Sisters of Charity at the United Nations
Our involvement in international affairs
The Federation NGO gives a voice to the poor on an international platform and provides firsthand knowledge to decision makers in areas like Economic Development, Human Rights, and Women & Children.
There are currently about 3,000 NGOs at the United Nations, 15 representing women religious congregations or federations of congregations. Weekly the NGOs are briefed on current issues. NGOs serve on committees of interest to the group they represent. They research appropriate topics and lobby governmental committees concerning the issues, as well as present educational workshops on these issues. At the same time, each NGO is disseminating information to the sponsoring organization(s), raising awareness, increasing knowledge, and offering suggestions for action.
Sisters can serve as an NGO liaison. Associates, affiliates, student groups and other interested parties can attend a meeting with our NGO representative.
Peace & Disarmament
The NGO supports the UNESCO Culture of Peace and holds active membership in the Hague Appeal for Peace and lobbies on behalf of nuclear disarmament.
How to Apply
Applying is as easy as filling any online form. We will be requiring your study certificates prior to enroll you in the program also a consent of parents is required as mandatory.
These internships are offered during the school year, coinciding with the fall semester. One must have a minimum of two years of college completed (or equivalent) by fall 2015 in order to apply.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to use boxed layout?
Vestige template offers boxed layout to users, this can be done in two ways. one is to add the css on all html page templates or making a single change in style.css which will affect all pages at once:
Making changes to all html page templates: By this method just open html templates in any text editor of your choice and put class "boxed" to body tag of all pages.
Making changes to style.css to affect all pages at once: By this method just open style.css file in any text editor of your choice and remove all instances of .boxed from in front of body on line 1275, 1278, 1350 and that's it!
How to use pattrens background for boxed version?
Vestige template comes with 30 patterns images that are inside images folder of the template package. You can use al of the pattern as your pages body background while using boxed version.
Using Twitter Feed Widget?
To enable the twitter widget you need to get some info from your twitter account and put it in the config.php file in nativechurch-theme > api folder as described there. Here are the steps to get the details needed for this:
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- Copy the consumer key (API key) and consumer secret from the screen into your application
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NGO Representative
Sister Teresa Kotturan, SCN represents the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO at the United Nations. Sister Teresa educates Federation members and the public on the services and activities of the United Nations.