Amirah Deji-Abiola is a Language, Culture and Society student at LSE and Child.org has been lucky enough to have her working with our team for the last 6 weeks. Whilst we are sad to see Amirah go, she accomplished so much for Child.org in a very short time and we are all looking forward to seeing what she achieves in the coming years. Below is Amirah’s account of her time at Child.org…
I have just completed my 6-week Fundraising and Grant writing internship at Child.org and I couldn’t have hoped for a better organisation to introduce me to the world of charity work. I learned much more than I’m sure that I’m able to appreciate right now but one thing that will always stand out to me is the working environment created by the whole team. I always felt like I a valued member of staff by everyone working at the organisation, and that is a feeling I will be expecting and looking forward to finding at my future full-time job. I wanted to work at Child.org because the team seemed genuinely passionate and dedicated to supporting positive, sustainable change to the healthcare received by the mothers and children they work with – and that passion is truly infectious.
I think that Child.org is the golden standard for an organisation that wants to work with communities in overcoming their unique challenges. The communication and collaboration between the UK-based team and the Kenyan team is admirable as every interaction was filled with respect and a willingness to listen and learn from one another. This, amongst many other things, is what I’ve learned from working at Child.org and I am grateful that these attributes will not only help me in my career but also in my personal development.
I’m not sure what my next steps are careerwise. I’m going back to university at the end of September but, in the meanwhile, I think I’m going to try and reflect and appreciate how truly grateful I am to have had the opportunity to work with such amazing people.