M.A. program in Community-Development Studies The Glocal Community-Development program emphasizes the importance of combining academic knowledge with practical skills and hands-on learning. During the program students complete a full 4-month internship in a local or international organisation. Students can choose to specialize in relevant areas of community development work, such as agriculture, public health, education, advocacy etc. The internship period (in the third semester, from September until December) offers a unique opportunity for students to work alongside local and international professionals and interacting with members of a local community. This booklet provides Glocal students, faculty, supervisors, and other interested people with an overview of the program’s partner organisations across the globe. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Faculty of Social Sciences Internship Booklet
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M.A. program in Community-Development Studies
The Glocal Community-Development program emphasizes the importance of combining academic knowledge with practical skills and hands-on learning. During the program students complete a full 4-month internship in a local or international organisation. Students can choose to specialize in relevant areas of community development work, such as agriculture, public health, education, advocacy etc. The internship period (in the third semester, from September until December) offers a unique opportunity for students to work alongside local and international professionals and interacting with members of a local community. This booklet provides Glocal students, faculty, supervisors, and other interested people with an overview of the program’s partner organisations across the globe.
The Hebrew University of JerusalemThe Faculty of Social Sciences
Internship Booklet
Action Aid 4Abriendo Mentes 4Afya Mzuri 4Aid Organization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel 5Amar Majuli 5The Art & Global Health Center 6Brac 6CARE 7Children for Change Cambodia 7The Citizens Accord Forum Between Jews and Arabs 7Dhulikhel Hospital 8Fair Planet 8Floresta 8Hunger Relief International 9Integrated Development Environment 9IsraAid 9The Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews 10Little Light 10PCI Media Impact 10Peres Center for Peace 11Plan International 11PlaNet Finance 12Population Council 12Restless Development 12Sadhana Forest 13Samaj Pragati Sahayog 13The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement 14Spark MicroGrants 14Teach for India 15Terre des Hommes 15Tevel b’Tzedek 15Towns Association for Environmental Quality 16Village Health Works 16World Education 16Yenege Tesfa 17
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GloCal ParTners around The Globe
laTIn aMerICabraZIl
PlaNet FinanceCosTa rICa
Abriendo MentesThe doMInICan rePublIC
FlorestaMeXICo
PCI Media Impact
The MIddle easTIsrael Aid Organization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in IsraelThe Citizens Accord Forum Between Jews and Arabs The Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews Peres Center for PeaceTowns Association for Environmental Quality
PalesTIneCARE Terre des Hommes
afrICaburundIAction AidFlorestaSpark MicroGrantsTevel b’TzedekVillage Health Works
eThIoPIaCARE Fair PlanetYenege Tesfa
Ghana Integrated Development Environment
KenYaIsraAid
MalaWIThe Art & Global Health Center
rWandaSpark MicroGrants
uGandaBracCARE Little Light Spark MicroGrants Restless DevelopmentWorld Education
ZaMbIaAfya MzuriPopulation Council
asIaCaMbodIa
Children for Change CambodiaIndIa
Amar MajuliRestless Development
Sadhana ForestSamaj Pragati Sahayog
Teach for IndianePal
Dhulikhel HospitalIntegrated Development Environment
Restless DevelopmentTevel b’TzedekWorld Education
srI lanKaThe Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
ThaIlandPlan International
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ABriendo Mentes - CostA riCA
AfyA Mzuri - zAMBiA
Fields of work: education, women and youth empowerment, community developmentAbout: Abriendo Mentes, which is Spanish for ‘Opening Minds’, was established in 2009 in Playa Potrero, a rural village in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica. Abriendo Mentes has since become a thriving non-profit organization providing area youth and adults with thousands of hours of English, technology and vocational classes each year, as well as diverse and engaging community enrichment and social programs. The organization works with more than 65 international volunteers each year; a team who adds energy, skill, and talent to its work. Read more here. Past interns: Osnat Shperling (Cohort 4)
Fields of work: health, HIV and AIDS, youth empowerment About: Afya Mzuri, which means “Good health” in Swahili, is a local Zambian NGO specialising in health and HIV and AIDS prevention across Zambia. Afya Mzuri was established in 2000. The head office is in Lusaka, with a satellite office in Kitwe and Choma. The organisation’s mission is to contribute towards the national health response through empowering people and communities to adopt healthy behaviours and participatory approaches. The Dziwani resource centre, as an integral part of the organisation, provides the latest information on HIV and AIDS and poverty related disease.Read more here.
