Internship Opportunities in Chile

The following is a list of organizations that Harvard students have interned at in the past.

ACCIÓN EMPRENDEDORA       
Acción Emprendedora is an NGO of professional young people whose mission is to assist small entrepreneurs with microcredits for the creation of their own sources of work.

ALDEAS INFANTILES SOS CHILE
Aldeas Infantiles- SOS Chile is an organization that works with children who have been abandoned or orphaned. In the SOS Children's Villages children are integrated into a loving family environment. They are nurtured and supported by an SOS Mother and up to 15 other children in their SOS home who become their SOS brothers and sisters. Since its founding in 1949, SOS Children's Villages has expanded to 500 villages in 132 countries.

AMÉRICA SOLIDARIA   
América Solidaria aims to be a link between international organizations in developed countries and Latin American countries with lower rates of quality of life. The main objective of this organization is to promote a common instance of regional and multilateral aid to support actions and initiatives between the different countries of the continent. They aim to accomplish this through the volunteer work of young professionals with a sense of social awareness that work to promote social integration and solidarity in the country they have been placed.

APTUS CHILE
Aptus Chile is a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the quality of education in underprivileged schools. Their mission is to transfer efficient management & pedagogical methodologies and products with the purpose of generating more and better learning in students.

ARCH DAILY 
ArchDaily is an architecture website whose mission is to  delivering the most complete information to architects around the world; every week, every day, every hour, every moment: as soon as it is happening. It is the online source of continuous information for a growing community of thousands of architects searching for the latest architectural news: projects, products, events, interviews and competitions among others.

ASSET     
ASSET-Chile is a financial advisory firm that provides specialist corporate finance advice in diverse fields such as; mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, investments, flotations.

BANCO DE CHILE
Banco de Chile (Bank of Chile) is the second biggest banking group of Chile. It is a commercial bank that provides a complete range of financial services to a large client base including: large corporations, SMEs and private clients. Operations are organized around six main commercial divisions: large corporations, SMEs, private clients, consumer finance, international banking and capital markets. Banco de Chile's mission has always been to provide exceptional service using innovative solutions.

BANCO ESTADO MICROEMPRESAS
BancoEstado is one of the largest Banks of Microcredit in Latin America.  They support new entrepreneurs in their projects and believe that the inclusion of all social sectors in the financial system will help to improve the quality of life of all.

CASA DE LA PAZ 
Casa de La Paz is a foundation whose mission is to strenghten people's capacity to improve their own lives by taking care of the environment.  The main areas of focus are: Environmental Education: Environmental Conflict Resolution and Citizens' participation: and Civic Participation.

CEJA (in English: JSCA)     
CEJA is an autonomous, intergovernmental organization whose mission is to support the countries of the region in their judicial reform processes.  CEJA is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, and it includes all of the active member states of the OAS.

CEPAL (in English:ECLAC or Economic Comission for Latin America and the Caribbean)     
ECLAC, which is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded for the purposes of contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions directed towards this end, reinforcing economic relationships among the countries and with the other nations of the world and promoting the region's social development.

CHILE UNIDO  
Chile Unido is a private, independant and non-profit institution whose mission is the study and diffusion of social and cultural values that will serve as the basis for human progress and are essential for peaceful coexistence in Chile.

COLEGIO PUERTO VARAS    
Colegio Puerto Varas is a private school located in one of Chile's southeast regions, Puerto Varas (not far from the Chilean patagonia), placed in a unique natural enivronment.

COLEGIO VILLA MARIA    
Colegio Villa Maria is a private Catholic school for girls located in Santiago.

COLEGIO ALBERT SCHWEITZER     
Colegio Albert Schweitzer is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and development of education in kindergarten primary, secondary, technical and professional, with particular emphasis on the education of at risk children from low-income families. They are affiliated with the Iglesia Evangélica Luterana "El Redentor".

COMPASS
Compass Group, provides investments opportunities in Latin America for global investors and global investment opportunities for Latin American investors.  They offer their clients different alternatives for the managing of their assets.

