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TOMA BAṜRE EDUCATION

IMPACT-BASED INTERNSHIPS

Strive • Unite • Build.

Program Briefing

Impact-Based Internships

Practical experience built around meaningful contribution.

Impact-Based Internships are structured, project-based opportunities where emerging professionals contribute to real organizational priorities while developing practical professional experience. Assignments respond to work that genuinely needs doing.

This is contribution, not observation.

Interns are not present simply to watch professionals work. They are assigned defined responsibilities, contribute to active priorities, and receive professional guidance and feedback.

How your work connects

  1. 01

    Impact-Based Internships

    • Operational support
    • Research support
    • Coordination
    • Organizational contribution

  2. 02

    Global Development Fellowship

    • Research
    • Analysis
    • Technical thinking
    • Applied project work

  3. 03

    International Projects

    • Real initiatives
    • Implementation partners
    • Communities
    • International engagement

Interns strengthen the systems around the work. Fellows contribute interdisciplinary expertise. Together, that capacity supports active International Projects.

Annual Rotation Model

  1. Q4

    International Policy & Regional Briefing

    Regional research and briefing support.

  2. Q1

    Nonprofit Development & Fundraising

    Development materials and donor support.

  3. Q2

    Event Planning & Project Management

    Planning, logistics, and delivery.

  4. Q3

    Human Resources & Cohort Preparation

    Recruitment, onboarding, and cohort readiness.

Four quarters.Four rotations.One connected organization.

What interns actually do

  1. 01

    Contribute

    Support active organizational and project priorities.

  2. 02

    Research

    Develop useful research and professional information.

  3. 03

    Coordinate

    Support communication, timelines, documentation, and project activity.

  4. 04

    Deliver

    Produce professional work, respond to feedback, and follow through.

Who this internship is for

For people who care enough to contribute.

We are looking for people who value people — and believe their skills should become useful beyond themselves. People willing to become invested in the work, the organization, and the communities affected by that work.

  1. Listen with intention
  2. Take responsibility
  3. Follow through
Three emerging professionals reviewing printed research and project documents together at a table

Care about the people affected by the work — and the quality of what carries your name.

What you leave with

  1. Experience

    Real contribution to active organizational work.

  2. Evidence

    Professional work products that demonstrate contribution.

  3. Capability

    Stronger professional judgment, communication, research, collaboration, and project-based skills.

  4. Confidence

    A clearer understanding of what you are capable of in a professional environment.

  • Defined expectations
  • Professional guidance
  • Increasing responsibility

You are supported, but expected to grow in independence as your readiness and reliability develop.

The Internship does not promise employment, admission, placement, or promotion. It provides something more fundamental: real work, real expectations, professional feedback, and room to develop.

Come prepared to contribute.Leave knowing what you are capable of.

Learn more and applyresources.tomabarre.org/applications/internships