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Call for Participants: Summer and Spring 2014
Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda
Application Deadline: February 15, 2013 (December 15th for Spring Bosnia Program)
Visit: www.globalyouthconnect.org/participate
GYC Rwanda Participants (comprising 7 different nationalities) visited the Bisesero Mountain Heroes Memorial, after which they spoke to a survivor of Bisesero, recorded thoughts in the visitors' book, made a donation, drove back to Lake Kivu to debrief the experience, and incorporated it into their blogs and final presentation.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (PLEASE FORWARD):
Global Youth Connect is now accepting applications for our
Summer (and Spring) 2014 Human Rights Programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda.
Each program brings visiting youth (from around
the world) together with youth in the host location (Rwanda or Bosnia)
to engage together in three key activities:
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A cross cultural human rights workshop
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Visits/Meetings with policy makers, organizations, and to relevant sites
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Volunteer service with grassroots NGOs on a variety of human rights
issues including but not limited to: conflict resolution, education, health care,
food/shelter, access to justice, human rights of children/youth, women, low-income populations,
LGBTQ populations, indigenous populations, genocide survivors.
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2014 for Summer Programs, and December 15 for our end-March Spring Break program in Bosnia.
Ages 18 - 30 (for Bosnia Programs) and 18 - 35 (for Rwanda Programs).
Anyone can apply from the U.S., Canada, and all over the world, so please forward widely.
Program fees quoted below are for visiting participants (not for local Rwandan or Bosnian participants). Some scholarship assistance is available on each program.
To APPLY: www.globalyouthconnect.org/participate
For RWANDA Reports: www.globalyouthconnect.org/country_rwanda + 2013 Photos
For BOSNIA Reports: www.globalyouthconnect.org/country_bosnia
Visit GYC on Facebook
Summer 2013 Recap
GYC Blogs: gycvillage.org and youthpolicy.org/interculturalblogging
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SPRING 2014 HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION TO BOSNIA
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates: March 21 – April 1, 2014
Application Deadline: December 15, 2013
Age Range: 18 - 30 (Student/Young Professional)
Program Tuition: $1800
Download SPRING 2014 Bosnia HUMAN RIGHTS Delegation Program Description & Application
This program will focus on how local Bosnian youth and human rights
organizations (including women’s organizations, youth organizations,
LGBTI-rights organizations, arts organizations, and peace-building
organizations, among others) are rebuilding the country more than a
decade after the signing of the peace accord. Participants will gain
experience in the application of international human rights theory, as
well as deepen their understanding of the post-conflict challenges faced
by Bosnians today, especially young people from various ethnic and
religious backgrounds.
JUNE/JULY 2014 CONFLICT RESOLUTION DELEGATION TO BOSNIA (with SREBRENICA)
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates: June 29-July 20, 2014
Application Deadline: February 15, 2014
Age Range: 18 - 30 (Student/Young Professional)
Program Tuition: $2700
Download Bosnia CR Delegation 2014 Program Description & Application
This program will focus specifically on the roots of conflict and the
dynamics of justice, reconciliation, and peace building as experienced
in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than a decade after the signing of the
peace accord. In particular, participants will gain experience in
conflict resolution and transformation as well as deepen their
understanding of the post-conflict challenges faced by Bosnians today,
especially young people from various ethnic and religious backgrounds.
During this GYC delegation, International participants will join with
Rwandan peers to learn about human rights achievements and challenges in
Rwanda and the world, and to take concrete action steps together to
support current and future efforts for human rights protection and
promotion, both in Rwanda and abroad. Through a combination of
workshops, site visits, advocacy meetings, and volunteer service with
grassroots NGOs, we will learn and act on numerous key human rights
issues in Rwanda, including but not limited to: gender and human rights,
human rights of children, LGBTI populations, historically marginalized
indigenous groups, refugees, domestic workers, poverty reduction, public
health, juvenile justice, freedom of expression and the arts.
In advance of and during the delegation, all participants will examine
the roots of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and see how its legacy has
impacted the country and its people, particularly Rwandan youth, and
also how the country is attempting to rebuild today.
AUGUST 2014 HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION TO BOSNIA
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates: July 30 - August 20, 2014
Application Deadline: February 15, 2014
Age Range: 18 - 30 (Student/Young Professional)
Program Tuition: $2700 (International Applicants)
SOME SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE
Download AUGUST 2014 Bosnia HUMAN RIGHTS Delegation 2014 Program Description & Application
This program will focus on how local Bosnian youth and human rights
organizations (including women’s organizations, youth organizations,
LGBTI-rights organizations, arts organizations, and peace-building
organizations, among others) are rebuilding the country more than a
decade after the signing of the peace accord. Participants will gain
experience in the application of international human rights theory, as
well as deepen their understanding of the post-conflict challenges faced
by Bosnians today, especially young people from various ethnic and
religious backgrounds.
In Solidarity,
Global Youth Connect
www.globalyouthconnect.org
GYC Bosnia
Program Assistant, Adis Hukanovic, describing the Roses of Sarajevo (war
remembrance art -- red-paint filled grenade-holes) to the Global Youth Connect
/ Global Kids AYLP Delegation (a special US State Department Program in 2013). Adis explained how he, and his fellow youth activists in
Sarajevo, had worked hard through protests and social media pressure to ensure that the Roses would be protected, and not
paved over.
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