MWC Intern at the United Nations

Young adults from a Mennonite World Conference (MWC) member church in the Global South are invited to apply for a one-year internship in the Mennonite Central Committee United Nations office at in New York USA. The program is sponsored jointly by MWC and Mennonite Central Committee’s International Volunteer Exchange program (IVEP).

Applicants must be between 25 and 30 years of age, single, college or university-educated, committed to peace and peacemaking, and active in an MWC-affiliated church in their own country. They also must be fluent in English.

Learn more about the UN internship program and about IVEP at: ivep.mcc.org

Our current intern:

Tran Quang Thien Phuoc grew up in a Mennonite family in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and graduated from the University of Social Science and Humanity with major in Public Relations. Thien Phuoc is a member of the Vietnam Mennonite Church in Ho Chi Minh City, where his father is the pastor.

Our previous interns:

	Moses Osiro (Nairobi, Kenya) Eastleigh Fellowship Centre Church 2016-2017
	Juan Sebastian Pacheco Lozano (Bogotá, Colombia) Teusaquillo Mennonite Church 2015-2016
	Musa Wambrauw (Papua, Indonesia) GKI Sion, Jin Padong Bulan Social 2014-2015
	JeaHyun Nham (Chuncheon, South Korea) Jesus Village Church 2013-2014
	Godswill Nhamo Muzarabani (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) Entumbane Brethren in Christ Church 2012-2013
	Keyla Jaffet Cortez Vanegas (Managua, Nicaragua) Esquip-ulas Brethren in Christ Church 2011-2012
	Sumana Basumata (Alipurduar, WB India) Little Flock Fellowship, (B.J.C.P.M.) 2010-2011
	Karen Flores Vindel (Atlantida, Honduras) Evangelical Mennonite Church, La Ceiba 2009-2010
	Tigist Gelagle (Addis Ababa,Ethiopia) Gurd Shola Meserete Keristos 2008-2009
	Melani “Mila” Susanti (Salatiga, Indonesia) GKMI Siloam 2007-2008

Comments

Regina Mondez replied on 26 September 2013 - 9:23am Permalink

Internship

Interesting! I hope young people from the Philippines can also participate in these kinds of programs of MWC and MCC.

Merv Horst replied on 29 July 2015 - 2:54pm Permalink

UN IVEP program

This page is already very outdated. I'm a member of Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship and we have benefited from the various MCC UN Interns as members of our community.

Danielle Gonzales replied on 12 October 2016 - 10:47am Permalink

Hello!Thank you for letting

Hello!

Thank you for letting us know. We have updated the page with the most current information.

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