Peacebuilding Opportunities in Latin America
Friends Peace Teams welcomes Spanish speaking facilitators of the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) to work as volunteers with its partners in Colombia, El Salvador and Guatemala. Since these programs are ongoing, schedules can be arranged to accommodate your travel plans.

In the summer of 2008, several delegations will work on developing a program of community-based trauma healing in Colombia, including workshops offered by Burundian and Rwandan facilitators of the Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities program. International participants for this work need to be fluent in both English and Spanish, and have experience with AVP, trauma healing work, or other experiential education work.

All participants are required to complete an application, have a clearness committee or other faith-based discernment process, and to raise funds to support the program in which they volunteer. Deadlines for applications for any of these volunteer positions are at least 6 weeks before travel.

For more information please contact: Val Liveoak, Coordinator, Latin America/Caribbean Program, Friends Peace Teams, e-mail: valliveoak@juno.com, telephone: 210-532-8762