The Embracing Hidden Talents Network (EHTN) works in two main locations in Ghana: the Weija Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, and the Ahanta West District in the Western Region. In general, people in both the regions livemostly from fishing, farming, stone quarrying and tourism. Educational levels among the villagers are very low and the average income is less than two US dollars a day. Recently, teenage pregnancies, prostitution, HIV/AIDS, airborne diseases and environmental pollution have been on the rise. The communities have little health or educational facilities.

In order to combat some of these challenges, EHTN offers workshops to create awareness about human rights and environmental issues. It aims to empower the communities through educational support and health care services. The organisation also promotes education for females and anti- child labour strategies and produces television documentaries to encourage intercultural relationships and good moral practices.

Interns will get involved in the environmental section of EHTN by motivating young people to become environmental watchdogs along their beaches and to separate and reuse waste. Such initiatives would then be taken to other communities.

Interns would research the benefits of waste management and its effects on small communities before going to Ghana and then analyse the situation once they are on site. They will then hold workshops in schools based on their findings. It can be a possible task to establish an environmental watchdog ‘Fun Club’, where solutions and projects would be planned with the school children.

Interns require an environmental studies background or experience in environmental awareness research or campaign. Experience in social work or journalism with a focus on environmental awareness projects is also welcome.

The scheduled time for the internship is July to September 2012.Training and preparation seminars prior to the internship will be held in English. The tandem will be formed by a Slovenian participant and a German/Swiss participant.