ACtion Aid - Burundi
Fields of work: food and land rights, women’s rights, democratic governance, education, emergencies & conflict management, climate change, HIV and AIDS, youth empowermentAbout: ActionAid is an international organization, working with over 15 million people in 45 countries for a world free from poverty and injustice. Its head office is in Johannesburg, South Africa. ActionAid is the only international development organization with its head office based in Africa. It also have offices right across Asia, the Americas and Europe. ActionAid believes that the people whose lives its work affects should decide how it is run. ActionAid helps people use their own power to fight poverty and injustice. Read more here.Past interns: Berntrand Mizero (Cohort 4)Special requirements: knowledge of French
aId orGanIZaTIon for refuGees and AsyluM seekers in isrAel – isrAel
Fields of work: refugee work, human rights advocacy, psychosocial support, youth empowermentAbout: The Aid Organization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel (ASSAF) was founded in 2007 in order to aid refugees and asylum seekers. ASSAF’s aim is to promote the rights of refugees in their encounters with the state authorities. This includes providing advocacy and support to those in need: thousands of men, women and children who are conducting a daily struggle to overcome memories of the traumatic experiences they have escaped, and who are living in Israel without status or access to basic human rights.Read more here.Past interns: Maya Aberman (Cohort 1)
AMAr MAjuli – indiA
Fields of work: community development, women and youth empowerment, agricultureAbout: A small local organization on the Island of Assam established with the support of Gili Navon and Shaked Avitzedek, two Glocal Alumni. The organization works with a women’s weaving cooperative “Rengam”, farmers and youth in order to improve the living condition of the local trible population. Read more here.Past interns: Gili Navon (Cohort 1)Special requirements: independent work style, humble attitude, Hindi is not required but is an advantage
Fields of work: economic development, micro-finance, agriculture, youth empowerment, educationAbout: BRAC takes an integrated approach to sustainable economic development by using micro-finance programs. The largest development organization in Uganda, BRAC’s mission is to help people and communities rise out of poverty and realize their potential. The organization offers programs and support services in the fields of agriculture, livestock and poultry, health, adolescent development and youth education.Read more here.Past interns: Maya Oren (Cohort 2), Shira Lawrence (Cohort 2)Special requirements: independent work and strong research skills
the Art & gloBAl heAlth Center – MalaWI
Fields of work: healthAbout: The Art & Global Health Center (AGHC) Africa fosters creative leadership and implements innovative arts-based health-oriented programs that inspire and mobilize. The center’s programs use collaboration to nurture healthy, empowered, open and active communities in Malawi. AGHC Africa believes in the transformative power of the arts for experiential learning, cross-cultural understanding, eliciting empathy and the strengthening of communities. Read more here.
Fields of work: women empowerment, economic and social developmentAbout: One of the world’s largest private international humanitarian organizations, CARE is committed to helping families in poor communities improve their lives and achieve lasting victories over poverty. CARE implements relief and multi-sectorial development projects in the fields of health awareness, food and livelihood security, education, water, sanitation and hygiene and women empowerment. Read more here.Past interns: Diletta Carmi (Cohort 4, In Ethiopia), Aarifa Muhammed and Yair Baraneis (Cohort 4 in Uganda), Karla Green (Cohort 2 - in the West Bank)
Children for ChAnge – CAMBodiA
Fields of work: education, youth empowermentAbout: Children for Change, Cambodia is a local, non-governmental organization that offers an educational and social support network for children aged 6 to 18 who live in the Sen Sok area of the city, one of the poorest red light districts in Phnom Penh. CCC constantly uses the aid of research workers to better understand the community and improve the organizations work. CCC is experienced in working with volunteers and interns, who take significant part of its staff. It develops projects with the communities around it, mostly empowering them via film making, improved housing and representation, etc.Read more here.Past interns: Avital Orha (Cohort 4)
The CITIZens aCCord foruM beTWeen jews And ArABs in isrAel – isrAel
