Title:Murcia Ciudad Joven
Organisation: Youth Service Murcia City Council
Duration:10 months
Location of the project: Murcia (Spain)
Start: 15 September 2010
Number of volunteers: 1 open place
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2010

Summary:

-The Youth Service has the major aim to approach Europe to the local youth, promote values like solidarity, engagement, intercultural relations understood as richness and strong concept in a society where citizens from different origins live together; promote leadership and enterprising attitudes among the youth, and understand that local community is a place where values develop and benefit the population. European volunteering is thus framed in our organisation and our general interest to host volunteer is inside our main goals. Our specific interest is based on offering European volunteers the possibility to make contact with youth programmes by a local entity, which involve learning and training for them, and at the same time helps them to develop their abilities and create their own projects. It is also based on enabling both volunteers and local youngsters a direct relationship on behalf of both parties, thus becoming a rich and intense intercultural experience. By promoting knowledge on other European realities through direct contact with the volunteer, we will avoid prejudice and xenophobic and racist attitudes, as well as facilitate acceptance of the others and improvement of values like solidarity

Tasks:

-The volunteer, has to:
- Attend the training sessions before during and alter the activity.
- Read and understand the documentation on rights and obligations.
- Give feed-back to the organisations involved about the project and activity on each phase.
- Keep a flowing dialogue with the hosting organisation, in particular with the coordinator and mentor.
- Report n any problem or improvement suggestion.
- Carry out the agreed activities.

Selection:

-This project is open to applications from any young person. The selection process is transparent, we have an open call through the e-mail, were we accept all applications. A multidisciplinary team integrated by the mentors, instructors, present volunteer and directive will asses the merits and motivations of each candidate, and will select the most appropriate one for the vacancy. We follow the rule that EVS should be a unique enriching experience for the volunteer and a contribution for the project

Title: Haus Trillup
Organisation:BHH Sozialkontor gGmbH
Duration:12 months
Location of the project: Hamburg (Germany)
Start: 01 September 2010
Number of volunteers: 1 open place
Deadline for applications: 19 January 2010
Summary:

40 intellectually disabled adults live in 6 residential units in house Trillup. Every resident has his/her own room. Two persons share an apartment. The residents of house Trillup go to work during day time. This means, that they are out of house Trillup during the day. Therefore the staff members start their work in the afternoon and finish their work at 22:00 pm. The residents lead a relatively independent life. The company and support we offer focuses on activities that give structure to the day, especially leisure time activities. Activities that go together with every household like washing the dishes, shopping and cleaning also belong to the support we give to the inhabitants. The amount of support depends on the individual resident and his or her individual need of support. 2 – 3 staff members work in every residential unit to support the disabled, one staff member is responsible for home economics. We also employ young people doing their alternative civilian service or a voluntary social year.

Tasks:

The volunteer works 35 hours on 5 days per week. There is an entitlement to holidays for 2,5 days per month. Usually the volunteer works in the afternoon or evening hours, because many of the disabled persons go to work (e.g. in a sheltered workshop). Sometimes the volunteer will have to work at the weekend when residents want to visit activities like a concert or a festival. If there are activities with a disabled person at the weekend, the volunteer will be compensated with extra days off for his or her participation in these activities.

The European volunteer belongs to one of the 6 residential units of house Trillup, where he or she will stay during most of the time of the stay. The volunteer takes part in usual tasks of the household like shopping, cooking, cleaning up (only in connection with cooking!). The focus of the volunteer’s activities lies on leisure time activities together with the disabled persons. Going for a walk, visiting the cinema, accompanying day trips, billiard and game playing are examples of possible activities. It is also possible that the volunteer develops his or her own projects. The European volunteer can organize group offers like a cooking class, music group, sport group (we have a small gym) or can do some baking for Café Bohne … - he/she can give his/her fancy full scope. We are open to the volunteer’s ideas and support these.

Selection:

We wish to welcome young people, who bring along cosmopolitanism, interest in other people, fancy, initiative, who like to communicate and have the ability to listen to other people – these are features that help the project to be a success for everybody. Besides these abilities we wish the volunteer to be willing and motivated to learn German.

Specific selection:

We are looking for a young volunteer aged between 18-24 years.

Title:Pink School
Organisation: Toplum Gonulluleri - TOG
Location of the project: Istanbul, Turkey
Number of volunteers: 5 open places
Deadline for applications: 10 March 2010
Summary:

In the attachment you can find the project description for each activity.

In your applications please;
-Mention which activity you are applying for; (Of course you can apply for both)
-Send us a motivation letter related to the activity you are applying for;
-Give information about your sending organization (Contact person; HEI Ref Number etc?)

