If there is a reason to choose interning abroad in Bangalore over Northern India, it’s the proximity to various weekend excursions available to all Leave UR Mark participants. We recently traveled to the beautiful region of Kerala which has all that you need. Quiet backwaters channels with slow moving houseboats, lively beaches, quiet beaches, […]
Fund Your Volunteer Internship Abroad: Start Today
At Leave UR Mark, many of our participants are students and recent graduates who are often already in debt through university payments, low-income jobs, or unemployment. Interning/Volunteering abroad should not be an experience that is only accessible to those with a lot of disposable income. We highly encourages students and travelers to not let finances […]
Shopping and Nightlife for Leave UR Mark interns: by Natasha Gell
The past couple of weeks myself and the Leave UR Mark interns have attempted to seek out a bit more of the Bangalorenight life and shopping. We’ve been invited to various parties and have visited a fair few bars, restaurants, and shopping districts. One of the biggest sighs of disappointments you’ll get from people when […]
International Interns and Indian Companies
Sneha is one of the founders of a unique new media and event management company in Bangalore, South India.Sneha has welcomed several Leave UR Mark interns to the company’s office where they have had the opportunity to gain valuable international work experience while learning about an exciting emerging market. The company has quickly established a name for […]
Microfinance and Film in India
Claire is a budding documentary filmmaker from Maryland who is putting her video journalism skills to good use through her volunteer placement in Bangalore, South India. Claire studied studio art with an emphasis on film in Saratoga Springs, New York. After college she decided that she wanted to work with a non-profit organization. Claire had […]
Final Thoughts on India: by Sven van Mourik
When I stepped off my plane into the city of India’s future, two months ago, I could have never imagined the number of great experiences I would have, here in Bangalore. Never would I have expected to experience the thrill of attending an Indian wedding with over 800 people, but through the invitation of one […]
Autism in India: by Sven van Mourik
Unlike most interns working for Leave UR Mark, on her way to work, Renae gets to make use of Bangalore’s new, state-of-the-art metro system. It provides a stunning view over the developing city, operates a lot cleaner than the auto-rickshaws, and incidentally is quite silent as well, giving way to the perfect place to ask […]
Benefits of Interning in India: by Sven van Mourik
Walking through the marble halls of Bangalore’s Leela palace against a background of live violin music, Isobell makes her way to the event she’s helping to organize that evening. Providing a presentation and panel discussion on risk management, her company has prepared an evening for the major CIO’s of Bangalore’s IT sector. What is Isobell’s […]
Volunteering in India with Deaf Children: by Sven van Mourik
Majoring in religion at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, Sarah chose to spend her summer volunteering at a school for the deaf with Leave UR Mark. “The funny thing is, I never really planned to go to India: I was hoping to do research in Massachusetts, but nothing was panning out there. As I […]
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