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Careers information
Humanitarian Centre is regularly approached by people interested in career opportunities in the humanitarian sector.Cambridge University students should approach the CU Careers Service for professional advice on careers in the NGO sector. Students at Anglia Ruskin University should similarly approach the ARU Careers Service.
In due course we will have a list of sources of internships offered by UK-based NGOs.
In conjunction with the Cambridge University Careers Service we run a series of talks aimed at young people looking for summer placements as a first step to experience in the sector. Some presentations can be found below:
Preparing for your overseas placement
Amanda Norman, University of Cambridge Careers Service
Phillida Strachan, The Humanitarian Centre
Adjusting to Cultural Differences
Kate Jeffrey and Rachel Glover, Development in Action
Health and Welfare in the Field
Useful Links:
www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk
www.nathnac.org
www.fco.gov.uk
www.malariahotspots.co.uk
www.state.gov/travel
www.wilson-howarth.com
It's worth taking a book about travel health. Consider
The Essential Guide to travel Health: Don't let Bugs, Bites and Bowels spoil your trip.
by Jane Wilson-Howarth, available at her website above.
participating organisations:
Afrinspire,
Addenbrooke's Abroad,
Aiducation,
Aptivate,
Architectures Sans Frontieres,
Ashanti Development,
Cambridge Canon Collins Trust,
Bridges to Belarus,
Cambridge to Africa,
Camvol,
CBM-UK,
CUID,
CUSAFE,
Development in Action,
Engineers Without Borders,
ELST,
Global Poverty Project,
Harambee Centre,
Hoveraid,
Kenya Education Partnerships,
kiwanja.net,
Latin American Foundation for the Future,
MEDSIN,
Menelik Education,
The Mountain Trust,
NECT,
Oxfam Cambridge,
RedR Cambridge,
Seed Project,
Shelter Centre,
SOS Children's Villages,
SSSK,
UNIFEM Cambridge,
VSO Cambridge,
WDM Cambridge