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(emails, calls), as well as the amount of independent work meant that I was able to create a health work/life balance.

Lasting Impressions

The internship benefitted from previous rounds of interns, meaning they knew what they

wanted out of the internship from the get-go, and I hit the ground running. My supervisor

encouraged me to voice my thoughts on the weaknesses and strengths of the organization

and its current grant funding and communications plan. Because of this support, I took on

many responsibilities and felt I made a lasting impact to the organization. I am still in

contact with them and look forward to any future projects they may need my help with.

Chloe Curtis, Keble College, Second Year Postgraduate, MPhil Medical Anthropology, Remote working

Work Projects

I was a strategy intern at the Nasio

Trust, working specifically towards

increasing income generation at their

medical centre in Musanda, a rural

area of Kenya. My main tasks involved

using data provided and information

from the medical team to learn and

document how the medical centre is run, how it generates income, and analyse the

different income streams with an aim to recommend areas that the medical centre could

improve income generation and financial performance, with targets and steps to achieve

them.

By collating information from numerous different financial reports, I was able to highlight

any inconstancies and discrepancies in the reporting styles that were preventing the medical

centre from being able to determine its financial status. I designed new financial templates,

including profit and loss statements, to be used by the medical centre to record their

performance more accurately.

Using the information that was available, I made a strategy plan that laid out clear next

steps and targets for the medical centre. These included focusing or expanding certain

services that are currently offered by the medical centre and have a greater potential for

growth and profitability. I had regular communication with the team in Kenya, and with a

contact from the Nasio trust in the UK. They provided me with necessary support and

information for me to be able to complete the objectives of this internship.

Daily Life

Unfortunately, the internship could not take place in Kenya at the medical centre due to

current ramifications of the covid-19 pandemic. I therefore completed the internship

remotely. Nevertheless, I was able to have communication with the medical team in Kenya

which was key for me to learn more about the health care system and the centres current

finances and sustainability. I was able to arrange online video calls with the medical team

every 2-3 days, and had more regular email communication with them.

My day consisted of receiving financial reports and information from the medical team and

spending time analysing them. In order to make sure this continued to feel like an internship

I aimed to work similar hours every day from 9-5.30, with flexibility depending on time

differences and when I could communicate with the team in Kenya. To relax, I always went

for a short walk over my lunch break, and after work, and watched the euros with my flat

mates in the evenings!

Lasting Impressions

The objectives of this internship were

quite difficult to fully complete and

navigate remotely. I would definitely

recommend this internship to be

completed in-person in Kenya as it

would be a much more fruitful

experience. I felt that there was a lot of

knowledge I was missing about different cultural expectations and beliefs that prevented