MGH Internship Opportunity in Uganda
Initiative to End Childhood Malnutrition: Volunteer/Intern
Rukungiri, Uganda
The Initiative to End Childhood Malnutrition (IECM) is seeking two young professionals to fulfill program coordination responsibilities for a six month to one year term at Nyakibale Hospital in southwest rural Uganda, beginning late-May 2012. IECM is a collaboration between the Harvard College Global Hunger Initiative, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Karoli Lwanga Nyakibale Hospital. The program was created in September 2009 to develop locally sustainable, effective, and replicable malnutrition protocols for developing, rural areas. The positions are voluntary, unpaid internships designed to foster professional growth while fulfilling essential responsibilities in support of this nonprofit program.
In order to support this mission IECM interns will maintain a malnutrition program in Rukungiri, Uganda where an estimated 30% of children under 5 suffer from malnutrition. As an intern you will gain valuable international experience by assisting in the development of a locally sustainable Inpatient Therapeutic Care program, implementation of a microenterprise initiative to ensure financial sustainability, development of community gardens to provide nutritional education, and establishment of an Outpatient Therapeutic Care Program to target malnourished children who cannot be treated on an inpatient basis. In addition to working on individual projects, interns will have a unique opportunity to gain practical exposure to the administration of a non-governmental organization.
If you would like to read more about IECM’s efforts, please refer to our abstract from the 2010 Annual American Public Health Association Conference: http://apha.confex.com/apha/138am/webprogram/Paper219359.html and our program website.
To apply for this position please send a Resume to liannatabar@gmail.com, with the Subject line of “IECM volunteer application”.
