Internship Experience @ Aaweg Charitable Trust, Delhi NCR: Learn about Social Entrepreneurship in teaching profession

Name, College, Course, Year

Dinesh, Galgotias University, First Year, B.A., LL.B (Hons.)

Name of the Organisation 

Aaweg Charitable Trust, Delhi NCR.

Duration

2nd January to 30th January.

Procedure for application

Email your CV and a recommendation letter from your college to: aawegtrust@gmail.com

It is better to apply at least a month or two before you commence your internship.

Once your CV is accepted you will be called for a short interview at their office.

Office Timings

10 a.m to 5 p.m

First Day impressions, Infrastructure etc.

Your work  starts from the first day itself. You will first be explained about the various programs taking place at Aaweg NGO and will be introduced to the different team heads and other people. And after an hour or so you will be assigned your work.

Most of the time we have to work on field with our team.

My overall experience 

This being my very first internship I was very nervous in the beginning, but there was many more like me and members of organisation was very supportive to interns

My major tasks at organisation were to prepare questionnaire for survey of non-school going children, took survey with team and report to organisation. Being very new to research, I was constantly helped by my team head at every point. I got the opportunity to read and research a lot.

I also took the initiative to volunteer for their event and attend some of their meetings, which helped me to network with people apart from my team.

Overall, this was an excellent experience for me. I have a come out a lot better person after this internship.

Biggest Lessons

If you want to apply your skill, than go for field job.

Internship is an opportunity to acquire real life experience without any risk or loss with support of mentors, as well as friend for life.

1. You get to learn about many things. I personally learnt lot of things about how organisations functions and what challenges they face, how do they overcome them etc.
2. You can network with many people apart from your team head.

Do many works, as much you can

The more you work, the more you learn. I was happy that apart from working for legal awareness and legal aid, I experienced the develop of new team for Social Entrepreneurship in teaching profession.

Bad things

Sometimes we have to work from home.

Stipend

It depends on work

Accommodation

I live in Delhi NCR itself, so I was not worried about accommodation