WANEP
Internship
[Vacancy
for only Francophone]
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
WANEP encourages young professionals and peacebuilding practitioners
from all over the sub-region to get involved in its internship program.
Aims
and Objectives
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To develop and build capacity of young professionals in peacebuilding
and conflict resolution.
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It is an educational program that allows students working in the area
of peacebuilding to gain practical experience under supervision.
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To ensure that skills and knowledge acquired during internship is
used to address contextual realities in countries of origin of interns.
Guidelines
for Application
Eligibility: The individual should be pursuing a degree program
in courses related to peacebuilding, humanitarian relief, human rights,
development studies and any other field related to peacebuilding.
Application: Application should come with a recommendation letter
from an Institution or person involved in any of the aforementioned
fields. The letter should comment on how long they have known you and
in what capacity they have observed your work; Applicant should be of
African decent and living in Africa.
Duration:
Duration of internship with WANEP will be three months.
Responsibility
of Intern
- An
intern will be required to work a minimum of 35 hours a week.
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Will be required to participate in field activities to expose them
to realities of peacebuilding.
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The Intern will be expected to submit a 15 page report after end of
internship on his/her experience with WANEP.
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Interns will be appraised at the end of their internship. Copies of
this will be sent to institution where intern is coming from.
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Do Research
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Read materials, analyse data and write reports.
Responsibility
of WANEP
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Professional interns would be encouraged to participate in WAPI during
or after their Internship
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Induction and orientation program will be drawn up to enable them
to understand workings and programs runned by WANEP
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The Intern will be attached to a Program and will be supervised directly
by administrator and staff in charge of program to which intern will
be attached
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WANEP will pay interns a monthly honorarium during the period of internship
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WANEP will provide Air Tickets for Interns from outside Ghana.
Interested persons should mail, fax or email application to:
West
Africa Network for Peacebuilding
P. O. Box CT 4434
Accra-Ghana;
Tel: +233-21-221318/221388/256439/258299
Fax: 233-21-221735
Email: wanep@wanep.org
