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  Timor Leste
SERVING AND SEEKING FORGIVENESS
Although she was not in that history, her Indonesian identity cannot be separated from what Indonesia as a nation did for 24 years in Timor Leste. Nina Nayoan internship in community development in Timor Leste is inspired by the story of the tax collector in Luke 18:13 (‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’) “I tried to think of my presence here as part of my spiritual journey of seeking forgiveness from the Timorese people.”
   
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  New York
ADVOCATING FOR THE DISFRANCHISED
Each night of 2007, more than 9,000 New York City families with a total of more than 14,000 children slept in shelters or welfare hotels. Inbarajah Jeyakumar, a Frontier intern from India, completed his second year as a social worker with the Jan Hus Presbyterian Church (JHPC) assisting those that society has thrown out. “Inba worked ceaselessly to help fellow residents in changing their life habits and to create a more full-fledged community perspective”, underscores an appraisal of his internship.
   
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  The Caribbean
TOURISM AND HIV/AIDS
All studies done on the link between HIV/AIDS and tourism conclude that increased tourist demand for adventure and romance in the Caribbean increases sexual contacts between visitors and locals. Through his internship with the Regional Office of the Latin American and Caribbean YMCA, Jean-Philippe Twagiramungu of Rwanda tackled the question of how tourism impacts HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean.
   
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  Cambodia
RAISING AWARENESS OF GENDER DISPARITIES
In a context where Christian churches’ theology emphasizes individual salvation and reinforces patriarchal attitudes, Paddy Noble’s internship raised awareness of gender disparities in Cambodia and found ways to address these issues as part of the ongoing program of the Cambodia Student Christian Mission and other local organizations. He also worked in villages to initiate discussions and storytelling about gender issues within these communities.
   
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  Palestine
PILGRIMAGES FOR TRANSFORMATION
How to develop a model of tourism that is more beneficial to the local community? How to promote a responsible behavior by tourists? These questions, valid in many contexts, acquire greater relevance in the lands where Palestinians and Israelis have lived and fought each other over the past six decades. Those are some of the key issues that the Pilgrimages for Transformation project has been addressing, with the participation of Swiss Frontier intern Regula Kaufmann.
   
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