Message from the Director

While it sounds cliche, it is unmistakably true for us here at BILD and at our sponsor organization SEEDS that your contribution does make a difference. The lifeblood of this effort has been and will always be the spirit of private donors and volunteers who make daily, monthly, or yearly contributions of time and resources. The sum total of these private donations and volunteerism is decades of helping 100's of people in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Read below how you with your time and resources can join us and make a difference.

For those in a position to make a major gift or grant to this effort, please consider that through this organization's 15 years of experience on the ground in Bosnia, we know what it takes to succeed in the difficult terrain of Bosnian society and politics. We know how to make a difference and we have strategic plans to do so. A major grant will help us take this effort to a whole new level which is especially needed given the crisis that Bosnia is now facing.

To make the greatest difference, to begin the process of bringing portions of the Balkans into lasting peace, we need both the private donations and volunteerism that sustain us, and we need one-time major gifts so that we can establish new self-sustaining programs designed to make a regional impact on the peace process.

Donate to BILD

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On line or by check you can make a one time or regular donation to BILD through our international Sponsor SEEDS which is an IRS- confirmed 501(c)3non-profit organization basd in Ithaca, NY. Visit this webpage or contact us to learn more.

Make a Major Gift

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If you are considering a major gift to BILD or SEEDS, we would like to meet or speak with you in person to ensure that we honor your donor intent. You can donate towards our existing operations or projects, or perhaps we can begin a project that fits with both your intent and our mission.

Speaking Engagements and Residential Fellowship are most needed in the following cities between September and April each year:

• New York, NY
• Boston, Ma
• Amherst, Ma
• Providence, RI
• New Haven, Ct.
• Washington D.C.

• Princeton, NJ
• Philadelphia, Pa
• Chicago, Ill
• St. Louis, Mo
• Utica, NY
• Dartmouth, N.H.

If you would like to help arrange speaking engagements or residential fellowships, please contact Christopher Bragdon at:

email: cbragdon@bildbosnia.org

tel: 607-220-4899

Volunteer

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In the United States, the European Union, and Bosnia, this effort is sustained through volunteerism. Our volunteers from Europe and the United States:

• teach at the Tuzla Summer Institute
• recruit teachers for the Tuzla Summer Institute
• volunteer at SEEDS
• create fundraising events
• arrange speaking engagements (see above)
• arrange residential fellowships (see above)
• locate relevant grant organizations
• write grants
• prepare content for our website
• manage our website
• design promotional material

To volunteer, please contact the relevant person on this contact page.