Fellowship of Reconciliation Seeking Applicants

Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) Seeking Applicants for FOR Human Rights Team in Colombia Training in San Francisco, March 17 through 22, 2009

The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) Colombia Peace Presence is an accompaniment project begun in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, one of several rural communities in Colombia that have taken an extraordinary stand against war by refusing to support any armed group. FOR also has a team in Bogotá to support this accompaniment and to highlight other Colombian grassroots peace initiatives that youth, rural communities and others are building around the country. FOR’s partners include the Red Juvenil de Medellín and the Asociación Campesina de Antioquia.

Volunteers serve for twelve months, which is renewable based on mutual agreement. FOR seeks applicants, 23 years or older at the time of service, with sound judgment and proficient in Spanish, committed to nonviolence and prepared to live simply in a rural environment. FOR provides training, in the US and in Colombia, in international protective accompaniment and other dimensions of the team’s work. We seek US applicants, but accept non-US citizens as well. Volunteers offer first-hand accounts of their experiences on their blogs, including http://1peaceatatime.blogspot.com, http://limpingtowardsjustice.blogspot.com and http://orbiting4peace.blogspot.com.

For more information and an application, go to http://www.forcolombia.org/apply, or contact John Lindsay-Poland, at 510-763-1403 (johnlp@igc.org).

Please apply by February 1.

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Fellowship of Reconciliation

Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean

369 15th St

Oakland CA 94612

Tel: 510-763-1403 Fax: 510-763-1409

Web:  http://www.forcolombia.org/