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 previous interns:
Daniel Esteban Pacheco Florez
Armenia, Quindio, Colombia
Iglesia Menonita de Colombia [Comunidad Cristiana Menonita de Paz Armenia
2022-2023
(part-time)
Tran Quang Thien Phuoc
Vietnamese Mennonite Church (VMC)
2017-2018
The way of the open palm
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
Stories about UN interns
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The perfect placement
A Kenyan Mennonite in the MCC UN Office New York, USA – Right outside the window from my desk at the MCC UN Office on the 10th floor of the…
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Global young adult advocates at UN with MCC
New York, USA – Juan Sebastián Pacheco Lozano is uniquely qualified for his position as the International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP) participant serving as the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) intern…
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New intern brings Korean voice for reconciliation to UN
New York, New York, USA – JeaHyun Nham from the Republic of Korea (ROK/South Korea) is the latest Mennonite World Conference (MWC) intern to join the staff of the Mennonite…
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Straddling Lao PDR and Zimbabwe
“I became a person who can relate to everyone,” Godswill Muzarabani said. He could fit in with the language and culture regardless which group he was relating to.