Introduction
This report is a short description of my four month internship carried out as compulsory component of the MSc. Biology. The internship was carried out within the organization Faunagua (Bolivia) in 2009. Since my I am interested in animal ecology and especially of cetaceans, the work was concentrated on the river dolphin, Inia boliviensis, a unique species dolphin species for this country.
At the beginning of the internship I formulated several learning goals, which I wanted to achieve:

to understand the functioning and working conditions of a non-governmental organization;

to see what is like to work in a professional environment;

to see if this kind of work is a possibility for my future career;

to use my gained skills and knowledge;

to see what skills and knowledge I still need to work in a professional environment;

to learn about the organizing of a research project (planning, preparation, permissions etc.)

to learn about research methodologies (field methods/methods to analyze data)

to get fieldwork experience/collect data in an environment unknown for me;

to get experience in working in another country/with persons from another culture;

to enhance my communication skills;

to build a network.
This internship report contains my activities that have contributed to achieve a number of my stated goals. In the following chapter a description of the organization Faunagua and the activities is given. After this a reflection on my functioning, the unexpected circumstances and the learning goals achieved during the internship are described. Finally I give a conclusion on the internship experience according to m