Internship at Minority Rights Group International, London

I am a student of International law program therefore the internship at Minority Rights Group International in London was of particular interest to me. This internship at MRG encouraged me to help and work with particularly vulnerable people such as minorities and indigenous people.

MRG is the leading international human rights organization working to secure rights for ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous people around the world. Through training and education, legal cases, publications and the media, MRG supports minority and indigenous people as they strive to maintain their rights to the land they live on, the languages they speak, to equal opportunities in education and employment, and to full participation in public life.

I am very happy that I had a chance to work particularly in the Fundraising Department because I was responsible for performing various types of tasks. I assisted the Head of Fundraising in developing MRG’s fundraising strategy, including writing funding applications, identification of potential donors, relationship building with them, documenting appropriate fundraising procedures, researching on minorities issues in Uganda and Lebanon and providing general administrative support.

I was fully involved and integrated in all MRG’s activities and became a real member of its team. MRG always welcomes interns as they are invaluable assistants in various fields. I am glad that I was surrounded by such high qualified, clever, talented and friendly people working within MRG. Therefore every day spent in MRG was a great experience for me as I was able to learn from these people. I met a lot of interesting people with whom we became real friends.  

I am very grateful for UNDP Lithuania for such a great internship opportunity. I have no doubts that all things I have learnt spending these 2,5 months at MRG is invaluable experience for my future career. This internship strengthened my interest to work in NGO and promote human rights.

Therefore I really advice other students to use an opportunity of international internship because it is great and invaluable experience.

Monika Savelskyte