Lore - Nourish Intern

Hello everyone,

My name is Lore and I am a 23 year old girl from Belgium.

I am volunteering for Nourish for the next couple of months, 5 months in total to be correct.

My South African adventure started last year in February, when I came here for the very first time. I was studying communications management at a Belgian college. During the last year of these studies, we were obliged to fulfil an internship and I chose to do this abroad, in South Africa, at Nourish. It has been my dream, ever since I was a child, to visit this beautiful country full of different cultures and the lovely wildlife.

My dream came true. I had a wonderful time at Nourish where I helped this non-profit organisation with communications, marketing and organising some cool events. The thing I will remember the most of my voluntary work at Nourish is the Kick It For Conservation Soccer Tournament. It is a two days soccer tournament where teams of the rural villages play against each other and learn more about conservation and the wildlife in their wonderful country.  This is one of Nourish’ projects; to educate local communities about their nature and culture. The prizes for the top three were: a daytrip to the Kruger National Park, a trip to a rehabilitation center and a demonstration by ProTrack, a well-known anti-poaching unit based in Hoedspruit. The things that made this event so special, and which has taught me a lot,  is having the opportunity to work together with different cultures.

Today, one year later, I am volunteering again with Nourish. After my internship of three months last year, I had to go home for graduation. I started to look for a job but I couldn’t stop thinking about South Africa or the lovely Nourish Family. I lost my heart and I couldn’t resist the pull to come back this side.

I will help Nourish again and pick up where I left off. The only thing that differs from last year is that I will be living in The Eco Village, the volunteer rondavels on the site of Nourish. It will be a real bush experience which I am very excited about. My friends living here say that elephants will greet you once in a while in the morning near the fence.

I am looking forward to all new adventures and to mean something again for Nourish; people here are so thankful and I love being involved in this amazing project.

If you are looking for a life changing experience, come and spend some time with the Nourish Family. But watch out, chance of losing your heart is as high as the sky ;)

Hope to see you soon this side!

Lore