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I had just qualified as a solicitor in Ireland and I decided to take a few months off and go travelling. I had always wanted to volunteer abroad and through a friend at home I made contact with Connect-123. From the start Connect-123 was extremely helpful. They found a position for me with an organisation […]

Knowing that post graduation I would be in somewhat of a position of limbo before my career as an educator began, I decided to follow my dream of visiting the African continent. After a year of research, I finally found a program that seemed to fit my personality and needs in volunteering abroad; Connect-123. I […]

Equal Education has been working with Connect-123 for the past 2 years. We have had a range of fantastic volunteers coming through our organisation and have really benefitted from the time that they have spent with us. I feel that all of the interns who have come and gone from Equal Education have experienced something […]

I’ve been involved in developing and administering international internship programs in a variety of locations around the world for the last ten years, and have found them to provide transformative opportunities for student engagement with local issues, in local organizations, and with local peers. We began working with Connect-123 in Cape Town during the 2008-09 […]

In Sweden and the rest of the EU we have the opportunity to apply to send out our professional students on internships to other countries. Before it was mainly within Europe, but a few years back in Sweden we were also given the possibility to seek money for pupils to travel to countries outside of […]

My internship experience went above and beyond anything that I expected.  I worked for a very successful non-profit dealing with HIV/AIDS. I definitely felt needed in the office where I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to actually participate and work on big projects. I left feeling accomplished and learned in a whole […]

When I signed up to be a social work intern for a children’s home in Cape Town, I was hoping to gain a kind of education that my master’s program simply could not give me. I had just finished graduate school, and wanted to add some tangible “real life” time as another kind of schooling. […]

“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page”. – St. Augustine The whole of my experience in Cape Town was unforgettable! I arrived ready to complete my academic goals, experience and explore the South African culture. Fortunately, for me, I left with more than I could have planned! […]

South Africa seems like a dream. I can’t believe I was able to experience such a diverse and beautiful country. Connect-123 secured my living space and provided a home base for me while I explored this country. I was placed with an amazing literacy NGO. The work I was able to accomplish with them was […]

I don’t think there are words that can adequately describe my experience in Cape Town. I’ve heard people talk about “life-altering” experiences, and my internship with Connect-123 gave me mine. The work I did over the course of my three-month internship will play a defining role in my professional life. Working in Cape Town not […]