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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Related documentsInternship Programme 2008 - ecumenical projectsDuring their internship with the WCC in 2008, the three interns developped projects they would implement in their home countries Madagascar, Sweden and American Samoa.
Report from study visit to RomeFrom 1-7 December 2008, three WCC interns and one intern from the World Student Christian Federation participated in a study visit to Rome, Italy and the Vatican City. The interns had an intensive week meeting with the Pontifical Councils for Interreligious Dialogue, Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, Justice and Peace and Promoting Christian Unity.
Ecumenical project reportDuring their stay in Geneva each intern is expected to plan an ecumenical project to implement in his or her home context upon return. The report by former WCC intern Sina-Marei Degenhard about the project she implemented in Germany in 2008 is published as an example.
Internship Programme 2005-2006 - ecumenical projectsThese projects were based on the interns' interests, passions, concerns and what they had learned during their formative ecumenical experience with the WCC.
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Brochure on the WCC internship programmeThis ready-to-print brochure describes what the WCC internship programme is all about and who can apply.
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