“The internships are the moment in which all acquired knowledge sets, themselves becoming a small part of the whole that is gained. They are a real, experiential, hands-on learning experience, where you see, touch and feel the learning.”
Nora Engra. Instituto Politécnico Tomás Katari (IPTK) (Bolivia). High poverty indexes are still sustained in many Bolivian territories, as well as repeated human rights violations, food security problems or severe gender inequalities, among many others. It is for this reason that, once the context becomes known by the organisation, an intervention is to be done to empower and strengthen the rights of the different communities from Sucre and their population, which consists mainly of migrants, farmers and natives. The developed activities have been:
- Support in the formulation of cooperation proposals.
- Facilitations in the communities with migrant, farming and native populations.
- Accompaniment in the monitoring and evaluation of cooperation projects.
- Diagnosis of the situation of migrant, farming and native women and their contribution to the local development.
Carlos Sala Ivars, second year student of the UV Master´s Degree in Development Aid, specialising in Integrated Local Development Planning, begins his external internships at the Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez en Santiago de Chile. In this internship he will be involved in 3 projects: "Urban Sanctuary, Migrant Solidarity and Hospitality in Global Perspective", "Trayectorias de subjetivación política y luchas de migración: imbricaciones e implicaciones" and "Jóvenes hijos de migrantes nacidos y/o escolarizados en Chile: procesos identitarios",led by researchers from the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales y Juventud (CISJU), María Fernanda Stang, Antonia Lara Edwards and Matias Fouillioux.
Patricia Fito. Feria del voluntariado en la UJI to which I attend as an internship student with the receiving entity: Fundación por la justicia.
Antonio Calvache. External internship at the Dirección General de Inclusión y Cooperación al Desarrollo de la Generalitat Valenciana. The planned tasks are:
- Analysis, monitoring and evaluation for the "Actualización y revisión de proyectos de cooperación al desarrollo y las actividades de sensibilización en la comunidad valenciana financiados por la Subdirección General de Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo 2021-2024."
- NGDOs technical staff assistance on funded cooperation projects.
- Contacting the funded NGDOs for the compilation, analysis, monitoring and evaluation of products and materials generated to increase the sensitivity toward the development cooperation projects from the Valencian Government. The people in charge of accompanying the internships processes are Manuel García and Cristina Canuto.
