I just started my internship at The Global Good Foundation last Monday on the 19th. The Global Good Foundation is a not for profit organization specializing in providing a voice for children who are involved in domestic violence. The foundation has a whole array of activities lined up for both children and parents who want to get involved. For instance, there is an ongoing campaign called "One Minute of Noise". It educates children about the tell tale signs of domestic violence and letting them know its okay to speak out. The foundation travels to schools conducting talks and after that, they let the kids make a whole minute of noise! You can imagine the banging, screaming, stomping of feet and how loud it gets. Its' somehow become a competition among schools on who can truly be the loudest. The Foundation does incredible work with children getting them to not only understand what domestic violence is about but also to encourages them to be free spirited people. The camps focus on team work, self confidence and many other positive traits, it is no wonder many children benefit from such camps.
Just on my first day, I realized that my doubts of worrying about how grueling and almost terrible my internship would be vanished! My supervisor is an amazing person, assigning me with tasks and carefully guiding me towards producing quality work. So far I'm working on two interviews for press releases, an information sheet and a brochure for the general public. There's an upcoming event called Jump for GGF. It's actually jumping off a plane at 8,000ft to help children recognize and signify that it's okay to take a leap of faith. Even parents are doing it! It will cost you $500 to jump so if you're interested please do come and support us. We'd be happy to have you.
To summarize, I honestly learnt a lot on my first day and I can't wait to see what else is in stored. I'm hoping to possibly pursue a career in PR after my studies so I know that this is a great opportunity for me to learn all about trade.
On another note, I hope everyone else is going on well with their internships. It's already week 4 of the semester, let's all push forward and persevere! Stay positive.
Link: A Minute of Noise video
Till next time, take care!
Denise Danielle Lee
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1 comment:
Hi Denise,
I have never heard of The Global Good Foundation, but it sounds like a very well driven and exciting organisation to work for! The "One Minute of Noise" campaign I think is quite clever, because although children being involved in domestic violence is a serious issue, the kids are able to understand the message by participating in a creative way.
Usually the media focuses on women involved in domestic violence, which is why i think its great that an organisation is out there focusing on children who are involved. They are still innocent and vulnerable, so having events that involve team work and activities to help them understand the message is fantastic.
The Jump for GGF sounds like a lot of fun! You are very lucky to be working for such as awesome event. "The leap of faith" concept is quite clever too.
I wish you all the best for your work place assessment and I'm happy that you have learnt so much from it already.
Good luck!
Chiara
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