Services
Internships
In collaboration with Thaqafat Association, the Center for Cross Cultural Learning is providing from 2 to 10 weeks virtual and in-person internships in various fields in Morocco as follows:
Contact us on cccl@cccl.ma for more information.
Please note that these internships are only available for organizations, we do not offer these internships for individuals. Student must apply to CCCL/Thaqafat internships through their universities.
Topic: Children’s Education
Required languages: Intermediate level of Arabic and/or French.
Internship overview:
You will gain an international experience in working with children, providing assistance in a different range of environments; community, NGOs, schools, day care centers, orphanages, autistic children institutions and many more. You will work with children from underprivileged neighborhoods for whom you will organize and engage in activities to entertain them and help develop their cognitive skills. Duties vary depending on the projects but in general, they involve giving much-needed attention, providing educational support, teaching basic English, physical development activities (music, dance, toys, and games), and arts and craft (painting and drawing) and assisting with daily operations.
Possible tasks:
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Design and facilitate workshops in drawing, manual work activities, educational gamification etc.
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Offer academic support and occasional childcare.
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Assist in summer camps, during the school holidays.
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Other tasks will be assigned in relation to your projects
Topic: Medical and Health care
Required languages: French & English
Internship overview:
This internship program is a rich variety of opportunities for students and recent graduates with health educational background to gain insight into the technical and administrative programs of NGOs and health care organizations, to enrich their knowledge and experience in various areas, while contributing in supporting humanitarian programs that serve directly the Moroccan population in distress. One of the primary duties is to help your experienced physician or supervisor who work closely with the patients. During this period, the intern will be rotating in various fields of specialties or departments to gain more experience and get a priceless chance to observe and learn.
Possible tasks:
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Support medical professionals who serve Health Rights
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Assist when needed with open mind
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Help proofread English documents
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Interns shadow and assist local staff and may have scope to rotate through a range of departments.
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Assist and help organize events and workshops
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Interns should not expect to work “hands on” with patients.
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Other tasks will be assigned in relation to your projects.
Topic: Tourism and hospitality
Required languages: French and English
Internship overview:
This internship will contribute in giving you a unique international work experience and an enriching opportunity if you are passionate about exploring diverse cultures while gaining practical experience in the dynamic field of travel and hospitality. You will be working in one of the various features of the tourism industry like hotel management, event planning, reservations, customer service, developing marketing used by businesses, rental services and cultural exchange. As an intern, you will collaborate with tourism organizations, hotels, restaurants, and travel agencies.
Possible tasks:
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Work closely with vendors on event planning tasks
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Organize marketing projects
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Create and developing itineraries based on customer request
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Work on website and mange social media accounts
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Provide customer service like booking reservations and researching itineraries for customers
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Other tasks will be assigned in relation to your projects
Topic: Women Empowerment
Required languages: French and English
Internship overview:
Ultimately, this internship is designed to help improving women’s standard of living, self-confidence, encouraging them to be independent and generating income of their own. There are many projects that encourage women’s education and financial independence. Such projects aim to educate women and girls who are otherwise deprived of education and training. This is a great project to learn about women’s life, promote sexual and reproductive health, social implementation, rights and the laws related to women in Morocco. By giving a hand in a variety of daily tasks, you will thus feel that you can make a difference and help the association in protecting women’s rights.
Possible tasks:
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Work on Marketing and social media of host organizations.
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Proofread English documents
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Writ and edit articles in English
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Possibly teaching English classes for the staff
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Get involved with the local NGOs in management and administrative aspects of the project.
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Assist in organizing events
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Other tasks will be assigned in relation to your projects
Topic: Human Rights
Required languages: French and English
Internship overview:
Intern with one of the organizations and NGOs that strive to promote gender equality through education to human rights values; monitoring and condemning human rights abuses as well as carrying out advocacy and solidarity acts with their victims.
You will learn from those organizations how they work to protect human rights through promotion of equality, freedom of expression, and more. As an intern you will support professional advocates as they provide services such as social assistance, education, vocational training, support and more. Gain an understanding of how to support and advocate for vulnerable communities. You will learn about human rights issues in Morocco and how strategies are put in place to make a difference, and develop practical NGO experience for career development.
Possible tasks:
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Work on projects suggested by the host organization
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Write articles in English and proofread documents
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Organize workshops and/or teach English lessons (possibly)
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Produce content both on and offline to raise awareness and provide support
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Assist with content creation and digital communications for social media platforms and newsletters
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Help in developing outreach strategies for seeking grants, funding, and other support
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Contribute to plan and design community events
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Provide administrative support including logistics preparation for the campaigns
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Work in marketing and advertising
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Help in technical preparations of meetings / IT support
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Contribute in the team preparations
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Other tasks will be assigned by the supervisor depending on the needs.
Topic: Social Entrepreneurship
Required languages: French & English
Internship overview:
As an intern, you will help the entrepreneurs who contribute in reducing and addressing social problems, through capacity building, mentorship and awareness-raising, focusing on youth. The goal is to increase youth employability and economic inclusion in society and open a path out of poverty for societies with limited job opportunities for youth and decrease the rate of immigration. In Morocco, entrepreneurship is a way to increase youth employability and economic participation in society. It gives them new hope in building their life and becoming more stable and independent. You will gain deep knowledge in the work of social enterprises in Morocco and understand the social needs.
