Erna Mecavica, who participated in the FIUTS Youth Leadership Program with Bosnia and Herzegovina, writes about her experience volunteering to help refugees in Vienna, Austria…
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The alumni of the Youth Leadership Program with Bosnia and Herzegovina are hard at work using what they learned in the U.S. to do great projects back in their home communities. Here's a blog post about an initiative from four participants in last Fall's program! …
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Later this week, FIUTS staff members will head to Bosnia and Herzegovina to visit with alumni of the Youth Leadership Program. We're looking forward to an amazing reunion with over over 100 participants, as well as a chance to see some of the incredible community service projects that participants have planned and implemented using the skills they learned during their time in Seattle…
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Alumni in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina collaborated on a successful project to help their community. The Bosnia YLP Spring 2014 group. Guest post by FIUTS Youth Leadership Program alumnus Mateo Cocvic…
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Kripa, a FIUTS SUSI alum, has made a documentary highlighting mental health issues: In honor of World Mental Health Day on October 10, Kripa Sigdel from Nepal, an alumna of the FIUTS SUSI program this past summer, created a video on the theme of "Living with Schizophrenia." Read her blog post below on the process of creating the video and what it meant to her…
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Ema, an alumna of the Youth Leadership Program with Bosnia and Herzegovina, shares her incredible experiences organizing a peace and reconciliation course for young people from around the world. Guest Post by Emina-Ema Ibišević…
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Youth Leadership Program alumni in the town of Bijeljina are developing a project that will encourage local kids to go outside and play. Twice a year, FIUTS hosts groups of high school students from Bosnia and Herzegovina who are participating in aYouth Leadership Program. Upon returning to Bosnia, these students use the skills they learned in Seattle to develop and lead community service projects. Here's an update from one of the Spring 2013 program participants! …
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Una, a participant in the Youth Leadership Program with Bosnia and Herzegovina, shares her experience creating a service project in her community.Twice a year, FIUTS hosts groups of high school students from Bosnia and Herzegovina who are participating in a Youth Leadership Program. Upon returning to Bosnia, these students use the skills they learned in Seattle to develop and lead community service projects. Here's an update from one of the Spring 2013 program participants! …
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A group of high school students from Bosnia and Herzegovina organized a project to donate computers and set up classes at a local orphanage. Through one project, led by Alem, several participants have worked with the only orphanage in Sarajevo, which houses 99 children ranging from infants to high school students….
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Students from Bosnia-Herzegovina who participated in a FIUTS Youth Leadership Program tell the story of how they organized a fundraiser in their town. Twice a year, FIUTS welcomes groups of high school students and teachers from Bosnia-Herzegovina for Youth Leadership Programs here in Seattle…
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