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Ashoka - Innovators for the Public

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Economics
  • Region: North America
  • Location: Arlington, USA
  • Internship Title: International Intern
  • Duration: 3-9 months
  • Number of Interns: 3-5
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
Ashoka builds and cultivates a community of change leaders who see that the world now requires everyone to be a changemaker. Together, we collaborate to transform institutions and cultures worldwide so they support changemaking for the good of all.
 
The world is defined by change and requires a new mindset.
Ashoka envisions a world in which everyone is a changemaker:
a world where all citizens are powerful and contribute to change in positive ways.

Our Mission
Ashoka identifies and supports the world’s leading social entrepreneurs, learns from the patterns in their innovations, and mobilizes a global community that embraces these new frameworks to build an “everyone a changemaker world.” 

Our Priorities
Ashoka focuses on three strategic priorities to help people understand and adapt to a world of accelerating change, where everyone is called on to be a leader

Social Entrepreneurship
Ashoka selects world-class social entrepreneurs who are leading the way to an everyone-a-changemaker world.
 
Empathy and Young Changemaking
Ashoka is leading a movement to transform how young people grow up so they have the power to lead, to contribute — to be in charge.
 
Organizing for Changemaking
Living and working in our changemaker world requires breaking through silos, tearing down walls, and organizing in fluid, open, teams of teams.
Internship Tasks
Support with general activities, such as document sorting, data collection, translation, basic website maintenance, social media, project management, communication and event help, etc. 
The specific content of the internship depends on the needs at that time.

Requirements
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
2019-11-25 | Barcelona, Spain – European Changemaker Summit
2019-09-25 | Singapore, Singapore – Changemaker Xchange Conference
2009-09-29 | Washington, DC USA – Global youth enterprise conference
1999-01-13 | Washington, DC USA – Vision and action for equitable development in the 21st century
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
● Participates in: 
   S-XS0240 – Global Meeting of Generations (GMG). 
● Member of: 
   F-XJ6514 – Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN); 
   F-XJ2148 – NetHope. 
● Stakeholder in: 
   F-XJ7047 – Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI). 
● Supports: 
   E-XJ0404 – SEED. 
● Ashoka – Youth Venture is member of the Advisory Committee of: 
   G-XJ0499 – Making Cents International. 
   Partner of: G-XM5828 – UNLEASH. 
● Links with: 
   U-XG4563 – Femmes, développement et entreprise en Afrique (FDEA): 
   E-XM2824 – Global Urban Development (GUD); 
   D-XD6023 – Ibero-American Youth Organization; 
   G-XG2078 – Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES); 
   G-XG8876 – Lester B Pearson United World College of the Pacific; 
   F-XF1589 – Mega-Cities Project; 
   G-XN9858 – Singapore International Foundation (SIF); 
   F-XM5392 – VALID Nutrition; 
   F-XF0463 – World Economic Forum (WEF); 
   F-XF1490 – World Social Forum (WSF).

Members
Ashoka Fellows (about 3,000) in 70 countries. Membership countries not specified.
Active Areas & Regions
Active in: Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Israel, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, USA, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela.