IMPORTANT: There are several organizations ready to host a volunteer in Trakai. Please check the descriptions below and don’t forget to mention the organization’s title, when writing the motivation Letter.
About the Project
This is a project, that connects international long-term volunteers and their hosting organizations in Lithuanian cities (Vilnius and Trakai). While coordinating international volunteering projects “Europos savanoriu tarnybos asociacija Saltes”, as organization, has established good and long-lasting relationships with hosting organizations in Lithuania, that wants to continue their work with international volunteers, keep on hosting new ones. We see the value in this project, because both hosting organizations and volunteers will have the possibility to enhance their skills in an informal way, gain new skills, learn to collaborate better, to be more tolerant, to be responsible citizens, share experiences and enhance intercultural competencies
SOS VILLAGE
SOS Family Strengthening Program supports disadvantaged families at risk of separation by bolstering their capacity to protect and care for their children.
SOS Children’s Village hopes to help families to learn look after themselves so that they can live independently in the long-term. Only in this way can we ensure that children are not left and that they grow up in their families. 25 children on average have an opportunity to visit our Day Care Centre every working day. Here they can do homework, play, interact, participate in group activities and attend cooking lessons. If it is necessary, children is also provided with psychological consultations and emotional expression strategy is applied.
Volunteering positions: 1
Primary school “Patirčių slėnis”
Primary school is looking for a long-term (12 months) volunteer. School provides primary education for children in the city of Trakai from 7 to 11 years old kids. The foreseen activities for the volunteer are the following: helping with everyday life and routine in school – participation in educational processes, hiking trips, excursions, etc. Our school values the possibility to personally know and concrete with a person from the other country as well as the possibility to indirectly know another
cultureandcountrywithitssimilaritiesanddifferences.Thepossibility to practically practice English and other languages is also very valuable. The volunteer could share personal talents and hobbies like playing musical instruments, drawing or playing chess. It is important that the volunteer has qualities of openness, the ability to organize activities, cooperate and work independently.
Volunteering positions: 1
Day social care center “Čiauškutis”
Čiauškutis” is a day social care center that provides comprehensive assistance to 2 – 12-year-old children with disabilities.
Our main tasks are:
– Reduce the social exclusion of children with disabilities and their families.
– To create suitable conditions for the correction of children’s mental and physical development, compensation, their preparation for learning in general education institutions, integration into society.
– To encourage mutual communication between children and parents raising a child with a disability, to share experiences, failures and achievements
– – Center has: rooms for educational activities, sports hall, games, a playroom with a ball pool, a conference room and a pool where children learn to swim, play and perform exercises.
Volunteering positions: 2
Day care center “Šviesa”
Šviesa provides day social care services for 74 people with mental, intellectual and complex disabilities from 18 years old. The day center is looking for 1 volunteer to help to implement different activities for people with disabilities.
Volunteers will be invited to organize these activities together with social workers: music (individual, therapeutic activities, orchestra), theatre, ceramics, activities for people with severe disability, sports,
club for discussions, publishing monthly newsletter involving people with disabilities in this process, various events and festivals organized in the day center and outside the day center (in the city), trips and
excursions to the old town and other parts of Vilnius, implementing the program for developing and consolidating social skills in a natural environment.
Volunteering positions: 2
LOGISTICS:
Volunteer will be accommodated in a rented apartment together with other volunteers, each volunteer will have a separated room. Volunteer will be provided with monthly allowance (food and pocket money), monthly public transport ticket.
ESTA Saltes are looking for the volunteers as soon as possible.
HOW TO APPLY? Please fill in the Application form. Don’t forget to attach your CV and Motivation Letters.
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