EntreMundos Internship Programmes
While volunteers provide a very important resource and skill-set to organisations, some positions require more specialised skills and a more formal commitment. To meet this need, EntreMundos offers and coordinates a select number of Internships. These specialised positions are not only excellent learning and work experiences for the Interns, but are a major support to the organisations with which they are working.
The Internship Programmes run by EntreMundos are unpaid. Internships differ from volunteering because they involve a set, formalised job description, responsibilities uniquely assigned to the Intern, and a longer time period - EntreMundos Internships are a minimum time commitment of 3 months, full-time.
The Internship Programme requests a voluntary donation of USD$100 per month, which will be shared between the host organisation and EntreMundos. This includes the internship placement, pre-departure contact support, a pre-departure information package about Guatemala, contact support while in Guatemala, monthly and final work evaluations by the internship supervisor, a certificate of completion, and follow-up contact with EntreMundos afterwards. Additionally, we will strive to fulfil any bureaucratic functions we can, like filling in additional forms for universities, taking into account our capacities as a small, non-profit NGO. This fee does not include your flights, health/travel insurance and medical expenses, or living costs while here in Guatemala. Basic living expenses in Quetzaltenango are roughly USD$300 monthly.
Currently, EntreMundos offers the internship placements described below.
Safe Stove Project Coordinator
The Intern’s primary activities will be to coordinate the Safe Stove project funded and administered by a local Guatemalan association. The Intern will be trained in the in the proper construction of our Safe Stove and will be expected to lead groups of 3-5 volunteers 2-3 times per week in rural locations. The Intern will also work with community contacts, visiting prospective recipient families and providing follow-up contact with the programme
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Projects Coordinator
The Intern’s primary activities will be to coordinate the various projects funded and administered by a local Guatemalan Association. These projects are located in Xela and the surrounding communities, and include a stove building project; a medical project; a daycare and family support centre; a scholarship programme; and a reforestation and greenhouse project.
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Day-Care and Family Support Centre Coordinator
The Intern’s primary activities will be to coordinate a Day-Care and Family Support Centre which features a day-care, after school programme and support centre for approximately 40 impoverished children and teens aged 1 to 17. The project is funded and administered by a local Guatemalan association, and the Intern will be working with the association’s social worker and with volunteers, as well as providing fundraising, organisational and administrative support.
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Education/Teaching Specialist Internship
The Intern’s core activities will be to provide educational support to children living at a local shelter for survivors of domestic violence. The project is administered by a local Guatemalan association, and the Intern will be working alongside the association’s volunteers and coordinators.
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Psychology Internship
The Intern’s core activities will be psychological support and therapy to survivors of domestic violence and their children who are living in a shelter in Quetzaltenango. The Intern will support the staff psychologist in her daily activities, and will provide individual and group therapy.
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Social Work and Education Internship
The Intern’s core activities will be social support and education to survivors of domestic violence and their children living in a shelter in Quetzaltenango. The Intern will work directly with the families living in the shelter and will support the staff social workers with their daily activities.
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Profiles Internship (Habitat for Humanity Guatemala (HFHG))
The position is based at the HFHG National Office in Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala. The principal role will be working in the Profiles area of Resource Development by aiding with the production of Profiles. This includes traveling within Guatemala for up to two weeks of every month, and working in the office and from home to write up reports about visits to HFHG partner families.
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How to Apply
To apply for one of these placements, please read the requirements carefully, and send the Internship Programme Application, a covering letter written in Spanish, and your CV to volunteering@entremundos.org. Our Programme Advisor will then be in touch with you, and if she feels that you are a possible candidate, will request the non-refundable USD$25 application fee and set up an interview time. For successful candidates, this application fee will go towards the first month´s programme cost.
