Internship session in Israel/Palestine
-Summer 2011
Session I: To be announced
Session II: To be announced
Each session offers:
- A five-day orientation program. The orientation week will take place in Israel and the West Bank and includes visits to and meetings in Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bil’in, Ramallah, Nazareth, as well as in kibbutzim, refugee camps and settlements around Jerusalem. This will be a very educative and informative experience, but also a great opportunity for you to meet and get to know the other FFIPP interns from all over the world.
- A one-month internship/ volunteering position with a partner organisation (an NGO, a research program, a cultural institution etc.) in Israel or the Palestinian territories (West-Bank).
- Meetings with Palestinians and Israeli students committed to peace and justice
- Supervision before, during and after the internship session by FFIPP coordinators (including a preparation week-end in France with mandatory attendance, distribution of an “Intern Guide” before the programme, several moments for reflection and evaluation.
Conditions:
FFIPP will take care of all orientation week expenses (transportation, accommodation) as well as the costs of accommodation during the internship period. However, expenses for food and transportation during the internship period is the student’s responsibility and as well as the costs of transport to and from Israel.
Subscription to a personal insurance is mandatory.
Partner organisations offer internship or volunteering positions in the following areas:
- Animation, projects with children
- French and English classes
- Grassroots work (eg. women’s rights, farmers union, Bedouin rights)
- Art related projects
- Human Rights
- Development, Environment
- Fundingraising for research, organisation’s development
- Research (eg. law, journalism, urbanism, social sciences)
The content of the work will vary (from animation to research activity) but the emphasis lies on the human character of the experience the program offers, and the opportunity to attempt to grasp the complexity of the Middle-Eastern conflict on the ground.
The student will need to be aware of the fact that although there will be a possibility to contribute to the work of the host organisation, the program represents above all an opportunity to learn.
NB: The current situation does not allow us to send interns to the Gaza strip.
Applications:
Please go to http://ffipp-france.com/stages/the-internship-program-in-english/ and fill in and send the application form by April 9th 2010 to the following address: internships2010@ffipp-france.com
Please note that your application needs to be written in English. Failure to respect the instructions (e.g. space limitations per question) will result in the denial of your application without consideration.
The FFIPP team will decide which partner organization the student will be working with, while taking into account the preferences of the student.
Interviews (in French and English) will take place in April. The final list of successful candidates will be decided on by April 26th.
Please note that a preparation week-end will take place a few weeks preceding the departure, and the attendance of the selected students will be mandatory.
For more information, please contact internships2010@ffipp-france.com