Title: Darkness full of Light and Colour
Organisation: Asociacion Ser Joven
Duration:6 months
Location of the project: Santander (Cantabria) (Spain)
Start: 15 May 2010
Number of volunteers: 1 open place
Deadline for applications: 10 January 2010
Summary:

The volunteer will collaborate with a volunteering project that is carried out by the organisation ONCE (National Organisation of the Blind in Spain). It consists on helping blind people with administrative or medical matters, participate in activities of the organisation, participate in trips,… These activities are especially complicated for blind people without enough self-autonomy. The base of the project is to accompany them. Another part of the project is participationg in various activities carried out by Ser Joven (the host organisation)in Cantabria.

Tasks:

1. Accompaniment to visually impaired people in order to help them in administrative tasks, like going to the bank, visiting a doctor, running errands and so on as well as helping them to participate in the activities organized by the ONCE organization (accompaniment from their houses to ONCE headquarters and viceversa and support in ONCE workshops: ceramics, theathre, book reading…, accompaniment during sightseeing excursions or hiking, accompaniment en to events, shows and celebrations…)
2. Carrying out voluntary activities for the Association with a special refference to the dissemination of Youth Programe and European awareness in educational centres with both youth and those who work with youth interested in the subject. Volunteers are expected to have their sense of iinitiative.
3. Participation in Leasure Activities programme run by Ser Joven Association, helping group leaders and professional staff in the prepatation of the activities and the practical arrangements, like different workshops, night leasure activities (basically “La Noche es Joven”), summer camps…

Specific tasks:

Accompaniment to blind people to help them to do different things (go to the bank, to the doctor, to buy things…) and help them to participate in organised activities of ONCE (accompany them from their home to ONCE and return and support in workshops: ceramic, theatre, reading,… accompaniment in tourist trips, trekking, big events and celebrations,… Volunteers may get to know and participate in workshops for blind people (reading, ceramic, theatre, etc.), know the premises of ONCE Cantabria and participate in all cultural events organised by ONCE.

Selection:

Our volunteer should be flexible as the proyect consist of various activities directed to different target groups (elderly, young, disabled). Volunteer will not always work with the youth and children. That will basically depend on the season and the number of activities carried out by the Asociación Ser Joven.
Volunteer should be very motivated as the activities of acompaniment to the blind elderly might seem a bit routine...

Specific selection:

Very motivated and flexible. (The accompaniment activities might turn into routine; the activities during la Noche es Joven are support activities to the proffesional staff during the weekends at night.
As the accompaniment involves a lot of talking, basic knowledge of Spanish is HIGHLY recomended.

Title: Asamblea de Jovenes Alarca
Organisation: Consejo de la Juventud de La Rioja (La Rioja Youth Council)
Duration:12 months
Location of the project: Logroño (Spain)
Start: 15 May 2010
Number of volunteers: 1 open place
Deadline for applications: 29 December 2009
Summary:

Alarca is an association dedicated to work with different social groups: children, youth, elderly people, disabled people in the leisure and free time activitites field.
They´ve been hosting evs volunteers since 1999, and they keep working with evs volunteers in order to learn and also to teach within the non formal education.

Tasks:

The volunteer will be collaborating in a social conciliation project which consists on being in a ludotheque or youth centre and help in the free time activities with children (4-12 years old,proposing new activities, helping the team leaders to prepare workshops and of course participate in the activities as an active part of the team.

Specific tasks:
The volunteer will support the non formal education activities within the leisure and free time with youngsters in youth clubs and children at schools.
Also, the volunteer will help in festivals,summer camps, leisure activities and courses for different social groups: children, youngsters, people with disabilities, elder people, immigrants etc. All these types of activities in a lively multicultural environment.

Selection:
Alarca is looking for a volunteer interested in children and youth. Basically the candidates must prove their motivation by their own experience, simple as that!!
Volunteers must enjoy collaborating with children and youth in different activities during the week,be patient, good sense of humour, open minded, independent and very active and flexible person.

Specific selection:
Some previous experience with youngsters/children in leisure and free time activities is required.

Title:After-School-Club
Organisation: IN VIA e.V. Koeln
Duration:12 months
Location of the project: Köln (Germany)
Start: 10 August 2010
Number of volunteers: 5 open places
Deadline for applications: 15 December 2009
Summary:

The After-School-Clubs are based on the premises of the primary schools. They open at 11 o clock. The children go there after class and get a warm lunch. Afterwards they do their homework and participate in different workshops such as music, theatre, gardening, sports... The volunteer will work from Monday till Friday from 11- 16.00. In the evening she or he will attend German classes.

Tasks:
help in the workshops run for the children, help during lunch, looking after the children, help with homework, help running the holiday programme, it really depends on the volunteers interests.

Specific tasks:
- Playing with kids
- creative workshops
- help with homework
- help in the kitchen

Selection:
basic German would be necessary, interest in working with children, if possible experiences with children- or youth work. The volunteer should stay for one year which means from August 2010 until July 2011.

Specific selection:
please send CV, Motivationletter, proof of experiences in working with children (if possible), proof of German Knowledge (school references, proof of classes...)