Bridge Project
Bridge Project
About the Project Bridge 1
Through project activities we will bring together 30-40 youth per program site (total of 200 beneficiaries) in the municipalities of Graçanicë, Kamenicë, Mitrovicë, Pejë, Prizren and Shtërpcë, for at least 4 hours of after-school classes per week over a two-year period. The main goal of the program is to use and promote the English language as a common language to stimulate interethnic collaboration in the social, academic and professional areas among Kosovo youth – thus strengthening Kosovo’s socio-cultural cohesion and tolerance, academic collaboration, economic prospects and international integration of its youth and consequentially of its future generations of leaders, thinkers and doers.
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The Bridge Project is supported by the US Embassy in Kosovo.
Participants: Eligible to take part on this project are all high school students (age 14-18 years) from the respective municipalities. RIT Kosovo (A.U.K)’s criteria for admission will ensure entry for the most competent applicants, with emphasis on youth from rural areas and on young women.
Location of training delivery
Gracanica, Kamenica, Mitrovica, Peja, Prizeren and Shtërpca; 30-40 youth in each of six regional program sites through delivery of a strategic mix of Ten (10) interactive Training Modules designed to stimulate inter-ethnic communication and collaboration among Kosovo youth.
Partners
Forum for Development and Multiethnic Cooperation (FDMC) Gracanicë
Network of Peace Movement (NOPM) in the municipality of Kamenicë/a
Syri i Vizionit” (SiV) NGO in the Municipality of Pejë/a
Alpine Club of Prishtina (KAP)
Description of training Modules: All training will be free of charge for the participants.
| Module Number |
Module Description | Number of Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The provision of an interactive and robust English training program: “Pre-College Preparatory Program ( PCPP) English for Academic Purposes (EAP) concluding with the establishment of Pen-Pal relationships with peers from Kosovo’s sister state in Iowa. | 100 Hrs |
| 2 | Introduction to IT essentials, (gadgets, email communications, surfing media, online abuse, debating online, job-searching, applying for jobs, professional profiles). | 60 Hrs |
| 3 | Innovative technology maker-space activities. | 30 Hrs |
| 4 | Entrepreneurial training program. | 24 Hrs |
| 5 | Training on Math essentials. | 40 Hrs |
| 6 | Site visits to businesses, minority and majority ethnic restaurants, etc. | 16 Hrs |
| 7 | Project-based learning activities, study trips, interethnic job-shadowing and internship opportunities. | 36 Hrs |
| 8 | Participation in camping trips and cross-cultural sporting activities. | 40 Hrs |
| 9 | Diversity-focused lectures and speeches by motivational speakers and influencers; presentation of “Kosovo is my home”. | 16 Hrs |
| 10 | Civic activism, leadership | 56 Hrs |
