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International Studies 

In 2003, TWI for the Children began a very successful series of projects to send students and instructors to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Montenegro to work with universities and to work in orphanages throughout these countries.

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In 2003, TWI sent instructors to universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to teach English and other subjects.

TWI for the Children provided Professors to the University Dzemal Bijedic in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina on short term assignments. Our instructors taught subjects of need to the Dzemal Bijedic University.  

 

Our initial short-term teaching project was held during the period 1 - 15 March 2003.  Dr. Roland Reed, from Catholic University in Washington DC, provided instruction in Drama and English. 

 

CLICK HERE to read Dr. Reed's Report on teaching in Mostar BiH in March 2003.

• Dr Reed returned to Mostar , 9 - 16 May 2003 to teach at the Dzemal Bijedic University.  At the conclusion of his teaching period, Dr. Reed took his students to visit with the orphans at the Mostar Orphanage.

Dr Reed with children at orphanage in Mostar. 
His students are in the background.

Dr. Reed  introduced students to the history of theater, improvisation and acting and helped the student begin writing their own scripts and performing staged readings of other student's scripts as a dynamic method of practicing writing and speaking English. 

 

CLICK HERE to read an article on Dr. Reed's work in Bosnia.

 

 

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 Educational Support:

During the summer of 2003, TWI sent students from universities in the United States to  work for extended periods at orphanages in Bosnia and in Montenegro.

TWI for the Children supported two groups of volunteers working in orphanages in the Balkans.  These volunteers worked in the orphanages teaching English and assisting the caretakers with the children's studies. The period of work at each orphanage is at least two weeks but most volunteers stay for a month at the orphanage.

The Djeciji Dom "Mladost" Orphanage at Bijela, Montenegro.  

From 22 May until 22 June two volunteers, Emily from the University of Michigan and Melisa from Sarajevo University worked with the children to teach English and assist the children with their school work.  Their assistance was extremely well received and they were requested to return next summer.

• CLICK HERE to read about our work in Montenegro.

Expanded Educational Studies: 

Two volunteers from Kansas State University, Kami and Sharit,  participated on an extended basis, working at several orphanages throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.  The ladies arrived in Bosnia on 18 June and went with the TWI Transportation Coordinator (Vahid Minich) to bring the Montenegro team back to Sarajevo. On 23 and 24 June the ladies visited the Sarajevo Orphanage to see what an orphanage was like.  On 25 June they traveled to Banja Luka where they began their work at the orphanage in this town.  Their stay in Banja Luka was from 25 June until 18 July when they returned to Sarajevo.  They next went to the Mostar Orphanage and worked there from 19 July until 7 August.  They were picked up by TWI after an overnight in Sarajevo and worked for a short period at the orphanage in Zenica.  They departed Bosnia on 14 August.  

 

TWI  evaluated both having volunteers working at a single orphanage versus working at several orphanages and  decided that working at a single orphanage for a month would be most beneficial to both the children and the volunteer.

CLICK HERE to read about their initial few days at the Banja Luka Orphanage.

 

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