Volunteer Adventure Corps

http://www.vacorps.com
Address : 102H Building 20 Waverley Business Park Mowbray
Cape Town , Western Cape 7700 South Africa
Phone : Oliver: +27 (0)76 588 6588
Fax : +27 (0)21 448 1117
Mission Statement : Central to our program philosophy is the concept of mutually beneficial experiential learning, through which the intern, partner organization, and the communities they serve, have the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop in dynamic and positive ways. Ultimately, we want you to have an incredible experience in Africa while gaining the type of professional exposure that will be one of the first talking points in any job interview.

We specialize in finding internship opportunities that are tailor-made to satisfy your academic, professional and intellectual needs. At the same time, we feel strongly that participants in our program shall make an impact at their internship sites.

Professional Internships in Cape Town

I am the director of the Volunteer Adventure Corps, an internship program based in Cape Town. This journal details the stories and adventures of my program participants. This journal is a must-read for any student considering an internship in South Africa.

A Cape Town internship experience through the eyes of a VACorps participant

“Edit Café really enjoyed Eric's incredible enthusiasm (so did we!!) and gave him access to their video cameras and editing equipment to pursue his own creative project.”

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Edit Café really enjoyed Eric's incredible enthusiasm (so did we!!) and gave him access to their video cameras and editing equipment to pursue his own creative project.

It was the great pleasure of the Volunteer Adventure Corps to host Eric Taylor, a senior from the University of Oregon's school of journalism and communication, in Cape Town as a participant of our professional internship program from January to March, 2008. Having studied video production and documentary film at journalism school, we placed Eric at Edit Café as a video post-production assistant. A link to their company website can be found here: (http://www.editcafe.co.za/). Edit Café really enjoyed Eric's incredible enthusiasm (so did we!!) and gave him access to their video cameras and editing equipment to pursue his own creative project. With about three weeks remaining before his departure, Eric knocked on my office door with a request to discuss possible video storyboards. He mentioned that he had really enjoyed his internship experience in Cape Town and wanted to create a video that would reflect his many adventures. I gave him my full support and we explored a few possible approaches, though this was about the extent of my input on this project. He then proceeded to develop a video/editing strategy with the director of video editing at Edit Cafe and on the final day of his internship, stopped by the office again to show me this:

I have him a few demerits for spelling our name wrong in the opening credits, but otherwise, I think his video speaks volumes about the Cape Town internship experience.