Fields of work: conflict transformation, peace building, women and youth empowermentAbout: CAF was established in 2001, by then Member of Knesset, Rabbi Michael Melchior in response to the alarming growth in rifts and lack of cooperation between different sectors of Israeli society. Societal strife is one of the major obstacles to a shared society and a healthy democracy in Israel and the conflict between its Jewish and Arab citizens is the most prominent indicator. CAF’s primary focus is therefore on making a contribution toward building a just and equal relationship between Jews and Arabs in Israel and fostering effective methods of engagement between them on issues ranging from individual and group identity to resource allocation, land rights and more. Read more here. Past interns: Juan Carlos Reyes (Cohort 4)
Fields of work: health, economic and community development, women and youth empowerment About: An independent, not for profit community medical institution, Dhulikhel Hospital works to overcome geospatial, socio-cultural and economic barriers and increase healthcare accessibility. In addition, the hospital offers many outreach community programs including: micro-finance programs, micro-insurance programs, women’s awareness programs, school & child health programs and more.Read more here.Past Interns: Shani Silove (Cohort 3)
Fields of work: agricultureAbout: A small, independent organization, Fair Planet is located in Butajira, Ethiopia. Fair Planet works with farmers to increase and improve agricultural yields, focusing on vegetables. It provides seeds, seedlings and training, working together with the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture to farmers near Butajira. While still maintaining traditional techniques, farmers will be instructed on specific methodology, aiming at improving their yields and income. Read more here.Past interns: Shawna Dolinka (cohort 4)
Fields of work: agriculture, poverty alleviation & food securityAbout: Seeking to supply environmental solutions to today’s challenges in Burundi, Floresta supports the formation of community farmer groups, assisting them in the process of economic development. The organization also focuses on peace building facilitation, alongside environmental advancement. Read more here.Past interns: Nehara Mor (Cohort 1 in Burundi), Shaked Avizedek (Cohort 1 in the Dominican Republic)
Fields of work: health and nutrition, education and income generationAbout: Hunger Relief International (HRI) is a Christian relief and development organization working in partnership with local communities to alleviate the impact of hunger on the lives of malnourished children and their families as a first step in a long-term strategy to achieve family and community self-sufficiency. HRI seeks to promote a world where children, their families and communities have access to the basic necessities of life including nutritious food, clean water, sanitation, education and health care. It aims to fulfil its objective by addressing immediate issues of hunger and unreliableaccess to food. Read more here.Special requirements: Only for Spanish speakers
Fields of work: agriculture, sustainable development, economic empowermentAbout: Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is an international non-profit dedicated to ending poverty in the developing world not through handouts, but by helping farm families access the tools and knowledge they need to increase their income. Read more here.Past interns: Barak Lender (Cohort 3)Special requirements: Background in agriculture, water management or business administration
isrAAid – kenyA
Fields of work: Refugees, psychosocial support and water and sanitationAbout: IsraAID, founded in 2001, is an Israeli non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to providing life-saving disaster relief and long term support. The organization’s mission is to efficiently support and meet the changing needs of populations as they strive to move from crisis to reconstruction/rehabilitation, and eventually, to sustainable living. IsraAid in Kenya operates in Kakuma Refugee Camp. The organization supports the physical and psychological needs of the 160,000 refugees living in the camp through intensive and continuous trauma training, infrastructure support, and relief distributions.Read more here.Past interns: Inbal Nahum (Cohort 4)
Fields of work: education, health, youth and women empowermentAbout: Situated in one of the largest slums in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, Little Lite operates a variety of educational programs aimed at socially and economically empowering the local community. The organization promotes human rights and development to marginalized women and children through frameworks such as a nursery schools, scholarship programs, youth programs and women empowerment groups, as well as supplying accessible medical services and healthcare.Read more here.
