Bósnia e Herzegovina

3653

Data de início: 01-12-2013

Data de fim: 01-12-2014

Vagas: 1

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 31-08-2013

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 65 €

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Resumo: The organization works primarily in a town of around 30,000. The town is on a fomer frontline from the Bosnian War. As such, individuals in the area have experienced significant trauma. Most lost either friends or family member, and many were refugees during the war.

Citizens in the town, and generally in Bosnia and Herzegovina, face a difficult future. The country has a cumbersome national government, consisting of a three member presidency, one Bošnjak, one Croat, and one Serb. While reform is necessary for efficient governance and eventual integration into the European Union, stalemate between the Croat-Bošnjak Federation and Republika Srpska means that national leaders cannot come to consensus about what that reform will look like.

The economic situation is similarly dire. Unemployment is above 40 percent and bloated bureaucracy saps people's income.

Today the town is a majority Muslim town. There are also Orthodox and Catholic communities in the town, but their numbers are considerably less than what they were before the war. While living in the town volunteers should not feel like they have to make significant lifestyle changes, since people from all three religious groups are accustomed to secular European culture.

The town is located in a beautiful geographic setting. It is surrounded by rolling hills and farmland. The region is famous for its nine rivers, the Sana River flows through town. In fact, the town, which literally means Sana bridge, is named after a bridge crossing the Sana. There are also caves and waterfalls at various locations outside of town.

The pace of life in the townis relaxed, and in their free time local individuals enjoy going out for coffee or visiting with family and friends. In addition to these activities there are many opportunities to enjoy the town's natural environment through the town's hiking and biking clubs.

Perfil: The organization is looking for volunteers who are energized through relationships and who can demonstrate strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Applicants should be mature, flexible, and willing to learn to work in a new organizational culture.

After the organization staff receive and review applications, they will communicate regularly with the applicants, discussing the volunteer's interests, possible assignments, and potential living arrangements. If the organization decides to reject an volunteer application, a prompt email will be sent stating clearly why the applicant was rejected.
age: 18 until years old

Tarefas: Volunteers will be able to learn much about the dynamics of nonviolent communication, conflict transformation, and reconciliation in a post-war society through participation in he organization workshops and daily contact with the organization staff. Volunteers will also learn about the different faith communities in the area.

EVS participants will be in regular contact with the organization's directors, both of whom are trained as Muslim imams, and volunteers will have the opportunity to attend worship services Orthdox, Catholic, and Muslim places of worship. Volunteers should also be willing to learn some of the Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian language.

EVS volunteers will help in various areas of the organization's work. Volunteers can expect to spend around ten hours each week assisting the organizationin program development. During this time, volunteers will help write and edit project plans and reports in English, as well as search out additional sources of funding the organization programming. As EVS volunteers become accustomed to work with the organization and life in the town they will be encouraged to spend more time proposing their own ideas for the organization programming.

The organization also organizes one or two public intercultural lectures each month. EVS volunteers should expect to spend several hours each week preparing for these lectures. Volunteers will have the opportunity to speak about various topics from their home country (arts and music, interethnic relationships, history, etc.). EVS participants will be expected to help prepare for these events by preparing and distributing flyers and readying the presentation space.

Similarly, the organization conducts one or two public movie viewings each month that deal with issues related to peacebuilding. Initially, volunteers will help the organizationstaff find appropriate movies, advertise, and prepare the space for the viewings. As volunteers' language skills increase they will be more directly involved in facilitating discussion after movie viewings.
Volunteers will also help teach foreign language classes for members of the local community. The organization regularly organizes basic and advanced English classes, but EVS volunteers will also be able to develop courses in other foreign languages based on their skills and demand within the local community. In the past t he organization has organized German, French, Spanish and Arabic classes.

Volunteers should expect to spend three hours weekly helping to teach classes, as well as two or three hours outside of classes preparing lesson plans.

The organization staff also host a show on the town's local radio station to promote public discussion about issues related to peacebuilding. At first, volunteers can expect to spend one or two hours a week locating relevant news stories and providing creative ideas for the show's content. As his or her language skills increase the volunteer will be able to participate as a guest on the show.

In addition to these weekly activities volunteers will be invovled in various the organization activities that occur periodically throughout the year. The organizationhosts several international learning delegations each year to promote intercultural exchange and educate foreigners about the dynamics of peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina. When these groups come, EVS volunteers will help lead educational seminars, show visitors around the town, and organize meetings between locals and internationals.

Similarly, the organization facilitates a variety of different peacebuilding workshops throughout the year. In June EVS volunteers will be expected to be involved as participants in a week long interethnic peace camp. Additionally, the organization conducts several (four or five each year) weekend seminars to equip local educators to teach non violent communication and conflict resolution to students in their schools. Volunteers will attend these seminars to receive training (the organization will provide a translator). Volunteers will be encouraged accompany the organization staff when they conduct biweekly workshops with children, and as the volunteer's language skills increase they may take on more of a leadership role in the seminars. If volunteers become sufficiently comfortable with the local language, they will be able to conduct these workshops on their own in local schools.

the organization staff also spend several hours each week simply meeting with local community members to raise awareness about the organization's work and build partnerships with local educational, relgious, economic, and political institutions that will strengthen future the organization activities. EVS volunteers will be welcome participants in these meetings.

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês