Getting to work

I am volunteering full time with a refugee advocacy organization (a term I've said a bazillion times in the last month) that works to protect the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and all documented and undocumented immigrants in South Africa. The organization is attempting to manage multiple projects right now, which include creating a post-World Cup xenophobia response plan and pressing the Western Cape provincial government to negotiate with the displaced Zimbabweans living at the De Doorns safety site over a relocation plan. The team is based around a small core staff and leans heavily on the volunteers and interns, which makes for a hectic and exciting work environment. The small size of the organization makes it attractive because it is nearly impossible to not be involved in, or at least know about, everything that is going on. I am building on my communications skills by working on the media part of the outreach strategy as well as writing press statements, managing the social networking sites, and overseeing a restructuring of the website. This makes sense considering my work and education background; however, I'm hoping to gain more experience with the policy side of the organization's work, specifically plans linked to the De Doorns safety site.