Goonj Grassroot Fellowship is a year-long program, where fellows will be working in various areas by engaging with the communities on ground. During the one year, fellows interact with various communities from villages as well as cities and get a deeper understanding of the realities and devise ways to act upon the needs of the communities by engaging the communities.
About the internship
Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:
1. Learning in-depth about issues like infrastructural development, menstrual health, education, livelihood and disaster relief-rehabilitation etc.
2. Working on ground with Goonj operational and field teams in Assam, Bundelkhand, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, etc.
3. Capacity building workshops, shadowing experience with sector specialists apart from hands on training about key skills like communication, financial planning, monitoring and evaluation etc.
Earn certifications in these skills
Who can apply
Only those candidates can apply who:
1. are available for full time (in-office) internship
2. have relevant skills and interests
Added requirements
1. We are looking for people who will commit to spend a year with us in various areas and themes by working on issues that affect the last person, at the same time develop individual skill sets and capacities
2. Minimum qualification is Matriculation
3. Age between 21 to 35 year old
4. Applications opened for Indian citizens only
Editor’s note
Information above is Internshala's interpretation and paraphrasing of what we found on the shared link.
About Goonj
Goonj envisions to grow as an idea across regions, economies, and countries using urban discard as a tool to alleviate poverty and enhance the dignity of the poor in the world. Address basic but neglected issues of the poor by involving them in evolving their own solutions with dignity and urban material as a reward.
