UN Intern

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)

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

Tran Quang Thien Phuoc

Vietnamese Mennonite Church (VMC)

2017-2018

The way of the open palm

Moses Osiro (Nairobi, Kenya)

Moses Osiro

Nairobi, Kenya

Eastleigh Fellowship Centre Church

2016-2017

The perfect placement 

Juan Sebastian Pacheco Lozano (Bogotá, Colombia)

Juan Sebastian Pacheco Lozano

Bogotá, Colombia

Teusaquillo Mennonite Church 

2015-2016

Global young adult advocates at UN

Musa Wambrauw  (Papua, Indonesia)

Musa Wambrauw

Papua, Indonesia

GKI Sion, Jin Padong Bulan Social

2014-2015

Jea Hyun

JeaHyun Nham

Chuncheon, South Korea

Jesus Village Church 

2013-2014

Intern brings Korean voice for reconciliation

Godswill Nhamo Muzarabani

Godswill Nhamo Muzarabani

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Entumbane Brethren in Christ Church

2012-2013

Straddling Laos and Zimbabwe

Keyla Jaffet Cortez Vanegas (Managua, Nicaragua)

Keyla Jaffet Cortez Vanegas

Managua, Nicaragua

Esquip-ulas Brethren in Christ Church

2011-2012

Sumana Basumata (Alipurduar, WB India)

Sumana Basumata

Alipurduar, WB India

Little Flock Fellowship, (B.J.C.P.M.)

2010-2011

Karen Flores Vindel (Atlantida, Honduras)

Karen Flores Vindel

Atlantida, Honduras

Evangelical Mennonite
Church, La Ceiba

2009-2010

Tigist Gelagle (Addis Ababa,Ethiopia)

Tigist Gelagle

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gurd Shola Meserete Keristos 

2008-2009

Melani “Mila” Susanti (Salatiga, Indonesia)

Melani “Mila” Susanti

Salatiga, Indonesia

GKMI Siloam

2007-2008