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The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

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"Speaking with locals and living in a country is the best way to learn about the real lives of citizens, not just the stories in the mainstream media. I will be more critical of what I read as a result of this experience. I also feel even more grateful for my education, and I feel a stronger responsibility to assist others who do not have resources or access to opportunities in their communities."

Maria Skouras (New York University) volunteered in 2011 as a Peace Fellow for eHomemakers in Malaysia.

For more 2011 feedback click here.

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Help Improve Access to Information Technology for Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In partnership with the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Information Technology club, BOSFAM is providing free computer training sessions for women.  Club members are teaching women how to use email, word processing programs and social networking tools.  Students are currently volunteering their time and laptops, but BOSFAM's goal is to run and maintain two computer labs in the Tuzla and Srebrenica centers.  Please help support this initiative!  

Purchase a computer for BOSFAM's computer training center ( $200 )

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Make a donation to the project

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Although internet usage is widespread in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the constituency which BOSFAM works with has limited access to these resources.  Many of the women participating in the program are using computers for the first time in their lives.  The majority of women who are members of BOSFAM's constituency are internally-displaced within the Federation of BiH or are minority returnees to the Republik Srpska, specifically to the Srebrenica municipality.  All of these women have relatives and friends living abroad in the Diaspora in countries from the United States to Australia to Sweden.  The program seeks to empower women to communicate with their friends and relatives while developing marketable skills. 


$200 will purchase a new computer in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  However, donations of any amount will be sincerely appreciated.  You will be acknowledged on BOSFAM's website as a donor and all donations are tax deductible.  If you would prefer to write a check, please make it payable to The Advocacy Project with the memo "BOSFAM IT Project."  Checks may be sent to the following address:


The Advocacy Project
2201 P St. NW Room #204
Washington DC 20037


For more information about this project, please contact Alison Sluiter or Professor Thomas Lombardi.  Thank you for your support!

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