awareness for Casa Maga. Her commitment to the students and the way she believes in the transferrable skills akin to performing arts is truly inspiring.
CYPRUS CARITAS CYPRUS Katherine Dorkins, Somerville College, Second Year Undergraduate, BA History and Modern Languages (French), In-person internship Work Projects I worked in Caritas Cyprus' Migrant Centre, helping to support asylum seekers and refugees. I gave support with whatever problems people had, which most often related to them accessing the benefits that asylum seekers are legally entitled to receive from the Cypriot government. I also dealt with the organisation's WhatsApp in the afternoon, through which asylum seekers could ask other questions. My host organisation ensured that I had the skills to deal with everything that came my way, so I started by working in a two with one of the long-term employees of the organisation and then started completing tasks on my own. Daily Life I lived in a shared house of eight, two of whom also worked at my organisation. I walked to work and outside of work had a very nice time with friends I made in my house and at work. Everyone working at Caritas is very fun and lovely and we spent time together having drinks / doing social things after work. Lasting Impressions I loved the experience and found it completely transformative: in lots of ways, I feel quite different. I also think it was academically useful to be speaking so much French. The experience has made me think much more seriously about working for an NGO, whereas I was much more interested in policy previously.
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