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Marketing, creating e-commerce website and developing business models
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Help organize workshops
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Participate in practical workshops and follow-up activities
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Work with small entrepreneurs and helping with communication and technological skills
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Work on social media, database
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Other tasks will be assigned by the supervisor depending on the needs.
Topic: Research Centers
Required languages: French & English
Internship overview:
Through this internship, you will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with a researcher or research team who work on different fields like sociology, social human behavior, anthropology, political science, history, international relations, policy, women studies ... If you are looking for a way to make your experience in social science stand out, this is a great internship that will help you develop your sense of reflection, cross-cultural interpersonal abilities and multicultural awareness.
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Proof read documents and research papers
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Summarize books and review
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Prepare reports and briefings by using English documents and references
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Help in technical preparations of meetings / IT support
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Other tasks will be assigned by the supervisor depending on the needs
Topic: Social Media development
Required languages: French & English
Internship overview:
Internships in Media provide essential real-world experience. Get ready to challenge your mindset and cultural assumptions, as you learn from others who have diverse backgrounds and voices. You will contribute to the media scene through projects related to the humanitarian field and development.
The tasks or media projects can vary, depending on your internship placement and dynamic priorities. However, the key is to find information and present it creatively, through diverse platforms. Different challenges are ahead. You may anticipate activities related to content creation, copywriting, digital marketing, graphic design, customer acquisition strategies, and more.
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Write and publish relevant content and produce illustrations for social media posts, website updates.
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Edit online articles and blogs for different NGOs, Social Enterprises and private companies in Morocco.
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Assist and learn from local marketers, media professionals in Morocco.
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Contribute your own original articles and videos for news publication.
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Gain a contemporary understanding of digital marketing strategies and implementation.
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Other tasks will be assigned by the supervisor depending on the needs.
Topic: Journalism and Media
Required languages: English and some French
Internship overview:
Journalism is a dynamic and multi-layered field, where truth is reported in real-time. As an intern you will have the opportunity to report and write articles that will be published in websites and be immersed in a wide range of journalistic duties, including creating and editing content, curating social media posts, conducting interviews, sourcing photos, as well as researching and fact-checking. You will help your team to report on current events and news and this will help you as an intern to gain first-hand experience and develop useful skills, knowledge, while experiencing a new culture and language.
The internship will be arranged based on the students’ skills and experience
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Write well-constructed articles based on reliable information
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Research materials and fact-checking data
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Show up at press and other related events
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Proofread and edit news pieces to improve contents
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Suggest ideas for headlines
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Assist in research and in verifying facts
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Other tasks will be assigned by the supervisor depending on the needs.
Topic: Computer science
Required languages: French and English
Internship overview:
This internship will offer you valuable experience and skills while working with professionals in the field and contribute in their work.
As an intern, you should have background in some technical skills such as programming language, project management, data analysis.
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Participate in meetings with supervisors, staff, and clients
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Test software
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Contribute to designing computer programs
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Troubleshoot problems with software and hardware
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Test programs and apps
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Work with programming languages such as C++, Python, and Java
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Research technology needs for clients
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Other tasks will be assigned by the supervisor depending on the needs.
Topic: Environment and Sustainability
Required languages: French and English
Internship overview:
As an intern you will gain a positive experience and bring different skills and ideas into the organization. You will have the opportunity to gain experience in sustainable development and contribute in the preservation of the well-being of human population and animals in relation to nature by expanding your ecological knowledge, environmental education and public awareness, design and implement various technical tools, reference systems and environmental assessments.
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Work closely with colleagues and experts in Morocco and help in projects and awareness-promotion
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Work on data base
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Conduct research and write report
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Other tasks will be assigned by the supervisor depending on the needs.
Topic: Architecture
Required languages: French and English
Internship overview:
This internship will be a perfect opportunity to put into practice what you have learned in the classroom such as planning methods, design and construction.
You will meet and support professionals who work on high quality projects for the clients. You will help in in consulting on a wide range of architecture projects, assist in all phases of design, preparation and submission of proposals.
As an intern, you will have a variety of tasks that may include documentation, administrative support, research, client consultancy, drafting designs and follow up.
Possible tasks:
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Conduct project research
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Help in creating program-assisted designs and models
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Provide administrative support
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Other tasks will be assigned by the supervisor depending on the needs.
Topic: Teaching languages
Required languages: English and notions of French or Spanish
Internship overview:
Teaching English, or French or Spanish to students with different levels and different social backgrounds. Interns will learn more about youth and the educational system of Morocco from this internship. This experience will help you grow personally and develop you soft skills. You will be a cultural ambassador and share your traditions with your new community. You do not need to know Arabic to join this internship. You would be teaching children and youth with basic to intermediate level of English, French, or Spanish. In addition to teaching, you will need to perform other activities.
Possible tasks:
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Prepare lesson plans
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Implement new teaching ideas and methods
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Help with general work, translations and proofreading documents
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Work on social media
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Help in improving the vocabulary of the students
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Other tasks will be assigned by the supervisor depending on the needs.
