Business Internships
Participate in a business internship abroad with Kaya to ensure a truly impactful experience. You can work in a variety of organizations such as NGOs (Non-Governmmental Organizations), charity foundations, small businesses, social enterprises, and entrepreneurial initiatives where you can grow your skills and apply your studies within companies that really benefit from your work. Business internship opportunities give you the chance to gain a first-hand understanding of the issues and priorities that shape social-impact businesses, international development, and non-profit sectors and where you contribute to strengthening the capacity and sustainability of organizations in this field.
As a Business Intern, you can work in many different sectors, with different Business focuses, including:
- Finance – From accounting to managing budgets, you can work in a range of organizations including microfinance initiatives.
- Marketing and communications – Help manage communications outreach from social media to public relations in an interesting range of impact organizations
- Management, Entrepreneurship and Administration – Whether you are interested in international business, NGO management, entrepreneurship, administration or economic development, we have a host of organizations that can put your skills to work.
- Tourism and Hospitality – Working within ecotourism, sustainable tourism, and outdoor recreation we have some great internship options.
Our Business Internships
Gain some practical experience in Architecture abroad!
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Join a 2-week group micro-internship that combines lectures, interactive discussions on sustainability models, learn about the challenges and successes of these in Costa Rica and finish off the program with practical fieldwork.
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Learn about non-profit management, community development, social media in promotion, event management and donor funding while experiencing local culture.
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Take part in a NGO Management Internship in Ecuador and develop your skills and gain experience abroad
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Intern in for a local social enterprise promoting financial independence through indigenous traditions in Peru
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Intern in a local school and gain some teaching experience in Peru
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Participate in the farmers' economic empowerment internship in Uganda and contribute to the expansion of local farming businesses
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Participate in a women empowerment internship and learn about sustainable development model to empower local vulnerable women and help them make a living.
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Intern on this Microfinance and Entrepreneurship Training for Communities in Uganda placement and contribute to the training of local entrepreneurs.
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Develop your experience through an hospitality management internship in an African context working for an award winning backpacker lodge
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Develop and share your business skills by participating in this microfinance internship in Africa.
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Join this NGO Business Internship in Vietnam and develop your business knowledge by working with local community projects.
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Use your business and financial skills to empower local women and youth by doing this Microfinance Internship in Ghana and contribute to local economies.
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Share this small business development internship in Eswatini to extend your CV/Resume while developing the capacity of a social enterprise.
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Join our NGO Development Internship in Chiang Mai in Thailand and develop your knowledge and practical experience of international development.
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If you are interested in banking, accountancy or economics why not support poorer local people by joining this Microfinance volunteer placement in Peru.
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Grasp the opportunity to gain invaluable first-hand experience of the NGO sector, by joining this international development and fundraising internship in Swaziland.
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Easy 4-step application process
APPLY ONLINE
Click here to apply online and pay your application fee to apply for your space on your chosen project. Our advisors will then contact you to guide you through the next steps.
TELEPHONE INTERVIEW
Once we’ve received your application, we’ll review your details and be in touch to arrange your informal telephone interview with your Kaya Placement Advisor.
CONFIRMATION
Following your interview, we will provide you a placement offer. Once you are ready to confirm your placement and dates, you can pay your confirmation fee to book and secure your space.
GET PREPARED
When you have confirmed your project dates we’ll send you your Welcome Pack and lots of other helpful information to assist you with preparing for your placement.