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United Kingdom

Supporting Development Support Initiative, a Tanzanian NGO that runs agricultural and economic empowerment programs in the Kagera region.Co-supervised internship, working with international development experts in Tanzania and the UK.Tasks included: writing grant proposals and speculative applications, project reports, website development.

Coordinated a summer school programme for prospective language students from underrepresented backgrounds, in collaboration with Sutton Trust.Led seminars, Q and A sessions and college tours as a Fitzwilliam College 'Delegoat'.

Paris, Île-De-France, France

Supported project managers in the translation department of a Paris-based production company, which works with large multi-national companies including RATP, BNP Paribas, JCDecaux and Deezer.Led an international team of interns and maintained relations with sub-contracted translators.Tasks included: prepared documents for translation, handled company invoices, generated 'translation memories' to improve efficiency

Translated texts of up to 3500 words from English to French and French to English. Supported the NGO Humanium, which runs a blog advocating for childrens' rights around the world.

Researched donor organisations and drafted grant applications to fund an English language programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in collaboration with KITE, a Tanzanian student-led NGO.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History And Modern Languages

Exchange Student, Social Sciences

Classes: Advanced French C1; French speaking; history of social movements in the 20th century; circulation and networks in the China Seas.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Gold D of E, GCSE French Tutor, GCSE English Language Tutor, History Subject Ambassador, Choir, Young Enterprise.