Stowarzyszenie BONA FIDES i SMART Foundation poszukują wolontariuszy na projekty EVS w Bugarii (Sofia). Zgłoszenia (CV oraz list motywacyjny w języku angielskim) prosimy przesyłać na adres [email protected] oraz [email protected] (mail należy wysłać na oba adresy e-mail)

Zgłoszenia przyjmujemy do 20 lipca 2014 roku.

PROJECT TITLE: EXPLORE THE VOLUNTARY SPIRIT
HOST ORGANIZATION: SMART Foundation
PLACE: Sofia, Bulgaria
DURATION: 9 months,
SERVICE DATES: October 2014 to July 2015.
Theme of service: Work with young people, arts, handcrafts, outdoor activities

Volunteers selection criteria:
We are currently seeking for 3 volunteers from Spain, Poland and Germany who are willing
to dedicate 9 months for a volunteer service in Bulgaria in 2014-2015. Anyone between age
18 and 30 is welcome to apply.
All applicants will be interviewed via Skype video call in the period of 21-31 July 2014.
During the selection, we will seek to balance gender equality and country representation to ensure equal opportunities and diversity in the group of volunteers.

Brief description of the service with SMART Foundation:
Each volunteer will have the opportunity to participate in planning and implementing
activities within foundation’s ongoing projects, and will be encouraged and supported to
implement their own initiatives in small communities within the city (work with pupils in
schools, organizing activities for youth, neighborhood and social events, etc.) through which they will identify and strengthen their social interests and skills, will gain organizational and communication experience, and will practice the language.
The volunteers help the staff in all kinds of ways. The tasks are generally carried out in the
office, and consist amongst others out of creative tasks, organizational tasks, research tasks and working with communication media. The volunteers work very independently and with little supervision. Because the work of the volunteers is supportive in nature and because their workload is manageable, the volunteers have enough room for their personal projects. We will work with our volunteers to find out what are their strengths, interests, skills, what are their wishes for further development, to reinforce their communication, project and administrative skills.
We will encourage volunteers to use maximum of their imagination, practical skills, cultural background and to develop practical activities to ease the communication within communities they will be working with.

PROVISIONAL WEEKLY AGENDA:
Monday: Day off (due to activities on Saturdays)
Tuesday: Planning day
Brief meeting with the project team to report on last week developments and challenges, ideas for better implementation and new activities, planning of current week activities, including personal activities of each volunteer, and preparatory work
Wednesday: Learning day
Language course for the group of volunteers and potentially – once a month/once every two months there will be workshops of interests based both on the needs of the volunteers and the Foundation.
Thursday/Friday: Preparations day
Preparations for the activities to be held on the weekend.
Saturday: Workshops/Activities days
Most of the activities under the project and as per individual volunteers’ plans will be held on (Friday and) Saturday since that would allow more people to participate.
Sunday: Day off

Practical arrangement of service:
All 4 volunteers will be sharing one 2-bedroom apartment where they will be sharing rooms in pairs based on gender. The apartment is in the very center of Sofia and provides enough space for 4 people. It has a living room with a dining room, separate kitchen, bathroom and storage room.
Apartment rent and utilities will be covered by us within certain monthly allowance per
person which will be stated in the agreement to be signed between the organizations and the volunteer.
The group of volunteers will be attending a language course with a private teacher to learn
basics of Bulgarian language in order to be able to have simple conversations.
Each volunteer will monthly get pocket money as per the regulation of the Erasmus+
program plus additional 150 Euro for food. This money will be transferred to the volunteers to their Bulgarian bank accounts (to be opened upon arrival) and will be accessible through debit cards.