CORPORACIÓN CULTURAL BALMACEDA DOCE QUINCE
Balmaceda Young Art is a privately-owned not-for-profit cultural organization that was founded with the mission to provide real opportunities for access to art and culture to young Chileans, especially those with limited resources and with a marked interest in art.

DUPONT
Dupont is a multi-national chemicals company. It has offered products, technologies, and innovative services that have improved life around the world for over 200 years. DuPont provides scientific solutions for industries such as agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, transport, security and protection, among others.

EL MERCURIO  
El Mercurio is the leading and biggest newspaper in Chile.

ELEMENTAL  
Elemental is a partnership between COPEC (a Chilean oil company) and the Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile whose mission is to design projects of public interest and social impact that require the coordination of actors public and private and participatory processes of decision-making. Elemental views housing, infrastructure, and public projects as an opportunity to extend the benefits of the city to all.

FONASA, Fondo Nacional de Salud   
Fondo Nacional de Salud is the Chilean National Health Bureau.

FONDO ESPERANZA
Fondo Esperanza provides solidary microcredits for people who live in conditions of extreme poverty in Chile. 

FOROINNOVACIÓN  
ForoInnovación is a non-profit organization that brings together key individuals and institutions in Chile in the area of innovation. Its main function is to promote, through specific projects and initiatives, a higher level of innovation in the business areas, academic and government to achieve an acceleration of the growth rate of Chile. 

FUNDACIÓN CHILE 
Fundación Chile is a non-profit private corporation whose partners are the Government of Chile and BHP-Billiton – Minera Escondida. Their mission is to introduce high impact innovations and to empower human capital, in order to increase Chile’s competitivity, by promoting and developing the economy, through technology transfer and in alliance with local and global knowledge networks.

FUNDACIÓN EDUCACIONAL CRECER CON TODOS
Fundación Educacional Crecer con Todos in an organization whose focus is learning. They believe that students´ learning should be of the utmost importance when considering public policies and the actions of all professionals involved in the education system. Their mission is to "ensure that every child now living in vulnerable circumstances is able to read and write by the first grade

FUNDACIÓN FE Y ALEGRIA
Fundación Fe y Alegria is devoted to educate children and young people in poor and vulnerable sectors. Their objective is to give integral education of quality, improving people's quality of life and helping to transform society.

FUNDACIÓN MUSTAKIS
Fundación Mustakis is a non-profit NGO, which focuses on the creation and stimulation of effective education for young people and children in limited resources environments.

FUNDACIÓN LUZ
Fundación Luz is a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate, rehabilitate and provide work training for people who are blind or visually impaired in order to reach a level of development that is both integral and harmonic. This development emphasizes the formation of habits, values and the achievement of effective and functional knowledge which allows progressive autonomy at a personal, educational, social and work level through the achievement of social and work abilities that are basic for an active participation as a citizen of society.

FUNDACIÓN NUESTROS HIJOS 
Fundación Nuestros Hijos assists low-income children diagnosed with cancer and their families.

FUNDACIÓN PATAGONIA SUR
Fundación SNP Patagonia Sur is a Chilean-based non-profit whose mission is to encourage conservation and to promote social and economic development in Chile’s Patagonia in harmony with the region’s incredible natural environment.

FUNDACIÓN SANTA CLARA 
Fundación Santa Clara, through "Casa Acogida", delivers daily assistance children living with HIV or AIDS and their families.

FUNDACIÓN TRASCENDER 
Fundación Trascender is an NGO whose purpose is to provide volunteers to fill the specific professional needs that public institutions and users may require. In other words, they do the matching between the professional volunteers and the needs in the public sector.

GROUPON
A deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies in Chile.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY   
Habitat for Humanity International is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFH seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

HATCH  
Hatch is an employee-owned, multidisciplinary professional services firm that delivers a comprehensive array of technical and strategic services, including consulting, information technology, engineering, process development, and project and construction management to the Mining, Metallurgical, Energy, and Infrastructure sectors.

INFOCAP   
Infocap is a non-profit foundation with the mission of training and educating low-income workers, through the development of professional competency. Infocap also studies and researches the reality of low-income workers with the purpose of promoting efficient public policies.   

