepreneurship Internship. "Moving to South Africa for 3 months was not something I deliberately set [...]
Laura joined the VACorps Program in January 2019 and participated in a nursing internship. "I chose Cape Town because it was a place I wanted [...]
Emily joined the VACorps Program in January 2019 and participated in an Education Internship. She had this to say about her experience: "Living in Cape [...]
Cinthya joined the VACorps Program in 2019 and participated in an International Trade Law Internship. "I have been in Cape Town for almost 2 months [...]
Anya joined the VACorps Program in 2019 and participated in a Social Work and Human Rights Internship. "I originally was not planning on coming to [...]
Matthew participated in a Film and Media Internship as part of his GAP year. He had this to say about his experience: "Along with my [...]
Sydney, a student at Oregon State University, participated in a Public Health and Education Internship in January 2019. " Cape Town stood out to me when I [...]
Many incredible people have passed through the VACorps internship program since we first started hosting interns in 2006. “Oh the places you’ll go” is a series [...]
Savannah participated in a medical internship in Cape Town with VACorps in 2018. "I had a couple of friends back home who had previously participated [...]
Jergus participated in a human rights law internship in Cape Town with VACorps in 2018. "After successfully graduating from the LLM programme at the University [...]
Paidi, a student at Cornell University, interned at an NGO called Future Females. Paidi had this to say about her experience in South Africa with [...]
Randee participated in a psychology internship in Cape Town with VACorps in 2018. " I chose to come to Cape Town because I had heard [...]
Jenna participated in a health promotion internship in Cape Town with VACorps in 2018. "My time in Cape Town has been absolutely amazing, and I [...]
Yolancee participated in a medical internship in Cape Town with VACorps during the summer of 2018. " I spent 2.5 months in Cape Town and [...]
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