Looking for an ESC volunteer for a project in Rezekne, Latvia
Duration: 01.03.2023.-30.12.2023
Hosting place: Rezekne Social center
Project description:
- The project objectives are the following: to give young people opportunities to learn new set of professional skills, gain experience in leadership, team building and communication, develop intercultural dialogue and cooperation between young people and local inhabitants for better employment opportunities in the future. Through this project we want to promote solidarity between nations, to integrate and unite the European volunteers and local young people, promoting European cultures, languages and European Solidarity Corps programme, as well as to make changes in young people’s life and environment around them.
Volunteers will:
work in Rezekne Social center from 1st March 2023 – 30th December 2023. Their tasks will be to make the retirement age people’s life more interesting and active, help them to gain personal and social awareness. The volunteers and the staff working in the Social center will learn from each other, gain mutual understanding, make the link between younger and older generation, as well as between different nationalities. - work in the Pensioners’ Day Center, where they will promote the integration of pensioners into European society, raise their knowledge of the processes taking place in Europe, promote intercultural dialogue, understanding of the diversity of nations, languages, cultures, provide information on what is happening in their native countries and provide intercultural education. In the Social center there is a friendly pensioners’ group – active and joyful people who like to spend time together, celebrate the holidays, make handicraft etc.
- need to bring their enthusiasm and energy into events, sharing their culture and traditions.
- give English, German, English, Spanish, French lessons (depending on their own native languages).
- organize computer classes, cookery, sport lessons for seniors.
- be able to intensively practice Russian or Latvian in the center. The volunteers will also work in the center for children with mental disabilities and the center for children at risk group.
- make handicraft, spend time together, give language lessons and make some activities for children.
- gain non-formal learning while doing their work by communicating with their colleagues, other volunteers and local people.
- have 6 working hours every working day
- have two days off per week on Saturday and Sunday. The volunteer will have two additional free days every month. The volunteer will participate in on-arrival and mid-term trainings organized by Latvian National Agency.
- have access to the online Latvian language course.
- be able to do other creative activities in the city, cooperate with other volunteers from different cities and organizations.
Accommodation:
- The volunteer will live in the flat together with other volunteers from European countries. The flat will be equipped with all necessary household appliances and facilities. The flat is paid by the project budget.
Costs:
- Food allowance 130,00 EUR/per month
- Pocket money 4,00 EUR/per day
- Travel costs 275,00 – 360,00 EUR (according to distance calculation)
HOW TO APPLY?
Please fill in the form : https://b24-zh51xm.bitrix24.site/crm_form_vug6q/
Deadline ASAP