Green Africa Foundation: Get Involved

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Background

Green Africa foundation through the Green Villages Programme seeks to develop Green Centers of excellence all over Kenya that will become a hub for community services.

In this respect, the organization accepts interns from various universities throughout the world who will help these centers to improve in all aspects. The interns also visit our Green Centre of Excellence in Kitui which is replicated in various institutions in Kenya.

Currently Green Africa Foundation in conjunction with AIESEC is hosting Seven Japanese students who arrived on August 2011. Five students have already commenced their internship programme at five different Green Africa Foundation centers.The remaining two are working in the office to come up with proper systems for the internship programme and to develop a green trade for Kenya and Japan. The duration period for the internship is 2-3 months whereby the students will have contributed to the improvement of the centres.

Below are the profiles of the Interns;

Name:Takuma TATEISHI

Age: 20

Major	Biotechnology
Work field/School name	Nairobi South YMCA Centre
Internship　Duration	8weeks
Internship　Goal	Not to give fish but to show how to catch fish.
Expectation for this internship	Though this internship, I would like to get to talk to as many people as I can and to be able to think differently. I am going to face the reality and solve many difficulties using my experience of my life.
Experience I got so far in this internship	I have learned the hospitality of Kenyan people in a way how they welcome foreigners willingly. I find it very different from Japan that there is a spirit of "Hakuna Matata" which can be demonstrated clearly by an African time.
My Internship Report	Download Here>>

Name:Mikki OKADO

Age:21

Major	International Relations
Work field/School name	Mara Children's Center
Internship　Duration	7weeks
Internship　Goal	Involve people to make a difference.
Expectations for this internship	As I have been interested in educational development, I have expected to see the real situation in Kenyan schools. Now, I ‘m trying to find a way to benefit both Green Africa and my school.
Experiences I got so far in this internship	Through visiting both public and informal school, I realized that not only the challenges which each school faced, but also those of slums and Kenya as a whole. This gave me the opportunities to consider my country from another perspective.
Internship Report	Download Here>>

Name:Tsuyoshi YASUHARA

Age:22

Major	International Trade Management Global Economics
Work field/School name	Fair trade products
Internship　Duration	8weeks
Internship　Goal	I‘m working at the office as a marketer for "Green Trade" between Kenya and Japan. I want to establish a system that Japanese customers can support the green activity of African communities　sustainably　through their daily shopping.
Expectations for this internship	Through this internship, I hope to train my specialty such as international trade management and marketing. In future, I want to be a global business person who can change the world. This internship will be an important step to my dream.
Experiences I got so far in this internship	I've learned the concept of Green Trade. It was very new idea for me, but I think it is necessary for Kenya and Japan.
Intership Report	Download Here>>

Name:Satomi Fujita

Age:22

Major	International Relations
Work field/School name	Makongeni Primary school
Internship　Duration	8weeks
Internship　Goal	Work on what I can do with children.
Expectations for this internship	I would like to learn how people are living here in Kenya, and contribute them to have environmentally better life. Also, I would like to develop my knowledge through this internship.
Experience I got so far in this internship	I have taught about Japan to standard 7sudents and planted kales and avocados. Also, I have taken Swahili class with some students. I learned that Kenyan students are hard working and know a lot about planting.
Internship Report	Download >>

Name:Taku YAMAMOTO

Age:23

Major	Civil engineering
Work field/School name	BARAKA PRIMARY SCHOOL, HURUMA
Internship　Duration	8weeks
Internship　Goal	Understand deeply what people living in slums are facing through education.
Expectation for this internship	1: I would like to get mental and physical toughness tackling the problems which slum people are facing. 2:It's interesting for me to get various Ideas from the other Japanese interns who belong to various departments.
Experiences I got so far in this internship.	I understood that people who living in slums accept realities and try to live desperately. So, when I am going to take actions against them, I will have to behave towards them.
Intership Report	Download >>

Name:Shota DEGUCHI

Age:22

Major	Environmental Management
Work field/School name	Project Manager
Internship　Duration	12weeks
Internship　Goal	Make successful, sustainable internship program.
Expectations for this intern	Learn structural thinking. Be good at discussing in English See environmental activities in Kenya
Experience I got so far in this internship	Saw the real situation in Slum. Grasp what Is going on in Green Africa Foundation.
Internship Report	Internship in Progress

Name:Ryo NAGAISHI

Age: 21

Major	International communication
Work field/School name	Genesis Joy Institution School
Internship　Duration	6weeks
Internship　Goal	My goal is improving the problem of a school, especially environmental problem and built green village which has high quality.
Expectations for this internship	My expectation is I talk the all members of school so many times and together all members learn to solve their problems by their own
Experience I got so far in this internship	I taught some class Japanese culture in primary and secondary school and taken questionnaire for students to find the challenge of their school.
Internship Report

Contacts Us in Japan

GreenAfrica-Japan@yahoogroups.jp