Fields of work: education through mediaAbout: Located in Mexico, PCI Media Impact is a pioneer and world leader in entertainment-education and communications for social change. For more than 25 years, the organization has advanced the well-being of vulnerable populations by advancing knowledge, shifting locally-determined attitudes and changing behaviors towards critical social issues. Working with a capacity- building model, throughthe My Community approach, PCI Media Impact’s unique strategy of storytelling allows millions to live healthier lives, sustainably, and in harmony with their natural world.Read more here.Past interns: Liat Schlesinger (Cohort 3)
The Israel assoCIaTIon for eThIoPIan jews – isrAel
Fields of work: human rights advocacy, minority rightsAbout: The Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews (IAEJ) is a non-profit advocacy organization for the Ethiopian community in Israel. Founded in 1993, directed and run by Ethiopians, IAEJ works towards optimal integration of Israelis of Ethiopian origin in Israeli society. IAEJ accomplishes its mission through direct advocacy in government ministries and in the Knesset, as well as by providing information to the community, policy makers and the media. Read more here.Past interns: Ephrem Hawando (Cohort 4)
Fields of work: peacebuilding and conflict transformationAbout: Founded in 1996 by the President of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shimon Peres, the Peres Center for Peace is Israel’s leading organization promoting peacebuilding between Israel and its neighbors as well as between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. The Peres Center develops and implements projects which bring together a multi-faceted spectrum of participants. Programs in fields such as medicine and healthcare, technology, business, agriculture, the environment, peace education, sport, the arts and more, are designed to empower the populations of the region to be engaged in the creation of a real, effective and durable peace. Read more here.Past interns: Thomas Higinbotham (Cohort 1)
Fields of work: child protection, education, youth empowermentAbout: Founded over 75 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children’s development organizations in the world. Plan works in 51 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas. Since 1981 Plan Thailand has worked with more than 36,700 children and their families in over 600 communities in seven provinces, helping them access their rights to education, health, livelihoods, protection and participation. Plan’s work in Thailand covers six core areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child: child participation, protection, education, household economic security, HIV and AIDS awareness and corporate social responsibility for children. Read more here.Past interns: Inbal Shaviv (Cohort 3)
Fields of work: health, researchAbout: The Population Council conducts research to address critical health and development issues. The organization’s work allows couples to plan their families and chart their futures. They help people avoid HIV infection and access life-saving HIV services. And they empower girls to protect themselves and have a say in their own lives. The Population Council conducts research and programs in more than 50 countries, with offices in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.Read more here. Past interns: Yalee Azani (Cohort 4)
restless developMent – nepAl, indiA, ugAndA
Fields of work: youth empowerment, education and reproductive healthAbout: Young people are most affected by the most persistent problems in the world, yet are frequently overlooked as part of the solution. Restless Development’s mission is to place young people at the forefront of change and development. The organization’s strength comes from being led by young people and young professionals, from the boardroom right through to the field. Restless Development has been working since 1985 and over the past 29 years, its programmes have reached over 7 million young people directly and indirectly.Read more here.Past interns: Samalie Kakai (Cohort 4)
plAnet finAnCe - BrAzil
Fields of work: economic empowerment, microfinanceAbout: The PlaNet Finance Group’s mission is to enable those in poverty to access financial services in order to bring about sustained improvements to their living standards. To that purpose, it develops microfinance products and services. With a presence in 88 countries, the PlaNet Finance Group is now acknowledged as a major player in the war on poverty through the development of entrepreneurship.Read more here.Past interns: Dan Amias (Cohort 4)Special requirements: knowledge of Portuguese in Brazil is inevitable.
Fields of work: environment preservation and community developmentAbout: Sadhana Forest started its ecological revival and sustainable living work 2003. The organization’s vision is to transform 70 acres of severely eroded, arid land on the outskirts of Auroville. Sadhana Forest aims to move towards its vision by introducing a growing number of people to sustainable living, food security through ecological transformation, wasteland reclamation, and veganism. The organization’s resources are focused on the creation of a vibrant, indigenous Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest (TDEF).Read more here.Past interns: Gur Gilat (Cohort 4 )
sAMAj prAgAti sAhAyog – indiA
Fields of work: water and sanitation, women empowerment, agriculture, food securityAbout: Over the last two decades, Samaj Pragati Sahayog (SPS) has grown to be one of India’s largest grass-roots initiatives for water and livelihood security, working with its partners on a million acres of land across 72 of India’s most backward districts, mainly in the central Indian Adivasi belt. SPS takes inspiration from the life and work of Baba Amte who rejected charity and successfully empowered even the most challenged. SPS is headquartered in a drought-prone, tribal area in the Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh, which typifies the most difficult problems of the country. The organization concentrates its direct interventions in about 220 villages and towns of this area. Read more here.Past interns: Sabita Deshemaru (Cohort 2)
