Leadership in Sustainable Development Internships

Internships that focus on Leadership Skills, Personal Development, Hands-on Experience, Service Learning and Ecologically-minded Sustainable Enterprise.

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Internship Program:

Join a transformative Leadership in Sustainable Development Internship in Cambodia with The Red Road Foundation, a grassroots social enterprise and free education center based in rural Kampot.

 

Designed for students, changemakers, and purpose-driven travelers, this immersive internship blends hands-on volunteering, sustainable living, and leadership development in a real-world setting.

Support our efforts with over 60 local children through free English education and community-led initiatives. Interns actively contribute to meaningful projects across education, curriculum development, marketing, social enterprise, permaculture, and sustainable systems planning—while gaining practical, resume-building experience in international development.

 

This unique program goes beyond traditional internships. Participants live on-site within an eco-conscious campus, engaging daily in permaculture farming, eco-building workshops, natural product creation, and community collaboration. From supporting English classes to co-creating sustainable business initiatives like bamboo straws, upcycled glassware, and organic wellness products, interns become part of a living model of a circular economy in action.

 

Whether you’re passionate about social impact, environmental sustainability, entrepreneurship, or cross-cultural education, this internship offers a powerful opportunity to grow your skills while making a tangible difference. With personalized projects tailored to your background, you’ll develop leadership, creativity, and adaptability in a supportive, international environment.

What’s Included:

  • On-site accommodation in a nature-based setting
  • Three daily family-style meals
  • Hands-on workshops in eco-building and permaculture
  • Volunteer experience in a rural school and sustainable farm
  • Transportation to/from Kampot town
  • Unlimited water and farm-fresh tea
  • Full cultural immersion and authentic local experience

Internship Cost: $555 per month

Step into a deeper kind of travel—where learning meets impact. Apply now to join one of the most meaningful sustainable development internships in Southeast Asia and become part of a global movement creating lasting change.

Internship Experiences:

  • Eco construction building projects- Build with recycled materials and cobb!

  • Creating Sustainable Solutions in our Village
  • Environmental Outreach in the Rural Countryside
  • Eco- Incentive Campaigns
  • Leadership Skill Training
  • Organic Farming, harvesting, wildcraft production of health and wellness products for our social enterprise
  • Up-cycling, Crafts & Nature Adventures
  • Collaborative ECO-workshops with our local countryside students
  • Developing Environmentally Minded Social Enterprise in the Village
  • Groups about Progress, Self- Awareness, Leadership, Teamwork, Collaboration & Personal Development
  • Experience the World from a new perspective in a small village– Guaranteed it will change your life!
  • Creating a model focused on sustainable solutions that can be duplicated
  • Work with our Eco Engineers
  • Service Learning Projects
  • Implementing Sustainable Systems that cut down Waste, Re-use and Promote Natural Products
  • 3 Healthy Meals per Day
  • On-site Accommodation
  • Transportation within the internship 

Why?

A big gap exists between the communities in necessity and modern-day resources that can help and support them. Our organization is looking to reduce this gap and create benefits on both ends. Interns and volunteers would have the opportunity to get exposure to real challenges and needs of a rural community while the village would benefit from the interaction, knowledge and input of a holistic-minded team. 
 
This experience is a life-changing opportunity for students to implement their sustainability studies and eco-friendly ideas with community-based focus projects. The combination of the two worlds creates enormous spaces for creativity and innovation bringing progress and professional growth. 
 
Being in Cambodia will increase the connection with our natural system and strong self-evaluation, developing our ways of living and thinking.  
“Empowering the next generation for a sustainable future. Arrive as a friend, leave as family.”
– Ellie Brister 23 Nathan Billingham 25 (3rd year volunteer)

Make a Difference

Spots are limited, and this is a once in a lifetime trip. It´s time to change your life, forever

Apply Now!

Join us for the trip of a lifetime! 

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