Location
  • Malawi

Program Details

Timeframe
Spring Break

Pricing

Price Details
Your program fee covers accommodation, breakfast and dinner on set program days, utilities and in-country transportation, project resources, and more. Visit out website for a full list of program price inclusions and exclusions.
What's Included
Accommodation Activities Some Meals Transportation
What's Included (Extra)

Pre-departure and in-country workshops
Project Everest Ventures polo shirt and notebook
Highly trained leaders and staff

What's Not Included
Airfare Some Meals Travel Insurance Visa Wifi
What's Not Included (Extra)

Vaccinations

Sep 29, 2023
Feb 29, 2020
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About Program

A Social Impact Internship in Malawi will expose you to hands-on experience of engaging with the local community to develop socially beneficial products and services aimed at tackling some of the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges.

Malawi, is a largely agricultural country located in southeastern Africa. Malawi is called the “Warm Heart of Africa” and known for its friendly people, coffee and tea exports. The internships are based in the city, and wider region surrounding, Blantyre, the commercial capital of Malawi.

Students who choose this internship have the opportunity to develop specific skills to compete in the global market, including working as part of a team on social impact programs.

Select from one of our Malawi-based social impact projects, including female hygiene and sanitation; supply chains for solar energy systems; agricultural data consulting; nutrition consulting and diet optimization; as well as microfinance and economic empowerment.

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Program Highlights

  • Collaborate and build meaningful connections with local Malawi communities through a cultural immersion that ensures the delivery of socially viable solutions that actually improves quality of life.
  • Explore the integration of exponential technologies, such as data-driven AI consulting, for scalable and sustainable social change at a grass-roots level.
  • Whether you’re heading on a weekend Safari to go wildlife spotting, heading to Lake Malawi for a dip, or somewhere in between, we encourage our teams to fully make the most of their experience overseas with us, personally as much as professionally.
  • 24/7 support and training from experienced leaders, staff and external partners who are highly trained in risk and safety management, facilitating personal and professional growth, and business development.
  • Learn and apply a range of industry-standard entrepreneurial and innovative methodologies and skills such as Design Thinking and Lean Startup and experience applying them to a real world context.

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4.95 Rating
based on 20 reviews
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  • Growth 4.75
  • Support 4.8
  • Fun 4.9
  • Housing 4
  • Safety 4.65
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Emma
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Solar Consulting

Malawi is such a unique and amazing country. The people are friendly and the scenery to die for. I'm very glad that I chose to go with PEV to Malawi as I was also pushed out of my comfit zone and got to meet so many like minded people. Through this experience I grew both professionally, by working on the Moyo Energy Business and personally. All the leaders were very professional however were also up for a chat and always cared about you. knowing all the risks and how to cope in those situations were also very helpful.

If you did this all over again, what's one thing you would change?
Being more involved in the project at the beginning and planning more for the remaining month.
50 people found this review helpful.
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Sascha
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Malawi with PEV

I decided on a whim to travel to Malawi for a full month, with a bunch of students I didn’t know, to work on a social enterprise project (I have no experience in business). I don’t know what exactly I expected, but what I can say is that the month exceeded every single expectation I could have had. It was one of the best months of my life. Not only did I learn so much about starting a business, but I lived with a household of legendary people and learnt about teamwork, a beautiful culture, about how to challenge myself to be the best version of myself I can be.

47 people found this review helpful.
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Natalie
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Social Enterprise in Malawi

This experience was truly like none other. From the first moment stepping off the plane, the differences between Malawi and Australia were evident. The driving was different, the houses, the fashion and there were chickens in random places. Over the course of the month however, despite tough challenges, this beautiful country will stick with me. By getting the chance to empathize with locals and create real change through undertaking the internship with Project Everest ventures, I now have a new perspective on potential solutions in developing countries. Malawi truly is the warm heart of Africa.

What was the most unfamiliar thing you ate?
There are a wide variety of foreign food in Malawi, some definitely better than others. But one food that everyone seems to pride themselves on in the country that was unfamiliar was definitely nsima.
47 people found this review helpful.
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Tram Huong
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

DArT

I had no expectations coming on to this program and I honestly think that was the best attitude to have, as I was blown away by the support, training and impact that was available to me. Working on a project from scratch in a developing country has had such a profound impact on the way in which I view social enterprise and the opportunity for growth, both in terms of the project and for myself personally.
This past month had been incredibly busy and it is constantly demanding, but I wouldn’t change any of it.

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
Definitely give it everything you have. There is no point in holding back, the month flies by and you have such an incredible opportunity to fully immerse yourself in a project that has direct impacts.
46 people found this review helpful.

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