Fields of work: peace building, conflict resolution, political, economic and social empowermentAbout: A multi-denominational movement derived from the spiritual, moral and ethical values of Buddhism and Gandhian non-violence, Sarvodaya seek to liberate the world from poverty. Sarvodaya uses a holistic approach to social mobilization and capacity-building in the community, empowering various populations through peace building, conflict resolution, community health, development of village infrastructure and various other community development programs.Read more here. Past interns: Avihai Stollar (Cohort 2), Yaara Katan (Cohort 2), Galia Zaidman (Cohort 3)
spArk MiCrogrAnts – rwAndA, ugAndA and burundI
Fields of work: economic empowerment, community-development via micro grants and entrepreneurshipAbout: Spark MicroGrants is pioneering a new method of community development. Spark supports rural poor communities to design, implement and manage their own social impact projects. The organization provides micro-grants of between $2,000-$10,000 to enable project implementation, such as of a school, electricity line or sustainable farming. No interest or repayment of the funds granted is requested. To date Spark has partnered with over 30 communities in Rwanda and Uganda who have developed local project plans and are in the process of implementing them. Read more here.Past interns: Inbar Ziv (Cohort 3)
Fields of work: integrated community development including agriculture, women empowerment, youth and education, health and sanitationAbout: An Israel based non-profit organization promoting social and environmental justice, Tevel b’Tzedek’s mission is to create a community of Israeli and diaspora Jews engaging in the urgent issues of global poverty, marginalization and environmental devastation. Their work with a variety of urban and rural communities is concentrated in the fields of agriculture, women empowerment, youth, education, health and sanitation. Read more here. Past interns: Yaron Erez (Cohort 3, in Nepal), Maria Kagan (Cohort 4, Burundi)
terre des hoMMes – west BAnk, PalesTIne
Fields of work: child protection, emergency and relief workAbout: Since its creation in 1960, the mission of Terre des hommes (Tdh) has been to come to the aid of children in need. It endeavours at all times to defend the rights of children, in times of war and natural disasters, or in less publicised situations of distress. Today, the Terre des hommes Foundation is a significant force among children’s aid organisations in Switzerland and throughout the world. The organisation has development projects and emergency relief programmes in more than 30 countries. Read more here.
teACh for indiA – indiA
Fields of activity: education, youth empowermentAbout: Teach To Lead, a nonprofit organization adapting the model of Teach for America to the Indian context, was established in 2008. The organization’s mission is to create a movement of leaders who will work to eliminate educational inequity in the country. Teach For India, a project of Teach To Lead, is a nationwide movement of college graduates who commit two-years to teach full-time in under resourced schools and who become leaders working from within various sectors towards the pursuit of equity in education. Today, Teach For India operates in seven cities - Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru with a total of 910 Fellows.Read more here.Past interns: Natalie Silverlieb (Cohort 4)
Fields of work: healthcare, food security and education About: Village Health Works’ mission is to provide quality, compassionate healthcare in a dignified environment while treating the root causes of illness, disease, and neglect. The organization focuses on three main aspects: clinical healthcare, food security and education. Village Health Works offers relevant community programs in each of these fields, such as: maternal health, nutrition, agriculture techniques, community garden cooperatives, tuition and teacher training workshops.Read more here. Past interns: Daniel Schwartz (Cohort 1), Tal Ben Jaaqov (Cohort 2)
world eduCAtion – ugAndA, nepAl
Fields of work: education, child protection, health, conflict resolutionAbout: World Education improves the quality of life through education for half a million children and adults in 22 countries. World Education’s programs promote individual and collective change: its training programs improve adult education, help displaced peoples, stem the tide of HIV, and reduce violence through conflict resolution. World Education is a leader in building the skills, knowledge and resources of local groups so they can accomplish their missions effectively. The organization uses experiential and engaging teaching techniques to help others develop their skills that build on the learners’ context (cultural, linguistic, geo-graphic, and economic), and include vital information about life and livelihoods—health, agriculture, small business development—that learners can put to immediate use.Read more here.
ToWns assoCIaTIon for envIronMenTal QuAlity – isrAel
Fields of work: agriculture, water and waste management, youth and educationAbout: The Towns Association for Environmental Quality (TAEQ) was founded in 1993 with the aim to raise awareness of environmental issues within Israel’s Arab community. TAEQ adapts traditional Arab technologies and develops new ones in order to help the Arab community protect the environment in which they live. Located in the Galilee – where Jews and Arabs live in close proximity to each other – TAEQ is also a driving force for local environmental coexistence. Based on a non-political philosophy that inspires people to come together to protect their “common denominator” – the natural environment they share – TAEQ’s aim is to bring its model for pro-active peace building to communities throughout the region. Read more here.Past interns: Salman Adu Ahmad (Cohort 4), Rina Kedem (Cohort 2)
Fields of work: youth empowerment, education, health careAbout: Yenege Tesfa was established in 2001 out of the philosophy that homeless and parentless children deserve a better life. Yenege Tesfa is a local nonprofit organization providing three homes for 50 children and delivering a number of community activities, such as the provision of accessible education, free health-care to children and tackling the causes of child homelessness through vocational training. Read more here.Past interns: Guy Cherni (Cohort 3) and Hagit Krakov (Cohort 3)
