Project name: Communication in Political and Social Advocacy 📢🌍

Organizer: ASSOCIATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES INITIATIVES CITOYENNES ET EUROPEENNES (APRODEH)

📅 Activity Duration: 43 weeks between April 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026
📍 Location: Huancavelica, Peru

🌟 Individual Volunteering Opportunity

🔍 Open to participants from: Austria 🇦🇹, Belgium 🇧🇪, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Croatia 🇭🇷, Cyprus 🇨🇾, Czech Republic 🇨🇿, Denmark 🇩🇰, Estonia 🇪🇪, Finland 🇫🇮, France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, Greece 🇬🇷, Hungary 🇭🇺, Ireland 🇮🇪, Italy 🇮🇹, Latvia 🇱🇻, Lithuania 🇱🇹, Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Malta 🇲🇹, Netherlands 🇳🇱, Poland 🇵🇱, Portugal 🇵🇹, Romania 🇷🇴, Slovakia 🇸🇰, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Spain 🇪🇸, Sweden 🇸🇪, Iceland 🇮🇸, Liechtenstein 🇱🇮, and Norway 🇳🇴.

🔥 Topics Covered

• 🌍 Social Challenges
• 🏛️ Citizenship & Democratic Participation
• ✊ Fighting Discrimination (including gender discrimination)

📌 Application Deadline

🕛 March 31, 2025, at 23:59

📖 What is APRODEH?

APRODEH is a human rights organization operating in Lima, Ayacucho, Apurímac, and Huancavelica. It specializes in legal defense, strategic litigation, awareness campaigns, and advocacy with a focus on human rights, gender equality, and intercultural approaches.

✨ Volunteer Responsibilities

As a volunteer, you will:
✅ Create content for advocacy materials with a cultural and gender-sensitive focus.
✅ Organize training sessions and workshops for social leaders and youth.
✅ Support women’s collectives in empowerment initiatives.
✅ Assist victims and their families in memory and reparation projects.
✅ Design graphics, prepare reports, draft project proposals, and write articles for local media.

🏠 Accommodation, Food & Transport

🏡 Volunteers will stay in safe housing with a private room and receive a monthly allowance for food.
🚌 Travel from Lima to Huancavelica is by bus (approx. 10 hours).
🌄 While Huancavelica has a quiet cultural scene, it offers opportunities to enjoy nature and traditional festivals. The nearby city of Huancayo (3 hours away) has more dining and cultural activities.

🎓 Training & Learning

📚 Volunteers will gain hands-on experience with local advocacy networks, including:

• Violence Against Women Committees
• Regional Agricultural Management Committee
• Integral Reparations Plan Council
• Violence-Free Coexistence Advocacy Groups

📖 They will learn about the realities of Andean women in rural and urban settings through training, reading sessions, and advocacy participation.

👤 Who Can Apply?

💡 Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

• A background in communication 📢 (or related fields) is a plus.
• Knowledge of gender issues, intersectionality, and advocacy is highly valued.
• Experience in gender-focused advocacy projects is preferred.
• Essential skills: Empathy 💛, adaptability 🌎, teamwork 🤝, and analytical thinking 📊.
• Spanish proficiency (spoken & written) is strongly recommended.

🔗 Apply now HERE

🚀 Ready to make an impact? Join us in Huancavelica, Peru! 🌍💪