I’m not going to start an Economics debate on a Saturday morning, but I’m tempted. Trickle Up is a non-profit organization that was named as a slap in the face to the theory of trickle-down economics. Regardless of their economic philosophy, they appear to be doing great work by empowering “people living on less than $1 a day to take the first steps out of poverty, providing them with resources to build microenterprises for a better quality of life.” Trickle Up is based out of New York City, and they believe strongly in microfinance, micropreneurship, and microenterprises as being the solution to worldwide poverty. Their website does a great job of telling their story, so I recommend that you check it out to get a full feel for whom Trickle Up helps and how they do it.
Trickle Up’s Jobs and Internship page is extremely simple and doesn’t include many details about what it’s like working for them, but it does include internship postings with in-depth descriptions. Right now, there’s only one internship posted, and it’s for a Program Intern. The intern will be working on the Finance and Administration side, and will be focused on “developing better analytical models and organizational policies.” It sounds like a pretty cool internship, although it is unpaid. It’s a great chance to learn about a microenterprise. The internship appears to be located at Trickle Up’s headquarters in New York City (their other headquarters are in India, Mali, Uganda, and Guatemala) and you can apply by sending a cover letter and resume to Sharon Pollack at spollack@trickleup.org. This is a Spring internship that starts soon, so get your application in ASAP.
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Tags: analyst, Internships, microfinance, New York, non-profit, program development, research, unpaid
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