During the second half of January 2012, contacts were established with several non-governmental organizations and institutions in BiH in order to select quality internship opportunities for American students from the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University (CSBSJU). For the summer internship of students from this partner institution, nine candidates have been selected for 2012, three of whom will be accommodated in Mostar, Sarajevo and Banja Luka. After the agreed internship places for American students in Mostar and Banja Luka, 20.02.2012. meetings were held and internships were confirmed for three students in Sarajevo: Association of the Blind of Sarajevo Canton, a meeting was held with the Executive Director Fikret Zuko, the Archdiocesan Center for Youth Pastoral John Paul II, a meeting was held with the director dr.sc.Šimo Maršić, coordinator Ivana Klačar and Marina Medić in charge of public relations, and the Institute for Youth Development KULT, a meeting held with Merima Šabić, in charge of accounting and technical cooperation. Students who will be interns in these organizations are Kinsey Norton (Association of the Blind KS), Alyssa Brown (Archdiocesan Center) and Molly Ann Kuisle (KULT). In the coming period, the staff of UGNV will work with representatives of these organizatitons on the development of job descriptions for interns, in order to plan eight working weeks of internships (May 21-July 12, 2012) as well as possible.
The NV staff would like to once again thank everyone who expressed their willingness to cooperate on the Summer Internship project for American students in BiH. 2012 will be the fifth year of this project.
