Custom internship plan online internship
Name of intern: XXX
Internship project:
Microfinance out of Tanzania
Booked duration and hours:
5 weeks x 20 hours per week, a total of 100 hours
Start date:
Monday, 6th of July 2020
Name of the placement organisation:(Your custom internship plan will have this detail)
Mission statement of the organisation or purpose:
To support marginalized women in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania toachieve economic stability and gender equality.
Year established:
1999
Approximate number of employees:
14Website:(Your custom internship plan will have this detail)Name of Supervisor: (Your custom internship plan will have this detail)Position: Executive Director
Mobile number (Whatsapp): (Your custom internship plan will have thisdetail)
Email: (Your custom internship plan will have this detail)1. Objectives that are going to be prioritized during the duration of thisonline internshipa. To understand how microfinance works in Tanzania
b. To assist in identifying the business models that work best for VICOBA
members and planning small business models for the membersc. To come up with the best techniques of record keeping for the VICOBAwomend. To assist VICOBA members on sales techniques to find markets for theirproducts
2. List the tasks that must be achieved by the intern to achieve theobjectives:
Objective a: To understand how microfinance works in Tanzania
Tasks:
1. Study the microfinance handout sent to you
2. In less than 500 words explain your understanding of Microfinance inTanzania and its importance to the members
Objective b: To assist in identifying the business models that work
best for VICOBA members and planning small business models for themembers
Tasks:
1. Taking into consideration that Vicoba members meet once per week andduring the meeting they have to buy stock and the money for buying stock isthen given as loan to the members who have requested for the loan. The
amounts requested as a loan are usually small, just enough to open a verysmall retail stand or shop. What kind of business advice can you give to a
VICOBA member so she can start earning money and pay back the loan and at
the same time manage her life from it?
2. Make at least 2 business plans/ Modules for VICOBA women.
Objective c: To come up with the best techniques of record keeping for
VICOBA womenTask:
1. In reference to the current record keeping system for VICOBA groups.
What do you think can be changed to increase efficiency?
2.

Objective d: To assist VICOBA members on sales techniques to findmarkets for their products
Task:
1. What sales strategies should VICOBA women use to sell their products?
3. Provide an outline of which departments/colleagues will be involved
with helping the intern to achieve the objective/tasks and ensure any
appropriate introductions
1. The office of the executive director
2. Microfinance department
The intern will start with the office of the executive director who is also thefounder of the NGO. The initial introduction into the program will be done by
the executive director. The next sessions will be done with the facilitators andtrainers. The intern meets all the supervisors on the first day when the local
internship coordinator connects them.
4. Assign check-in times and completion deadlines to theobjective(s) / task(s).
Discuss and plan in consideration of the intern’s schedule (previously defined) to ensure that
expectations are realistic. Internship supervisor and intern must mutually agree on the use ofa calendar or record system (e.g. Calendar in Gmail or Internship Plan in Google Docs) toSchedule all check-in times and deadlines in advance. These details must be established andagreed upon during the orientation and planning phase of the internship.

Internship supervisions are done 3 times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays; always 5pm EAT.
The interns sends the work back to the supervisors the evening before (localtime of intern)
Objective a:
Objective b:
Objective c:
Objective d:

Check-in Monday, July 6, 5pm EAT
Completion deadline Tuesday, July 7 evening
Supervision session: Wednesday, July 8, 5pm EAT
Check-in Wednesday, July 8, 5pm EAT
Completion deadline Tuesday, July 21 evening
Supervision sessions: July 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22
Check-in Friday, July 24, 5pm EAT
Completion deadline Thursday, July 30 evening
Supervision sessions: July 27, 29
Check-in Monday August 3, 5pm EAT
Completion deadline Thursday, August 6 evening
Supervision sessions: August 5, 7