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What criteria do I have to meet to become an applicant?

Answer the following questions to find out:

  • Are you a full-time university student studying at the University of the Western Cape, University of Cape Town, or Stellenbosch University? (You can be on your study abroad year, so long as your parent University fits these criteria).
  • Are you in good standing with your University or School and achieving better than passing grades in your chosen course of studies?
  • Will you be between age 18 and 25 on the 1st of January in your year of application? You must be in your second year of study or above.
  • Were you born in South Africa, or are you a citizen of South Africa and call it your permanent home, even if you weren't born there. Do you represent a South Africa Story?
  • Are you free to fully commit to a six month programme that begins with interviews, selection and orientation in March 2010 and ends with graduation and Alumni induction in September 2010?
  • Are you willing to demonstrate "leadership through service" by working a minimum of 30 hours on a public service internship between April and June before you come to Washington DC?
  • Are you willing to dedicate 30 hours to a local Team Community Service Project over the weekend?
  • Do you have a valid passport, or can you obtain a valid passport by the end of April 2010?
  • Are you available to participate for a full and uninterrupted six weeks in the Washington DC during the South African winter university vacation?
  • Are you available for personal and group interviews between the 15th and the 19th of March 2010?
  • Are you available for a Selection camp on the weekend of the 26th - 28th of March 2010?
  • Are you available for an Orientation camp on the weekend of the 9th and 10th of April 2010?
  • Are you fit and healthy enough to travel and actively participate in a vigorous programme?

Did you answer YES to all of the above questions?

If you did. Congratulations! You are now eligible to apply to theSouth Africa Washington-Internship Programme 2010.

But is this the programme for you?

To find out, go to step 2, is this for you?