Volunteer work
Bumbesti- Jiu is the third biggest city in Gorj County. It has a population of approximately 10.000 inhabitants.
ARDR has good partnership with the High School, the City Hall and a kindergarten.
The volunteers coming are expected to work in any of these institutions.
Therefore part of the volunteer’s work will be to inform the youngsters and to increase 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
Sitting at the entrance of Jiului Defile, Bumbesti-Jiu is considered a important city. The city stretches for 6 km, starting from Visina all the way to Curtisoara.
On the Jiului Defile you can find a beautiful and wild landscape together with a the ruins of the monastery called Visina and just a few hundred metres away you can find the Visina Restaurant. The Visina Restaurant is a great place to eat mici, drink beer or just relax with your friends.
Bumbesti-Jiu is at the foot of the mountains. It is very easy and accessible to climb a hill for a great view of the city and more or just have a barbeque and relax with your friends.
Near the city starts the border of the National Park called Retezat.
Bumbesti-Jiu is very rich and beautiful in nature.
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
In Rovinari volunteers will stay in apartments with one room, kitchen and bathroom provided in Social Houses by Mayor. 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.
For the food, the volunteers will receive a monthly allowance for food and pocket money which they can spend as they want. They are responsible for buying and preparing their food.
In county staff
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| Piscanu Camelia |
| EVS local manager |
| English teacher and director |
.She chose to become a teacher because she likes to work with kids and youths in general.
She is married, has a nice family and very special friends.
She is a teacher in General School nr.3 in Rovinari and it was a great deal for her when Regional Association for Rural Development chose her school for welcoming the volunteers. She has met a lot of great volunteers from countries all over Europe.
She has become friends with all of them and with some of them she still keeps contact through emails.
Working with the volunteers, planning activities in and out of the school, very good collaboration with the city hall of Rovinari and local community are a proof that the presence of the volunteers have brought good things in the community. |
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