Supporting Refugees and Jordanians in Need

This summer, I served as an intern for Collateral Repair Project (CRP), a grassroots NGO in Amman, Jordan. In their mission statement, CRP explains that it “seeks to bring assistance to refugees and Jordanians in need,” and that it “offers the community ways to process the trauma of displacement, the tools to find alternative income streams, and opportunities to structure their days to stave off frustration and rebuild their lives.”​

As a media relations intern, I developed pitches to send to journalists across the world to draw attention to CRP’s capacity to provide unique insights into urgent issues relating to protracted displacement in Jordan. I also wrote and coordinated weekly blogs and newsletters.​

My experience supporting CRP’s ability to provide meaningful assistance to its community confirmed my interest in pursuing a career related to global human rights issues. I was lucky to interact frequently and meaningfully with refugees in CRP’s community, which granted me a deeper understanding of the impacts displacement crises resulting from various global conflicts. Given that these are caused and perpetuated by countries including the US, this further instilled in me the urgency of fighting for changes in US foreign policy.

Internship funded by the Wolfe Family Internship Fund​.