Internship
The Internship is a 4 week opportunity for participants to experience an enterprise or network that has positive social, political or environmental change at its core in a different context. Participants visit and apprentice with organizations, projects, and initiatives which explore YIP’s principles and values of societal entrepreneurship. The participants travel from Ytterjarna to the Internship and spend Weeks 11 to 14 with their hosts before returning to campus. The criteria of the Internship balances personal learning objectives with group intentions to clarify what participants wish to learn and what they are hoping to offer in service of their hosts.
In the beginning of the year there are five weekly 2 hour sessions which introduce the locations, Internship hosts, and basic organising needs. Those who have a new idea for a Internship location present to the group. Participants are then coached into selecting the Internship location that aligns with their personal initiatives and what they wish to learn. After the closing process, groups of 3-5 people are formed for each location. Participants work to design and organize their Internships in small groups as they partner closely with their local host. YIP has existing relationships with Internship hosts across the world, including MISSION in Philippines, Kufunda Learning Village, SEKEM, Navdanya Biodiversity Farm in India.