Dispatches from the Field

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to intern for the United Nations or an international NGO?

Then check out the Dispatches from the Field, our blog series to learn about the rewards and challenges of doing an international internship (even virtually) written by BSIA students. This could be you.

Dispatch from UNDP Lao PDR: Nathalie Gatti’s second blog from the field

November 24, 2025

Dispatch from UNDP Lao PDR: Sarah Hamm’s first blog from the field

November 24, 2025

Dispatch from the World Food Programme in Cambodia: Frances Northeast’s second blog post from the field

November 10, 2025

Dispatch from the United Nations 80th First Committee Session for Disarmament and International Security: Kianna Low-A-Chee’s blog from the field

October 23, 2025

Dispatch from UNDP Lao PDR: Nathalie Gatti’s first blog from the field

October 16, 2025

Dispatch from UNDP in Lao PDR: Sierra Van Tent’s first blog from the field

October 15, 2025

Dispatch from the World Food Programme in Cambodia: Frances Northeast’s first blog post from the field

October 10, 2025

Dispatch from UNDP Fiji: Christy Lorenz’s third blog from the field

May 27, 2025

Dispatch from UNDP Fiji: Christy Lorenz’s second blog from the field

May 13, 2025

Dispatch from UNDP Fiji: Christy Lorenz’s first blog from the field

May 2, 2025
A long bridge over water with bushes to the left of the bridge.

Dispatch from UNDP Viet Nam: Madelyn Rawlyk’s 3rd blog from the field

March 31, 2025

Dispatch from UNDP Viet Nam: Madelyn Rawlyk’s second blog from the field

March 6, 2025

Dispatch from UNDP Mexico: Hannah Bacon’s third blog from the field

February 14, 2025

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania: Amila Sadic’s third blog from the field

January 6, 2025

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania: Amila Sadic’s second blog from the field

December 2, 2024

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in México: Hannah Bacon’s second blog from the field

November 22, 2024
Selfie of Madelyn Rawlyk stanind in front of the United Nation building

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Viet Nam: Madelyn Rawlyk’s first blog from the field

November 20, 2024
A screen projector showing three people in a conference.

Dispatch from United Nations Headquarters: Jessica Stewart, MIPP Graduate, Project Ploughshares Research Intern

October 24, 2024

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania: Amila Sadic’s first blog from the field

October 23, 2024
Looking down a path with large trees on either side.

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in México: Hannah Bacon’s first blog from the field

October 21, 2024
Hope Tracey standing with two colleagues in front of a banner with logos

Dispatch from XIth SCAR Open Science Conference 2024: Hope Tracey’s blog from the field

September 7, 2024
Christy Lorenz, Jessica Uitvlugt and Jessica Stewart

Dispatch from the 2024 Technology Governance Policy Challenge

May 21, 2024
Buildings on either side of a street

Dispatch from ISA 2024: Ana Visan’s blog from the field

May 21, 2024
Photo of a street in San Francisco with a blue sky.

Dispatch from ISA 2024: Jonathan Hui’s blog from the field

May 6, 2024
Adam Ladha addressing a room of students during the MNATO at Carleton University.

Dispatch from the Carleton Model NATO: Adam Ladha’s blog from the field

April 30, 2024
Six students standing beside each other.

Dispatch from the Carleton Model NATO: Justin Myers’ blog from the field

March 14, 2024
Carleton MNATO military committee posing with signs.

Dispatch from the Carleton Model NATO: Olubunmi Onilude’s blog from the field

March 8, 2024

Dispatch from the Carleton Model NATO: Jessica Stewart’s blog from the field

March 4, 2024
Groups of people sitting at tables with a presentation on a screen at the front of the room.

Dispatch from the Field: Burgess Langshaw Power’s blog about the technology governance of climate interventions

February 26, 2024
PhD student Tamara Lorincz stands with a student and a large panda statue

Dispatch from COP 28: PhD student Tamara Lorincz’s reflections on the climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

February 13, 2024
Photo taken through a car windshield of cars driving through flooded streets.. Driving from the airport, arriving in Dar es Salaam during the peak of Niño’s storms.

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania: Ethan Ellsmere’s second blog from the field

January 30, 2024

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania: Ethan Ellsmere’s first blog from the field

January 15, 2024
Halyna Padalko standing in front of a EU parliament banner with the Ukraine and EU flag behind her.

Dispatch from the European Parliament in Brussels: Halyna Padalko’s blog from the field

January 12, 2024
Group of people standing in front of a sing "Isoko Ry'Imboga N'Imbuto Rya..."

