Global development/health internship

Salary Competitive

SolarSack aims to secure clean drinking water for 3 billion people who currently don’t have access. Our solution can secure safe drinking water for one family at $3 for a year’s supply and healthier than any alternative on the market. Additionally, the SolarSack only uses the energy from the sun meaning that billions of people no longer will be forced to boil water for purification, making a tremendous positive impact on the environment.


We are looking for a global health nut, who is passionate about WASH and clean water programs. With SolarSack you will get the opportunity to take charge of clean water programs, delivering water purification systems for thousands of people. We have high ambitions for our product and will have equally high expectations for you, but you should also have high expectations of us. Here the sky is the limit and you can get to travel the world and create a better world all in just a semester!

Your responsibilities in SolarSack

  • Challenge our beliefs! We are looking for equal, who will use their expertise to challenge our preconceptions and strategically plan how we as a team can get the necessary knowledge to provide the optimal service for the end users.
  • Take leadership on project development in collaboration with our partner NGO’s and UN bodies.
  • Facilitate execution of projects across East Africa. This internship will likely provide opportunities for traveling in relations to projects!

Our promises to you

  • Open communication and an involved workplace. We will treat you like a peer not a typical intern. You will be invited to go to the field if relevant etc. not left at the office.
  • You will be asked to step up to the plate and deliver, however, we promise to give you all the support you need to execute. We are a team of highly dedicated people, we work and support each other as a team.
  • Friday beers with drone racing and ice-cream.
  • Nice office space, lunch, clean drinking water and other perks


Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Working at
SolarSack

2 billion people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water, resulting in 500,000 deaths yearly. SolarSack has developed an affordable and non-chemical household water purification solution. SolarSack can purify 4L of water in 4 hours using only sunlight. It is reusable 500 times, providing 2,000L of purified water for only $4 - enough for a family of four for an entire year.

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