( 11:15 AM ) shut up christine
oh shit
EMOTIONAL PREPARATION
At the core of * work is the potential and real threat of violence. Before starting work with a team and with the help of the country group, each volunteer needs to seriously consider a series of personal and emotional questions. This process of raising self-awareness and openly acknowledging one's strengths and weaknesses, is crucial preparation for the effective management of stressful situations volunteers will almost certainly encounter.
Without this awareness it can be difficult to address issues that may arise during a period on the team and this can be harmful both to the individual volunteer and the team as a whole.
The following areas should be considered:
- personal limitations, fears, and prejudices
- motives for and expectations of volunteering with *
- the role which * and the individual volunteer plays in the conflict
- your own political convictions
- your views on being non-partisan, especially given that many * volunteers come from very politically active backgrounds in their own country
- the possibility of your own death
- the possibility of torture
this shit scares me. this is why i hesitate, this is why i don't know what the hell i'm doing, and if i decide to go back to school for this, am i even emotionally hardy enough to do this kind of work? i am not jack bauer
props to the people strong enough to turn in this application
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