INNOVACIÓN CIUDADANA 
Innovación Ciudadana has as its objectives to extend the public space, to contribute to the recognition and exercise of the citizen rights, to improve public management and to fortify civic organizations for an effective dialogue between the State and civil society.

MATUCANA 100
Matucana 100 (M100) is a non-profit cultural association that offers a quality experience. The M100 cultural center deals primarily with contemporary art and works to guarantee access to the public and to create spaces for debate and reflection; all the while supporting artists, respecting their creative independence and supporting their relationship with their audiences, both locally, nationally and internationally.

MELI WIXAN MAPU- a Mapuche (indigenous) organization of Santiago, that has been working since the early 90's, to build political and civil Mapuche culture in the context of rescue and defense of Mapuche identity and territory.

MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA (MINISTRY OF ECONOMY)
Ministry of Economy. One of the main pillars of Piñera´s administration is the development of a culture that is pro innovation and entrepreneurship. Current projects include: an education project for venture, which aims to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in students in primary education in Chile, a campaign / movement pro innovation and entrepreneurship (similar to the campaign Choose Education) programs and policies to attract talent and development in human capital Chile, among others.

MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN (MINISTRY OF EDUCATION)
Centro de Perfeccionamiento, Experimentación e Investigaciones Pedagógicas (CPEIP)
The mission of the Center for Pedagogical Improvement, Experimentation and Investigation is to design, implement and evaluate programs that promote the professional development of teachers and principals based on educational policies of the Ministry of Education, that are supported by research of the best national and international practices with the aim of developing teachers and administrators that produce high achievement in the administration of and in the learning that takes place in Chilean educational establishments.

División de Currículum y Evaluación (Division of Curriculum Development and Evaluation)

División de Educación Superior  (Division of Higher Education)
The Division of Higher Education is the unit in charge of assuring that the laws and norms that regulate higher education are followed to the best of the Ministy of Education´s ability. Additionally they advise in the proposition of policies at this level of learning and work to establish institutional ties with officially-sanctioned entities of higher education. Their main duty is to propose the state budget for the institutions of higher learning based on current legislation.

MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA (Department of the Treasury)
The Ministry of Finance has as it´s mission to maximize the potential of long-term growth for the economy. They aim to encourage better use of productive resources in the country in order to achieve sustainable economic growth that translates into a better quality of life for all Chileans, especially the most neglected and vulnerable.

MINISTERIO DE MEDIO AMBIENTE  (MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT)
Oficina de Cambio Climático (Office of Climate Change)
The Office of Climate change has as its mission to help inform public policy making in Chile of the problems associated with climate change in the hopes of accomplishing sustainable development and an economy low on carbon emission.

División de Recursos Naturales y Biodiversidad (Division of Natural Resources and Biodiversity)
The Division of Natural Resources and Biodiversity has as its mission to advise the Ministry of Environment with regards to the policies of management and sustainable usage of renewable resources as well as the creation of Protected Areas of the State. This Division has under its responsibilities the proposition of policies, legislation, plans, programming and studies as well as establishing criteria and preventative measures that favor the recuperation and conservation of hydraulic, genetic, flora and fauna, resources; habitats, ecosystems, natural spaces and biodiversity, as well as to contribute to the fulfillment on international agreements of conservation of biodiversity.

MINISTERIO DE SECRETARÍA GENERAL DE LA PRESIDENCIA (Executive Office of the President Of Chile)
División de Estudios / Unidad de Políticas Públicas (Division of Studies/ Unit of Public Policy)
The Division of Studies aids in the process of Executive decision-making on current events, strategic policies and planning through the development of situation analysis, periodic studies and reports, as well as the definition of actors in and monitoring of political processes, trends analysis.

MINISTERIO DE VIVIENDA (MINISTRY OF HOUSING)
Comisión Asesora de Estudios Habitacionales y Urbanos (CEHU)  (Commission on Urban Development and Planning)
The mission of the Ministy of this Commission is to facilitate access to housing with a special emphasis on the most vulnerable sectors of society, but also supporting the hardwork of the middle class in the materialization of their aspirations for living. As well as creating homes of better quality, in safe neighborhoods that are welcoming and integrated.

