Occasional Volunteer
Join a beach clean-up, help at a recycling workshop, or assist at one of our events.
- No commitment required
- Clean-ups every month
- Open to everyone
Intern at Precious Plastic Mauritius
Apply your skills: tech, comms, design, education; in a real-world NGO environment in Mauritius.
- 1 to 6 months
- Work placement agreement
- Based in Pointe Jérôme, Mahébourg
- All fields welcome
Long-term Volunteer
Commit to a project over several months. Help build our operations, tools, or education programs.
- 1 week to 3 months
- Project-based
- Remote or on-site
As a mechanical engineering student, I completed a 3-month internship with the NGO Precious Plastic Mauritius. I discovered this opportunity through a student who had taken part in the program the previous year, and I was immediately drawn to it.
My tasks were varied: I designed plastic injection molds, drafted user manuals for the NGO’s machinery, and worked on optimizing team workflows, such as creating a custom cap-sorting table. I also designed and produced cap collection boxes for public spaces, and contributed to the maintenance of the hub, notably renovating the steps of the main container.
This three-month immersion at Precious Plastic Mauritius gave me firsthand insight into the operations and inner dynamics of a dedicated NGO. It exposed me directly to the reality of plastic pollution in an island setting like Mauritius, highlighting the urgent need for local awareness. On a technical level, this internship strengthened and expanded my engineering skill set, particularly in mold design, manufacturing processes, workshop skills like welding, as well as concrete construction management.
