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My first week, my part was not much but to observe the process. I was given a full walkthrough by a senior intern of what my work was going to be. My mentor also gave showed me some parts of the process and also gave me access to the NGOs mail account. He also showed me how to maintain the excel sheet and ways I could be more efficient.

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In the next week, I started little by little on my own, under the supervision of my mentor and senior intern. I was given my first request to handle on my own. I was excited but cautious so as to make no mistakes. They guided me very well through every step of the way and were also open to suggestions I made. They listened and gave importance to my opinions although I was a freshee but I was not treated as one

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So in my 3rd week, I have got a good grasp of my work. I am now confident enough to handle the work on my own, every Saturday we have a meeting regarding any issues we are facing, or how we can become more efficient in our responses and work. There is a fun Friday every month where we name volunteer of the month and also play games with the volunteers to keep up their spirits and help them work harder and better.

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This week I couldn't do much as I was not well. So due to this response time had gone a bit down, and requests were a bit delayed. So in this week's meet we discussed that we needed a few more interns in my department so as to cover for others if needed.

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This week I faced a challenge when 2 requests came along simultaneously and we got approval from the head of department, but when the request was posted for volunteers, no one came forward this time. We waited for a day but no one accepted the requests. Now I didn't know what to do. I reached out to my mentor so he then told me that in this case we have to approach the volunteers personally so as to ask them if they could manage it somehow. This way it took 2 days just to assign the request but this was a new case for me and I learned something from it for the future.

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This week we were getting 2 new interns whom I had to give walkthroughs. So now I was a senior intern to them, thus more responsibilities for me. I gave them separate walkthroughs explaining the emails and the excel sheets and listened to them as well for doubts and any sort of other questions. They were both great and I knew they would do great work. Now, I have to supervise all the work they'll be doing and help them at every step.

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This week my task was to train the 2 new interns and let them handle one request each on their own guiding them at every step. Both of them learned quick and had understood the process very well. I loved their enthusiasm for the work and the confidence they showed. I'm looking forward working with them in the future.

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So to sum up, I had a great time in my social internship and as I have been offered to continue the internship, I'm gonna take it and keep working with the NGO. Srijan Internship was a great opportunity for me, I learned new skills, met new people and got trained for my future.

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My name is Aman Pachisia. I am 20 years old, pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science in UPES. I have successfully completed my first year and now I'm gonna be a part of Srijan Social Internship where we all have to work with NGOs and learn some new skills. I had opted for self internship and got an internship at a chennai based NGO names BHUMI>