Choosing to do an internship abroad is an exciting experience, promising to bring you face to face with new challenges, flavors, and cultures while you push your comfort zone. While some people flourish in this kind of environment, others may require a little bit more support. Regardless of what type of personality you are, pushing…
We sat with Yingning Wang and shared a meal at one of Cape Town’s best coffee shops. Yingning shared her experiences of being in Cape Town, getting excited again about her highlights, and thinking back on her fondest memories during her internship. Yingning visited Cape Town to complete her public health internship, focusing on HIV…
Kamdyn Thakur, a young American living in Shanghai, recently spent 2,5 weeks volunteering in Cape Town, South Africa. She has a heart for two very important things – travel and volunteering. If i could… enabled her to combine these two passions and make a meaningful difference. We sat down with Kamdyn to find out a…
For many years, if i could… has been bringing international students and graduates to intern in Cape Town and New Delhi. We love seeing our interns thrive at their host organisations, and we are proud of the difference they make in the development sector. We caught up with one of our Cape Town interns, Kushal…
Mckenzie Swain, is a sophomore pursuing a degree in International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, DC, focussing on International Development Studies. Mckenzie completed her Gender Equality & Advocacy degree with a specific slant towards sexual empowerment & education. Mckenzie had plans to study further in Women’s Studies, or Human Services and Social Justice,…
Jessica is going places! Originally from Utah, she’s enrolled at Brigham Young University studying Law and will complete her qualification this year. She loves playing tennis, is a fabulous pianist, and aspires to work with the United Nations one day. Jessica says she’s always wanted to visit India – she even studied Hindi in her…
Travelling to a completely new country is a must-have experience for anyone who wants to grow professionally, academically and personally. Some find adapting to a new culture challenging but this was not the case for Hanseul Choi who was already on her second trip to Cape Town with her internship. Her’s her Mother city experience….
You can read and hear many things about India. However, the reality is nothing close to what the travel blogs will tell you. It’s a country of fascinating juxtapositions and stark contradictions. You’ll find enchanting, urban, restricted, with beautiful people in some unexpected places. Its essence can’t be captured in text, but I can take…
There’s one topic we’ve been coming back to a lot in the if i could… office recently. And this topic is volunteering and where it fits in in our lives. Perhaps you’ve also been wondering how volunteering helps the world? Getting out to volunteer our times and skills for causes we believe in means we…
At the beginning of this week, I was regaling a friend of mine with tales of the weekend. While I was covering Sunday afternoon’s hike, an adventure we hoped would take four hours but ended up being five and a half, he broke into laughter and exclaimed ‘Wow, you really are living the life.” After…
