SVE en Polonia de temática social

Si quieres ayudar a los niños, jóvenes y mayores de la comunidad local polaca de Więcbork, esta es tu oportunidad. Anímate a ‘empaparte’ cada día de nuevas experiencias y así ver la vida con otros ojos.

Dates

April 7th, 2016 – March 30th, 2017

Place

Więcbork, Poland

Deadline

05/04/2016

Project

EVS volunteers will be able to work in Environmental Dayroom, Elderly People Club, and Care Home for Disabled People. They will have a chance to get useful abilities and experience as far as working with children, the youth, dysfunctional families, adult disabled people and the elderly are concerned.

The volunteers will work according to an individual work plan allowing them to work in all the subordinate units. Everyday will be an opportunity to gain knowledge and new experiences. Weekly working time will not be longer than 35 hours. They are open and flexible due to modifying individual working plans to allow the volunteers to optimize their work according to their interests and abilities. These are the places where the volunteers could develop their skills:

• Environmental Dayroom (children aged from 6 to 16):
  • helping instructors and educators with preparing and carrying out various classes (cooking, sport, making jewellery, macramé, ceramics, felt and wicker articles)
  • helping instructors and educators with serving meals
  • helping children with their homework
  • helping instructors and educator with organizing trips,
  • running EVS volunteers’ profile on Facebook concerning their daily activities and reflections

• Care Home for Disabled People (disabled adults):
  • helping instructors with preparing and carrying out various classes (art, music, sculptural tailor, rehab, drama, making ceramics)
  • helping instructors with teaching disabled people daily activities (self service training,cooking and budget training)
  • helping instructors with serving meals
  • helping instructors with cleaning after classes
  • taking part in tripsElderly People Club (people aged 60 or more):
  • helping instructors with preparing and carrying out such occasional meetings in order to counteract the social exclusion of elder people as art, cultural and educational classes (literature, painting, film, music, learning English), sports classes (nordic walking, self-defense), memory training (games improving intellectual abilities)
  • taking part in trips
  • helping instructors with preparing various occasional meetings (Christmas Eve, Grandparents Day, Women’s Day, carnival play)

They would like to encourage EVS volunteers to share with us their ideas concerning the above classes (e.g. language classes for the elderly, cooking classes for disabled adults or cultural classes for children and the youth).

• Events for the local community
  • spreading the idea of volunteering in local institutions (meeting with children in kindergartens, schools and orphanages)
  • helping volunteers visiting an association with organizing common promotional actions concerning the idea of European Voluntary Service
  • helping other volunteers with food collection
  • helping with preparing folk song festival for disabled people
  • helping with preparing Friendship Picnic for disabled children and their families
  • helping with preparing Więcbork – Karolewo Run to commemorate nazi terror in 1939

They would like to give the volunteers a chance to choose a group of people to work with which suits them best.

Working hours

We are very flexible in terms of volunteers’ work. We are open for volunteer’s suggestions. They can choose in which establishment they want to work more and in which less. The volunteers together with the coordinator will agree about the working hours and a weekly schedule. The amount of work should not exceed 36 hours per week.

Holidays

The volunteers work 5 days a week (Monday to Friday). For every month of work each of them can get two extra days free. They can cumulate the days and take longer holidays. Nevertheless, they have to obtain the agreement regarding the dates from the Host Organization.

Accommodation, food & transport

The volunteers will be accommodated in a separate flat equipped with necessary home appliances. The flat will be located on one of the residential complexes in Więcbork near town center and working habitat.

Monthly allowance for each volunteer will be 85 € for their own expenses. As far as the alimentation is concerned, there will be two options available: cooking on their own or eating dinners in a restaurant (both covered on an agreed earlier level).

If it comes to local transport, there is no problem. Więcbork is a small town so there is no need for it.

How to apply