I chose this internship because it was a great opportunity for me to gain experience in sustainable agriculture and marketing. This internship allowed me to explore real challenges that cooperatives and coffee farmers were facing and to come up with suitable solutions. In addition, I wanted to experience a new culture and way of living. Furthermore, I also wanted to learn more about the coffee industry. I drink coffee daily but still had little knowledge of how it is produced. So, I also thought this was a good opportunity to learn more about this.
I was told about this internship by my study coach, she has worked for this company before she started working at the HAS. So, she connected me in with one of the employees at Agriterra in Kenya. I first scheduled a teams meeting with them to get more information about the assignment. They then asked me to send them some reports that I wrote to assess my writing style. A few weeks later I already got an email that they would like for me to come to Kenya!