Volunteer work Cultural & free time Learning activities Accommodation & food In country staff Volunteer work Balteni is one of the most important communities where volunteers felt themselves a member of it. They were well welcome by teachers and mayor and every time offered them their support in developing activities. During the time with all projects developed by ARDR in Gorj County, volunteers became an important part in Balteni. With the presence of foreign volunteers in Balteni the youngsters found out by informal way about the opportunities that a diversity of European programs can offer. Therefore part of the volunteer’s work will be to inform the youngsters and to raise the awareness on the benefits that volunteering brings at personal and professional level. The strengths in carrying out the activities are the involvement of member of community and personal development of each volunteer. Cultural & free time In Balteni you can find Cultural House with a capacity of 320 seats and which functioned till 1989 as Cinema, big football ground and a lot of people interested in doing something interesting for their community. Learning activities On arrival, the volunteers will enter in a Capacity Building program for minimum 14 days. During the Capacity Building program they will receive trainings to build their competences on animation, conflict management, project management, group dynamics, community youth development. They will also be provided with Romanian language classes to have a minimum of language skills that will help them to carry out better their activities and to cope with the community. Accomodation & food Volunteers will stay in apartments of two rooms (each volunteer with his own room) rented by ARDR with free access to kitchen, bathroom provided with hot and cold water. The living conditions respect the minimum of standards, and the volunteers should not expect luxury. They are responsible for maintaining cleanliness and not to damage the things inside the apartment. The accommodation expenses will be covered from the project budget. Regarding food, each volunteer will receive monthly an allowance (pocket and food money) and they will spend it as they want being responsible of buying and preparing their own food. In county staff Nicoleta Andreea Tarapana EVS county manager   .