Fundraisers

Although you do need to be able to work collaboratively with a group interns should also be able to work independently. As a intern we had to reach out to different business owners and community members in the area we were working in to fundraise. There were also a number of other tasks that we h...

Grit and determination. You can't be a quitter if you want to succeed in development. Asking for money from a stranger is one of the hardest things to do and the hardest skill to master. Being coy or unsure of yourself is not something that will help you succeed. As an introvert, I struggled with...

To be successful at fundraising it helps to be a good storyteller and knowledgeable about world affairs. I found my background in anthropology gave me a very human understanding of what crisis can look like on the ground and how people are effected in real ways, which helped me present myself as ...