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Rwanda: Adwoa Konadu-Yiadom’s second blog from the field

January 8, 2024
Group of people posing in front of a screen that says Youth Trade Summit on Gender

Madison Paisley’s Dispatch from the World Trade Organizations’ Youth Summit on Trade and Gender in Geneva

December 6, 2023
Adwoa standing next to a wall with plaques displaying names and the words, "never again"

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Rwanda: Adwoa Konadu Yiadom’s first blog from the field

November 20, 2023
Jenna Philips standing in a large conference room with screens and rows of seats behind her

Dispatch from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Germany: Jenna Phillips’ second blog from the field

August 16, 2023
View of mountains in the distance in Geneva

Dispatch from the Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva: Emily Miller’s Third Blog from the Field

July 13, 2023
Photo of sunset over the water with a wooden staircase in the foreground

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Fiji: István Kéry’s third blog from the field

June 15, 2023

Dispatch from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Germany: Jenna Phillips’ first blog from the virtual field

June 1, 2023
Nine women sitting in chairs in front of an audience. A banner with the European Union symbol is behind two people and the EU flag is behind someone else. A presentation is on the screen.

Dispatch from the Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva: Emily Miller’s Second Blog from the Field

May 29, 2023
Looking down from a hill with trees on the hill, leading to a large body of water. Clouds are in the sky.

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Fiji: István Kéry’s second blog from the field

May 24, 2023
Blue starfish on a coral reef with small fish swimming nearby

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Fiji: Shaza Ahmed’s third blog from the field

May 16, 2023
Children in school uniforms sitting on the floor reading or writing in books.

Dispatch From UNESCO India: Larissa Prata Varella’s third blog from the virtual field

May 8, 2023
A crowd of adults and children standing in front of teh UCIWAI District School building holding signs showing the UN Sustainable Goals

Dispatch from UNDP in Fiji: Mackenzie White’s third blog from the virtual field

May 5, 2023
Emily Miller's image projected onto a large screen in a room full of people

Dispatch from the Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva: Emily Miller’s first blog from the field

May 2, 2023
Photo of Istvan Kery infront of the UNDP office in Fiji

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Fiji: István Kéry’s first blog from the field

May 1, 2023
Sunset shot with a palm tree and hammock in the foreground

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Fiji: Shaza Ahmed’s second blog from the field

April 25, 2023
View of the rainforest and ocean through the trees

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Fiji: Drake Kindred’s first blog from the field

April 24, 2023
a group of children on the beach, with garbage and plastic piled in front of them

Dispatch from UNESCO India: Saya Soma’s third blog from the field

April 17, 2023
Social media take-over image of Mackenzie White along with a group of women raising their hands

Dispatch from UNDP in Fiji: Mackenzie White’s second blog from the virtual field

April 13, 2023
An image of 4 children in a school classroom

Dispatch from UNESCO India: Larissa Prata Varella’s second blog from the virtual field

April 11, 2023
Trees overhanging a concrete path with trees standing upright on the other side.

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Fiji: Shaza Ahmed’s first blog from the field

April 6, 2023
Drawing of six diverse women for International Women's Day

Dispatch from UNESCO India: Aleyna Aygor’s third blog from the virtual field

April 3, 2023
A group of people sitting in front of an image of different women with the words #PowerOn

Dispatch from UNESCO India: Saya Soma’s second blog from the field

March 21, 2023
A classroom with young adults all holding one hand up to indicate "5".

Dispatch From UNDP in Fiji: Chelsea Sidloski’s third blog from the virtual field

March 13, 2023
A man carrying banana leaves near the edge of water with a women and a boat in the background

Dispatch from UNDP in Fiji: Chelsea Sidloski’s second blog from the virtual field

March 7, 2023
Illustration from Habitat for Humanity of a school class learning about Menstruation

Dispatch from UNESCO India: Aleyna Aygor’s second blog from the virtual field

March 1, 2023
Chelsea Sidloski standing in front of a United Nations sign.

Dispatch from UNDP in Fiji: Chelsea Sidloski’s first blog from the virtual field

February 16, 2023
Five children laughing

Dispatch from UNESCO India: Larissa Prata Varella’s first blog from the virtual field

February 14, 2023

Dispatch from UNESCO India: Aleyna Aygor’s first blog from the virtual field

February 10, 2023
Two women with brightly coloured fabric on their heads are fishing using their hands

Dispatch from UNDP in Fiji: Mackenzie White’s first blog from the virtual field

February 7, 2023
UNESCO NDL Building in New Delhi

Dispatch from UNESCO India: Saya Soma’s first blog from the field

February 3, 2023
Young people holding a sign "#Youth 2030"

Dispatch from UN-Habitat in Kenya: Andrew Horne’s third blog from the virtual field

April 21, 2022
Dove flying in front of the Ukraine flag (blue and yellow stripes)

Dispatch from IOM in Ukraine: Ashley Mungai’s Third blog from the virtual field

April 12, 2022
Peace symbol made of yellow leaves on a blue background

Dispatches from the IOM in Ukraine: Haily Eggleston’s third blog from the virtual field

April 5, 2022
IOM Ukraine volunteer helping to direct two children at the border

Dispatch from the IOM Ukraine: Ashley Mungai’s second blog from the virtual field

March 21, 2022
Ukraine's biggest national flag on the country's highest flagpole and the giant 'Motherland' monument are seen at a compound of the World War II museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 16, 2021. Picture taken with a drone.

