Uganda internship

3. UMN INTERNSHIP:
MOLDING YOUNG LIVES
FOR GREATER MINISTRIES
Durga P. Khanal (Divya)
Team Leader – Integral Mission
United Mission to Nepal (UMN)
Call2Compassion Uganda 2016

4. In the next one hour…
We will:
• watch a documentary
• go through a presentation
• have time to discuss, comment,
question and give feedback

5. … with the purpose of…
• Learning about UMN’s Internship
programme; its approach & key learning
• Learning what is needed in order to run an
internship and how to avoid treating interns
as an extra hand for work
• Understanding some of the key challenges of
running an internship & how these can be
addressed

6. Welcome to Nepal!

7. Nepal at a glance
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8. • A young federal democratic republic
• Population 28 million
• 125 caste/ethnic groups; 123 languages
spoken
• Urban population - 17% (Rural 83%)

9. • 47% have access to safe drinking water
• 35 % can’t read and write
• 23% live in absolute poverty
• 38% do not have/use toilet
• Remittances constitute 56% of GDP
• Earthquake devastation April 2015
• Nepal–India border blockade

10. Christianity in Nepal
• God’s Word came to Nepal in early 1900s
(William Carey – Bible translation)
• Visible Christian community in 1950s
• Increasing missional activities with focus on
saving “souls”
• Denominationalism becoming visible
• At least one church/fellowship in the all 75
districts
• Christianity 1.4% of the total population

11. UMN at a glance
• One of the first mission
coalitions (1954)
• 1954: First maternity
clinic & hospital
• Pioneered hydropower
development
• 1957: Community service
• 1958: First girl’s school
1953: Foreign and Nepali Christians
united by a passion for Nepal.
Photo: UMN Archives

12. UMN’s working locations

13. UMN INTERNSHIP
MOLDING YOUNG LIVES FOR
GREATER MINISTRIES
2016 Batch

14. Introduction
• Exclusively for young Nepali Christians
• To prepare them as people with ‘missional’ minds
• Through the opportunity to practice
transformational mission theology
• And to equip them & develop their professional
& leadership skills
• So that the become effective leaders as Christians
in various professions
• Lasts for 12 months

15. 5 stages of internship
programme implementation
Recruitment
Technical Capacity Exposure
Intensive Integral Mission
Learning
Practical Field Placement
Professional Skills Building

16. umn internship
documentary

17. As they leave UMN, interns …
• Have become more spiritually vibrant
• Have sound theology of mission
• Are equipped with knowledge, skills &
confidence
• Have strong skills as capacity builders,
leaders & facilitators
• Become a community to connect
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18. The achievements
• 78 young people from over
22 districts trained
• 55% female, 35% from
ethnic communities; 6%
Dalits & 4% marginalised.
• 95% of the graduates
employed/working in
churches and FBOs/NGOs

19. • 75% of them are
leading/assisting in
local churches.
• Modelling servant
leadership for other
young Christians
• Relational benefits for
UMN
• UMN Internship a
model for others

20. The Ripple-effect
• 350 abandoned & street children served
• Countless girls & women rescued from
being sold to brothels
• 500 school children supported in their
education
• Poor communities with new hope

21. The Ripple-effect
• Churches planted and pastored
• Youth enabled & empowered
• Backward communities lifted up
• Local church leadership developed
• Integral theology practiced & promoted

22. Internship at UMN not only helped me gain
professional skills, but drew me closer to my
God. The kindness of the staff and the
humility of the senior managers taught me
what Servant Leadership stands for in
practice. This period has been a cornerstone
for my personal development.
(Kripa, an UMN intern 2013)
“We really appreciate
UMN for developing
professionally capable
young Christians
through the internship;
we found them very
useful in our
organization.”
GENERAL SECRETARY,
United Vision Nepal
“UMN Interns are helping our young people to
learn and live integral mission and servant-
leadership; they ‘re committed to help people
in need”
President, ISN
What do people say?

23. What does it cost?
COSTS PER INTERN
Monthly stipend - USD 1,250
Field orientation/exposure - USD 271
Various training – USD 52
Co-ordination costs - USD 427
Total cost per intern - USD 2,000

24. Our Challenges
• Mismatch between interns’ expectation &
UMN’s available resources
• Overwhelming expectations and demands from
churches
• Opportunity versus donor & church resources
• Interns moving out of churches for other
opportunities

25. Our Learning
• Young people internalise their learning much
quicker and with commitment
• Building relationships is crucial for longer term
impact
• Discipling others actually results in your own
growth
• Taking risks in engaging young people in
Internship creates space for future
transformational leadership in Kingdom of God

26. Now, you’re welcome to:
Comment
Ask questions
or
Give feedback