Category Archives: SOS Volunteers

What Led Me to Volunteer at SOS Children’s Villages

Part 5 of a Series entitled American University Ghana Trip
– A post by Katie Wood, an intern for SOS Children’s Villages – USA
Before traveling to Ghana this past March, I had never been anywhere but the East Coast [...]

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SOS Children’s Villages PR Intern Reflects on Experience

By Matthew Lewis-Butler

Because my most impartial statement describing an internship experience at SOS Children’s Villages-USA would seem extremely biased, I am just going to come right out and say that an internship with SOS is outstanding! From the people that [...]

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Impressed by SOS

Part 4 of a Series entitled American University Ghana Trip
– A post by Frikk Nesje
Visiting one of the SOS Villages in Ghana made me acknowledge the strengths in terms of criteria for monitoring and evaluation; that facilities are open [...]

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The Value of a Nonprofit Internship

by Satyajit Nadkarni
Working in a non-profit is one of the best experiences a rookie entering a job market or a person who is thinking of switching careers can think of doing. It is one of those things that makes such [...]

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American University Professor Takes Students to SOS Children’s Village in Ghana

– Part 1 of a Series by Professor Heather Heckel, American University
Each spring, my international environment and development class has the opportunity to travel to Ghana.   The students who are participating in American University’s Washington Semester Program tour Ghana in [...]

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