Colombia: Fundacion Escuelas de Paz

About the local hosting organization

We are a non-profit organization with over 20 years of experience, dedicated to contributing to peacebuilding in Colombia. Our work focuses on promoting the organization, participation, and empowerment of diverse groups—particularly children, young people, educators, and community leaders—in exercising their citizenship and actively engaging in the transformation of injustice and violence through advocacy and public policy processes. Our activities are carried out in collaboration with grassroots organizations at the local level, within the framework of peace education. We understand this as the promotion of cultures of peace, guided by key approaches such as human rights, gender equality, intersectionality, and interculturality. Approximately 80% of our work is focused on young people, while also engaging educators, families, and the broader community. We are part of an international network of youth organizations.

Presentation of the programme

The volunteer will support the ongoing projects of the foundation and contribute to their development. They are encouraged to share knowledge and skills related to their academic background, particularly in the field of Education for Peace and the promotion of a Culture of Peace. The volunteer should be willing to bring new ideas and perspectives, enriching the foundation’s work and strengthening its activities. They will also help create and facilitate spaces for dialogue, exchange, and learning within the community.

About the location

Bogota is the capital and largest city in Colombia with about 10 million people. It is a convergence point for people from all over the country, so it is diverse and multicultural, combining the ancient and the modern.

Requirements

The volunteer should ideally be currently enrolled in undergraduate studies. Previous academic background and/or practical experience in human rights education or peacebuilding is considered an asset