Experiential Learning

Established in 2018 by Caroline Peters, a visionary and dedicated leader, the Callas Foundation serves as a testament to the power of resilience and determination. Its mission is driven by Caroline’s personal and professional experiences with Gender-Based Violence (GBV), inspiring her community to reshape the narrative surrounding GBV and its complex connections to poverty and crime. CF’s unwavering dedication is not just to combat the physical manifestations of GBV, but to eradicate the deeply rooted patriarchal structures that perpetuate inequalities between men, women, and children. By engaging with and educating communities, CF endeavors to bring forth a sustainable transformation. https://callasfoundation.org.za

• Interns will have the opportunity to assist the Callas team on their high school campaign for gender rights and education on LGBTI issues, conducting research for its Legal Research Center on active cases on gender-based violence, and strengthening its fundraising campaign on legal aid assistance for victims and food banks for the unhoused.

Philisa Abafazi Bethu (isiXhosa for “Heal Our Women”) is a gender-based violence organization based in Steenberg (Cape Town) and was founded by feminist activist and community leader Lucinda Evans in 2008. Its mission focuses on the healing of women who are victims of gender-based violence and child protection, catering to the needs of the Lavender Hill community through educational outreach programs tailored ot young women, elderly, children, LGBTQ+ persons, and men.

https://philisaabafazi.org/about/

• In covering the fields of health and immigration, youth development, and policy advocacy, interns are needed to assist in case management for refugee women, training unemployed youth in basic computer literacy, and researching GBV victim rights.

Heal the Hood strives to promote, develop and uplift the marginalized communities in South Africa and abroad by utilizing youth development, community activism and Hip Hop culture, combined with alternative educational methodologies, to advocate for social change.  Awarded best Hip Hop organization in 2010, Heal the Hood operates in over 20 schools, serving over 1200 children, particularly youth from the townships.

• Interns will play a multiplicity of roles, including administrative, social media marketing and promotion, website design, fundraising, archiving, oral history interviewing, conducing surveys, and serving as a teaching assistant in arts and sports-based class sessions.

This pioneering archive, based at the University of Western Cape, consists of unique multimedia collections depicting multiple facets of resistance of the freedom struggle that was waged against Apartheid from within and outside the borders of South Africa. https://www.chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/tag/mayibuye/

• Interns at the archive will assist in cataloging, digitizing, and preserving historical documents related to the anti-apartheid struggle, ensuring that these vital records are accessible for future research. Additionally, they will help in curating exhibitions and creating educational materials that highlight key events and figures from the movement.

Equal Education (EE) is a youth-led mass democratic movement of learners, post-school youth, parents, teachers and community members who use mobilization and public action, supported by careful research, to empower young activists and ensure equality in South African education. In 2018, our movement celebrated its 10th year of organizing. Over these 10 years, EE have managed to put education on the national agenda, mobilize young people who are directly affected by education challenges, and become one of the leading grassroots voices on education-related matters in the country. www.equaleducation.org.za

• Interns can assist EE in their ongoing campaigns that address school governance, school safety, building infrastructure to combat sanitation and overcrowding issues, and media and communications.

SWEAT is a nonprofit organization at the cutting edge of sex worker advocacy, human rights defense and mobilization in Africa. Operating out of Cape Town, SWEAT has determined the discussions on a legal adult sex work industry where sex work is acknowledged as work, and where sex workers have a strong voice, which informs and influences wider social debates. www.Sweat.org.za

• Interns would be tasked with research work related to the decriminalization of adult sex work, not only in South Africa but neighboring African countries and assisting in planning human rights workshops.