Stowarzyszenie BONA FIDES i K.A.NE. poszukują wolontariuszy na projekty EVS w GRECJI. Zgłoszenia (CV oraz formularz aplikacyjny – do pobrania z załącznika – w języku angielskim) prosimy przesyłać na adres [email protected] Zgłoszenia przyjmujemy do 6 lipca 2014 roku.

PROJECT TITLE: Be Active! Volunteer!
HOST ORGANIZATION: Koinoniki Anaptyksi Neon / Social Youth Development (K.A.NE.)
PLACE: Kalamata, Peloponnisos, Greece
DURATION: 9 months,
SERVICE DATES: from 05th of September 2014 to 04th of June 2015.

The volunteers will be part of the daily work of the centre and part of this learning experience. They will interact with the local society and in parallel the hosting organisation will adjust the learning activities according to their interests, the group of local and international volunteers and the needs of the project. More specifically, the activities that the volunteers will participate in are directly connected to the priorities of the Erasmus+ programme. They will participate in the daily work of the Youth Centre, developing their own workshops and participating in the already existing ones. They will also offer a Polish language exchange workshop, where they can learn more things about their own language, by teaching it to other people and they can also learn Greek from the people that participate in their workshop, in a more informal and participatory way. They will also have the chance to participate to cultural workshops (traditional dances, music, etc) and to come in close contact with the local community, something that will reinforce their inter-cultural learning.
They will also have the opportunity to participate at the organisation and implementation of the annual Street Festival, as well as in other social participation activities, such as awareness campaigns, youth information about Europe; activities compating poverty such as the free giving bazzar; and environmental activities such as beach cleaning, developing documentaties for the issues of the region of Messinia. Finally, the organisation is offering the proper time and support for the volunteer in order to take her own initiatives and develop her personal project.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This project is a long-term European voluntary service activity, involving 2 volunteers from Poland that will be hosted by a youth organisation in Kalamata, Greece.
The Activity aims:
– promote the ERASMUS+ programme
– raise the voice of young people and increase their active participation in local initiatives
– offer useful information, knowledge and non formal learning opportunities
– increase quantity and quality of organisation’s actions and projects
– support the operational capacities of local civil society organisations and provide networking opportunities.
The volunteers will contribute to the work of the hosting organisation through their point of view, beliefs and ideas. International volunteering is a way to establish relationships and build confidence between young people from different countries and cultures as well as between different ethnic and religious groups. The contribution of international volunteers to the work of an organisation is obvious, as they can bring in a new spirit, increase the interest of young people in voluntary activities and stimulate reciprocal learning. The role of the volunteers will be to support the activities of the project as well as to create new and take initiatives, which will involve local youth in the project.
The volunteers’ tasks are:
– Taking care of the youth centre and its activities.
– Participation in the programming, development and evaluation of the activities.
– Preparation of informational material; searching, finding and developing the informational resources.
– Preparation and running the “info point” for local youngsters, which mainly gives information about European mobility projects, as well as about opportunities to work and study abroad.
– Realization of other activities of the organization like workshops, dance courses, environmental excursions etc.
– Creation of other educational activities.
– Taking of initiatives and proposing to the organization and the local youngsters new projects, fresh ideas etc.
– Development of other projects for social, environmental and cultural cause.
– Assisting in language workshops for children coming from families with low economical background.
– Assisting future EVS Greek volunteers with language lessons and language practice workshops as well as preparing them about what to expect
– Development of a personal project within the already existing activities.
– Assisting other civil society organisations in some of their activities (events, workshops, meetings, etc)
– Taking care of the practicalities and daily needs of the Youth Centre.
Exemple of daily volunteers’ schedule:
Monday:
15:00- 16:00 Greek lesson
16:00-17:00 Youth Centre maintanance and preparation of the activities and the workshops
18:00-19:00 Info point for the youth
19:00-22:00 Leading or assisting in the workshops of the Youth Centre, discussing with the Young people, preparing activities etc
Tuesday:
16:00-17:00 Youth Centre maintanance and preparation of the activities and the workshops
18:00-19:00 Info point for the youth
19:00-22:00 Leading or assisting in the workshops of the Youth Centre, discussing with the Young people, preparing activities etc
Wednesday:
10;00-12:00 Administrative work (writing of articles for the newsletter, drafting proposals for activities, applications, etc)
Thursday:
15:00- 16:00 Greek lesson
16:00-17:00 Youth Centre maintanance and preparation of the activities and the workshops
18:00-19:00 Info point for the youth
19:00-22:00 Leading or assisting in the workshops of the Youth Centre, discussing with the Young people, preparing activities etc
Friday:
10:00-12:00 Meeting with the coordinators and the other EVS volunteers, evaluation of current projects, discussion of new ideas and future projects
12:00-16:00 Free
16:00-17:00 Youth Centre maintanance and preparation of the activities and the workshops
18:00-19:00 Info point for the youth
19:00-22:00 Leading or assisting in the workshops of the Youth Centre, discussing with the Young people, preparing activities etc
Saturday and Sunday: Days off

VOLUNTEER’S PROFILE
The volunteers in this project will be between 17 and 30 years old
For this project, we are looking for motivated young people, interested in cultural and leisure time activities with children, teenagers and young adults, who believe that they can offer to the project and gain from it. Ideally, the participants will have some experience in participating and or organising cultural and social activities, as well as the motivation to advance their skills, through non-formal and informal education. We are also looking for young people with communication skills, social skills, enthousiastic, creative, with a sense of initiative.
However, the most important factor for the selection of the volunteers is their motivation and will to participate in this experience. We believe in giving the chance to young people with fewer opportunities, or young people that have not had the experience of living abroad.
We receive applications from young people that want to volunteer all year long. To ensure that the project meets the background and needs of the volunteers, we ask them to fill in a questionnaire about themselves as well as the activities and kinds of projects they are interested in. We are also informing them about any existing EVS placements via e-mail, through our website, or even personally, attaching additional information on the activities and other organisational issues. For the final stage, we ask the potential volunteers to write a letter to explain in as many details as possible their interests, motivation, needs and how they can be combined with this specific EVS project. We send the letters to the hosting organisation who then makes the pre-selection of the volunteers. After the pre-selection, the hosting organisation contacts the volunteers through e-mail or skype to inform them about the activities, the special characteristics of Kalamata and Greece, answer the questions of the volunteers.

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