Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Organization: Doctors of the World
Categories: Child Mortality, HIV/AIDS
Duration: any length
Contact: Ekaterina Vodopyan
Cost: $300 for a homestay, $300 for living expenses, + airfare
Description: Doctors of the World is an NGO based in NYC that operates in Eastern European countries, including Russia. They provide summer and semester internships where you can work either in the office helping with grant proposals and translation, or at the drop-in-center for homeless and neglected teenagers. The internship does not pay, so you will need to provide transportation, housing, and living expenses for yourself.
Field Notes: I interned for this organization while I took classes at the local university. It makes getting to Russia much easier if you have a student visa, so I highly recommend coupling this service opportunity with a study abroad experience. The program I used was the School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS) - www.sras.org and they arranged for visa support, university enrollment, housing and internship placement. The program fee is roughly $3,000 and that includes everything but airfare.
-- Becky Bavinger
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