Sembrandopaz, a small, but impressive, peace and justice group in Colombia, founded and directed by the visionary peacemaker, human rights lawyer and interfaith leader, Ricardo Esquivia, works with displaced and formerly communities in the Caribbean coast region of the country in an area called Montes de Mariía. (Please google both Ricardo and Montes de María).
We are looking for a volunteer to work as a social communicator.
Specifically, the tasks would be:
- interview displaced people about their lives, their dreams, their hopes for peace and write human interest stories about them.
- write articles highlighting the work of Sembrandopaz in these communities (community organizing, economic development, human rights workshops, peace marches, etc)
- create a blog for us and provide the materials for it.
- provide materials that would be useful for our facebook page.
- webpage knowledge would be very helpful to us.
- video production would be great too.
Requirements: excellent writing skills, very good photographic skills, excellent Spanish, resourcefulness, sense of humor, patience, flexibility, and passion for peace and justice.
Sembrandopaz cannot provide a salary, but your meals and transportation in the field would be covered.
