SALT/YAMEN 2023-2024
Various locations
MCC’s Serving and Learning Together (SALT) program is a year-long, cross-cultural experience that will give you the chance to dive deep into another culture and grow in ways you never imagined.
SALT/YAMEN: Communications and Promotional Assistant – ANADESA
Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala
The SALT/YAMENer will serve alongside ANADESA assisting the staff to promote peacebuilding, education, empowerment, and both recreational and environmental activities for children, youth, and women.
SALT/YAMEN: Communications Assistant – Pop No'j Association
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
The SALT/YAMENer will serve alongside Pop No'j Association in their efforts to promote reflection, analysis, research, exchange, and learning with, from, and for Indigenous Peoples.
SALT/YAMEN: Education Assistant – La Puerta de Esperanza
Guatemala City, Guatemala
The SALT/YAMENer will serve alongside La Puerta de Esperanza (Door of Hope) assisting staff to promote peacebuilding, education, empowerment, and both recreational and environmental activities for children and youth.
SALT/YAMEN: Migrant Shelter Support Worker – Migrant House
Guatemala City, Guatemala
The SALT/YAMENer will serve alongside the Migrant House of Guatemala, assisting to provide services for migrants in transit, migrants who have been deported, and migrants who are seeking asylum or residence in Guatemala.
SALT/YAMEN: Activities Assistant – Lajee Centre
Bethlehem, Palestine and Israel
The SALT/YAMENer will serve alongside Lajee Centre, a community-based grassroots creative cultural center to assist with a variety of tasks depending on their skills and experience. Tasks may include teaching English, film/video production, graphic design, music education, or advocacy.
SALT/YAMEN: Administration and Advocacy Assistant – Sabeel
East Jerusalem, Palestine and Israel
The SALT/YAMENer will serve alongside Sabeel, the Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre to assist with administration and advocacy efforts. Tasks include research, assisting with publications, editing, assistance with English, and more.
SALT/YAMEN: Climate Change Advocacy Assistant – ARIJ
Bethlehem, Palestine and Israel
The SALT/YAMENer will serve alongside the agriculture/climate change coordinator of Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ) to document, publish, and disseminate the results and impacts of applied research activities.
SALT/YAMEN: Communications Assistant – East Jerusalem YMCA
Beit Sahour, Palestine
The SALT/YAMENer will serve with the East Jerusalem YMCA (EJ-YMCA) to develop a communication plan enabling the promotion of their rehabilitation program to prospective and existing donors.
SALT/YAMEN: Advocacy Program Assistant–Building Community Voices
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The SALT/YAMENer will serve alongside Building Community Voices (BCV) to assist with writing and editing grant proposals, reports, and helping staff as they advocate for and empower local communities.
SALT/YAMEN: Christian Leadership Development Assistant – CLO
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The SALT/YAMENer will assist Continuing Learning Organization (CLO) to support bible school graduates and Christian leaders, develop a post-colonial contextual Christian theology, strengthen the local Cambodian Church, and conduct inter-faith and intra-faith dialogues.
SALT/YAMEN: Communication and Partnership Assistant – WPM
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The SALT/YAMENer will support the Executive Director of Women Peace Makers (WPM) to strengthen its branding, visibility, internal and external communication strategy, as well as identify and implement fundraising opportunities for their gender and peace programs.
SALT/YAMEN: Environmental Conservation Communications Asst.- CRDT
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The SALT/YAMENer will support the Cambodian Rural Development Team (CRDT), a local not-for-profit focused on environmental conservation and sustainable livelihoods, in the areas of donor relations, editing, and communications.
SALT/YAMEN: Environmental Education Assistant – EEC
Beit Jala, Palestine and Israel
The SALT/YAMENer will serve as a member of the team at the Environmental Education Centre (EEC) to assist with visiting groups, program activities, report writing, and social media They will also assist with advocacy around the topics of creation care, ecology, and climate justice.
SALT/YAMEN: Intellectual Disabilities Caregiver – ACS
Beit Sahour, Palestine
The SALT/YAMENer will assist several young adults with intellectual disabilities at the Al-Malath Charitable Society.