Dispatch from IOM in Ukraine: Ashley Mungai’s first blog from the virtual field

March 15, 2022
Ukraine flag (blue and yellow stripes) flying on a flag pole with a dove flying toward the flag at sunset

Dispatch from the IOM in Ukraine: Haily Eggleston’s second blog from the virtual field

March 8, 2022
Photo of Kiev

Dispatch from the IOM in Ukraine: Haily Eggleston’s first blog from the virtual field

February 17, 2022
Mangroves

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Viet Nam: Joanna Hausen’s third blog from the virtual field

February 1, 2022
Boats in a small river, tied to a wooden dock, beside mangroves

Dispatch from the UN Development Programme in Viet Nam: Kestrel DeMarco’s third blog from the virtual field

January 24, 2022
New building of the National Assembly building, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Cambodia: Misha Goforth’s third blog from the virtual field

January 17, 2022
Three people wearing UNICEF vests looking at apartment dwellings

Dispatch from UN Habitat in Kenya: Harry Deng’s third blog from the virtual field

January 10, 2022
Map of the world with graphics showing the growth of the population living in cities

Dispatch from UN-Habitat in Kenya: Andrew Horne’s second blog from the virtual field

January 3, 2022
Man speaking at a podium with an audience in front of him.

Dispatch from UN Habitat in Kenya: Harry Deng’s second blog from the virtual field

December 20, 2021
Water from a flood with the roofs of houses showing. Houses on higher land and tree covered hills in the background

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Viet Nam: Joanna Hausen’s second blog from the virtual field

December 20, 2021
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivers his remarks at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)

Dispatch from the UN Development Programme in Viet Nam: Kestrel DeMarco’s second blog from the virtual field

December 17, 2021
Map of Cambodia showing rivers and major Cities

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Cambodia: Misha Goforth’s second blog from the virtual field

December 15, 2021
West Lake, Tây Hồ, Hanoi, Vietnam buildings overlookign a lake

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Viet Nam: Joanna Hausen’s first blog from the virtual field

November 29, 2021
Multi coloured houses built into a hill

Dispatch from UN Habitat in Kenya: Harry Deng’s first blog from the virtual field

November 22, 2021
People sitting around a long table with microphones. Map of part of Vietnam is behind the person at the end of the table

Dispatch from the UN Development Programme in Viet Nam: Kestrel DeMarco’s first blog from the virtual field

November 16, 2021
Andrew Horne sitting at his desk in his home office

Dispatch from UN-Habitat in Kenya: Andrew Horne’s first blog from the virtual field

November 9, 2021

Dispatch from the UN Development Programme in Cambodia: Misha Goforth’s first blog from the virtual field

November 8, 2021
Taj Mahal for Varkephs blog

Dispatch from UNESCO in New Delhi, India: Varkpeh Gonowolo’s second blog from the virtual field

July 26, 2021
Sustainable Development Law

Dispatch from the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law: Lauren MacDonald’s third blog from the virtual field

April 6, 2021
Strengthening gender equality in the context of COVID-19

Dispatch from UNICEF ROSA, Kathmandu, Nepal: Aniska Graver’s third blog from the virtual field

March 22, 2021
High Court Building Yangon Myanmar

Dispatch from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Myanmar: Alexandra Giorgis-Audrain’s third blog from the virtual field

March 8, 2021
UNESCO logo

Dispatch from UNESCO in New Delhi, India: Varkpeh Gonowolo’s first blog from the virtual field

February 8, 2021
Building in Cambodia

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Cambodia: Lydia Callies’ third blog from the virtual field

February 2, 2021
boats on a beach

Dispatch from the United Nations Population Fund in Mozambique: Mike Pulford’s third blog from the virtual field

February 2, 2021
UNICEF ad

Dispatch from UNICEF ROSA, Kathmandu, Nepal: Aniska Graver’s second blog from the virtual field

January 26, 2021
pier

Dispatch from the United Nations Development Program in Cambodia: Markus Hellborg’s third blog from the virtual field

January 26, 2021
Sustainable Development Goals

Dispatch from the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law: Lauren MacDonald’s second blog from the virtual field

January 18, 2021

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