Students and Internships | Askari Wilderness Conservation Programme

Are you studying an environmentally based degree? Why not use your time at Askari to gain credits for your course? Help conserve the African bush and enjoy the wildlife whilst fulfilling requirements for your degree modules.

1. INDEPENDENT STUDENTS

Askari offers you the following for your field placement:
· Practical, hands on experience in conservation, reserve and wildlife management.
· On the job training for all projects, data collection and analysis, research techniques and tasks.
· Training in the use of all research equipment, including GPS consoles and radio telemetry equipment for the tracking and research of animals.
· Personal, interactive approach to all activities with a maximum group size of 10, and an emphasis on team work.
· Appropriately controlled safety procedures when working out on the reserve and while off base during Askari excursions.
· On going supervision, training and assessment for students and the completion of references and placement feedback forms where required.
· Trained, experience and passionate staff on site, combining more than 10 years’ bush experience, research knowledge and BSc qualifications.
· Public liability insurance.

All of this, combined with stunning, world class wildlife viewing of species such as elephant, lion, rhino, cheetah, leopard, zebra, giraffe, wildebeest, warthog and wonderful bird life.
If you are interested in this offer, please mention it when emailing us, providing details for your course supervisor or institute. We will liaise with your study institute and determine if this can work for you.

2. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

· Askari caters for students following any environmental discipline
· With a minimum of 6 persons, a faculty can secure exclusivity of Askari for field trips.
· Faculty leaders are encouraged to accompany students where possible, provide leadership and motivation, as well as supervise internal student issues.
· With prior arrangement, projects can be tailored to suit the discipline of the group of students.
· Alternately, the group can partake in the running Askari projects, covering a broad spectrum of conservation and research areas.
· Certain times of year may be better suited to your faculty than others. Please enquire.

3. INTERNSHIPS

· When numbers allow, Askari takes on an intern to assist the staff team. Interns are not required to pay for their stay but become an unpaid staff member.
· Interns are only selected from past Askari volunteers who had been with Askari for a minimum of 4 weeks.
· Towards the end of their Askari stay, suitable candidates will be approached and invited to return as an intern in the future. There is no official application procedure.
· Internships do not necessarily continue directly on from your stay as a volunteer. A short-list of potential interns will be contacted by email, informing them of when the need will arise. If you wish to take up the offer, please note that all flights and insurance must be covered by yourself.
· Internships may be 1, 2 or 3 months long, depending on availability.
· The intern’s roles include all normal reserve and wildlife activities, plus menu planning and shopping assistance, data entry, report writing assistance, volunteer arrival preparations, running of tuck shop, marketing and bookings, stock takes, filing and duty weekends.