vahidin's Page

Favorite website

http://www.unvocim.net

When it comes to peace, how would you describe yourself?

I am a born activist

What do you believe are the 'burning issues' today?

War, Poverty, Education, Violence, Human Rights

So what is it?

hatred and anger

What must we overcome to achieve peace?

Fear

More

People/nations are affraid of each other

Can we change the world?

Definitely

More about me

Vahidin is a founder and director of the Center for Peacebuilding, a non-political, non-governmental organization based in Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has worked as a liaison, trainer, and project manager for the organization whose goals are peacebuilding, reconciliation and the prevention of violence. Vahidin has designed and facilitated workshops and interpersonal dialogue groups, taught non-violent communication and conflict transformation, supervised personnel, created budget and grant proposals, and trained youth camps in Macedonia, Kosova, and all across Bosnia and Herzegovina. He holds a masters degree in International and Intercultural Management from the School for International Training in Vermont and a Professional Certificate in Intercultural Peacebuilding. Vahidin is also an Imam, and he graduated from Islamic theological school with an Imam, Teacher, and Preacher Diploma in 1998. Before establishing the Center for Peacebuilding, he worked as a foreign language instructor in primary and middle schools, an administrative assistant to the Bosnian Army. During the war in Bosnia, while still in his teens, he served as a counselor, liaison, teacher and religious leader at refugee camps in Slovenia. Vahidin has given numerous presentations on Bosnia and Intercultural Conflict Transformation in numerous European countries and the United States.

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