intern experience

Hetal ShahIHL Public Education Intern

(May 29th – July 30th)

Who is Hetal Shah?• Incoming junior at Soka University of America

• Degree: Liberal Arts / Concentration: Psychology• ARC volunteer since 2009 in Long Beach, CA• Department: International Humanitarian Law (IHL)• Manager: Yenisleidy SimonMengana

Five Major Projects

Infographics Blog PostsIHL Action Campaign

Veteran’s History Project

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Blog Posts

IHL Action CampaignDeveloped resources for next year’s IHL Action Campaign teamsa.Fundraising Ideas b.Websites/videos (for research purposes)c.Trivia Games (for training purposes)d.More specific sub-topics

a. To help teams narrow the focus of their campaign

Veteran’s History Project

Facilitated a partnership between VHP and American Red Cross

Thank you for your service.

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What did I get out of the internship?

• MORE love for the Red Cross (if that’s possible) • Friendships • Experience using new databases (Piktochart,etc.)• Chance to meet Red Cross leadership • Opportunity to do meaningful work

Memories

Special Thanks

Yenisleidy SimonMenganaFor being an encouraging supervisor and mentor

Lindsey SpannerFor guiding me every day through my tasks

Shiwani VaralFor being such a wonderful friend

Christie EdwardsFor supporting me with the Veteran’s History Project especially