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Interns

Interns work in a WCC programme for a one-year period. During this time, they gain work experience in an ecumenical field and are given the tools to take this back to the local level.

The second emphasis of the internship programme is on ecumenical formation and community-building: as a group, the interns learn how to work in a multicultural and multiconfessional environment.

Each intern also develops an ecumenical project to be implemented back in their home contexts.

By providing young people with a rich international experience of community-building, team work and ecumenical learning, this activity strengthens both local churches and the ecumenical movement as a whole.

 

Talking Faith

"Talking Faith" is a documentary film conceived and developed as part of youth internship program with World Council of Churches by Naveen Qayyum, a former intern with the Communications department. The film is based in Pakistan and addresses the subject of interfaith dialogue in context of post 9/11 geo political realities. It narrates the stories through the lives of young people, their perspectives and how they live their faith identities in the world of today. It includes the voices of prominent actors of interreligious dialogue in Pakistan as well as experiences of common people faced with majority minority situations. Here is a link to its website

www.talkingfaith.org where its brief introduction, pictures and video clips are available. The ones who might be interested to use the film as a resource material can find complete information on how to contact the team, obtain a DVD or download the film through the website.

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These projects were based on the interns' interests, passions, concerns and what they had learned during their formative ecumenical experience with the WCC.