MUSEO DE LA MEMORIA Y LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS (Museum of Memory and Human Rights)
The Museum of Memory and Human Rights is a space that´s meant to give visibility to the human rights violations committed by the State of Chile between 1973 and 1990, it also serves to dignify the victims and their families, and stimulate reflection and debate on the importance of respect and tolerance, so that these events never recur.

OBSERVATORIO CIUDADANO
Observatorio Ciudadano is an NGO that works towards the defense, promotion and documentation of human rights. It was founded by a group of people from different parts of the country, different professions and ethnic backgrounds as the Observatory for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in September 2004 in the city of Temuco. The work to date has been plural and multidisciplinary, distinguished by inter-ethnic relationships that have allowed them to take on new challenges. As of July 2008 it was renamed Observatorio Ciudadano, and continues to be adhere to the guidelines set forth by international entities on human rights and the rights of existing indigenous people.

Observatorio de Ciudades (OCUC)   
Observatorio de Ciudades is based in la Universidad Católica,  its mission is to collect, classify and consolidate territorial information, as well as information on regulations, on productivity, on economics and on social issues of the different areas of Chilean cities.    

PARTICIPA    
Is a private, publically funded, non-partisan  corporation that encourages the education of an informed, responsible, organized, and active public.  Participa also promotes the defining of the roles of state,  private, and civil society.

RECYCLA CHILE S.A.   
Recycla Chile is a recycling company, unique in Chile that is dedicated to the e-waste recycling and recycling of non-ferrous metals. They work creating recycling campaigns of social awareness.

SANTIAGO ADVENTURES    
Santiago Adventures is a full service receptive tour operator.  It offers exclusive tours throughout Chile ranging from day tours in the Santiago region to specialty tour packages throughout Chile, including San Pedro de Atacama, Easter Island, the Lake District, and Torres del Paine. Clients are mainly English-speaking travelers with a desire to explore the beauties of Chile.

SANTIAGO RADIO  
Santiago Radio is an English language radio station that provides broad coverage of current events in Chile, including political, economics, business and social developments.

SERVICIO DE SALUD METROPOLITANA SUR ORIENTE
Servicio de Salud Metropolitana Sur Oriente is a public service institution whose mission it is to provide comprehensive healthcare to the people in their geographic region, with a special emphasis on those who have the most need. In order to improve quality of care they give priority to promotion, prevention and self-care, and support continuous training and research in these areas.

SANTIAGO TIMES     
Santiago Times is an English language internet-based daily news service that provides broad coverage of current events in Chile, including political, economics, business and social developments.

SUMATE-   
Sumate is an NGO with the mission of giving real opportunities and education to enterprising young people of underprivileged areas of Santiago, in order to improve their quality of life, through the completion of technical studies in educational institutions of excellence.

TECHNOSERVE   
TechnoServe helps entrepreneurial men and women in poor rural areas of the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, their communities and their countries.

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY  
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. 

UN BUEN COMIENZO    
Un Buen Comienzo is a major innovative effort between Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) that aims to improve the quality of early childhood education and children's health initiatives in Chile with collaboration of DRCLAS.

UN TECHO PARA MI PAIS   
Un Techo Para Mi Pais works with the poorest families in different Latin American countries. Their first step is the construction of emergency homes. This allows them to draw attention to and to understand the realities of the marginalized settlements that have developed. They then develop integral programs of social development in areas such as education, micro-credit, job training and community development. They are determined to generate a social conscience in Latin America.

VEGlobal
VEGlobal's mission is to empower volunteers in Chile to unite, act and engage others throughout the world to protect children's rights. 

VIVO POSITIVO
A non-profit organization whose mission it is to Expand and strengthen a comprehensive response to the challenges of the epidemic to improve the quality of life of people living and affected with HIV / AIDS. 

VSA, Very Special Arts 
Artes Muy Especiales Chile-Very Special Arts is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and coordinating art programs for people with disabilities throughout Chile.