Polónia

5275

Data de início: 01-03-2016

Data de fim: 30-04-2016

Vagas: 1

Duração: 2 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-02-2016

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 85 €

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Resumo: The organization is located in a small city. The city has a population of around 15,000 inhabitants, all of Polish nationality. There is small minority of gypsy people leaving in the city, a group that sometimes finds it difficult to integrate. The town has a significant touristic potential and its economy and future development is depending on the promotion of its attractions.

The region's western, southern, and eastern borders are with the Czech Republic. The district is functionally and physiographical different from the rest of the Province, due to the mountain ranges which surround it, forming a natural barrier that separates it from the rest of the country. This relatively small area contains many interesting places to visit. There are a number of spa towns in the region, the Mountains, numerous small countryside villages, castle ruins, churches and caves. Given the traditions and stories of the region, you can begin to notice the diverse and interconnected cultural history here throughout the ages. The region contains unique scenery, climate and cultural values, rich deposits of mineral waters, and has considerable tourism potential (e.g. with recreational and spa facilities already existing). The biggest problem, is high rate of unemployment, which currently stands at around 26%.

These results in many economical and social concerns (e.g. lack of cultural life and youth facilities, lack of public transport, lack of tourist facilities, etc.). There is a lack of youth facilities, resulting in limited options for young people in how to spend their leisure time. This lack of creativity increases the need for more cultural and sports activities. There are many groups of young people in the city and European Youth Clubs in the region, containing people with interests in theatre, music, dancing, and sports. However it is critical that they have adequate support and options to further development of their interests.

Similar future projects and an extension of the European theme are vital to allowing the local community and the Ziemia Klodzka region to continue to balance and improve its social and economic infrastructure.

Perfil: The candidate for a place as a volunteer in the activities designed should be willing to integrate and socialize into a new culture and to show an open-minded behaviour. He/she will have to be ready to learn how to cooperate and work in an international group and how to accept people that are different and that might face problems. What is more, the participant should be prepared to communicate any kind of difficulties he/she faces, to discuss problems and to enter a new learning process. To constitute a good candidate for a volunteer the applicant has to be enthusiastic about working with people that find themselves in a difficult situation in life and also, the future volunteer should be flexible and willing to explore new challenges. The interests and skills of the volunteer candidate may vary. We will mainly concentrate on selecting youngsters that are willing to be innovative and to implement their own ideas. There is very important to mention that the profile mentioned above is just for orientation. Specific qualities and skills are not required for the candidate to be selected.
Age: 17-30

Tarefas: There is a possibility for the volunteer to take part in a number of activities within our organisation, for example:

1) Offering non formal education opportunities in form of language conversations or discussions on actual themes for local people. Education of this sort provides an attractive alternative for youngsters to the rather formal school education, an opportunity to test out their acquired language skills in authentic conversations and to realize the importance of foreign language knowledge. For adults, these conversations will provide an opportunity to reactivate and improve long forgotten language skills and regain confidence in using them. Also, for the volunteer this will be an opportunity to practice his/her training skills. When it comes to offering language conversation in his/her mother tongue, this activity helps the volunteer reflect on the structure of its own language and see how foreigners react to it.

2) Visiting local schools as a guest to loosen up traditional language lessons (German, French, English) with a more personal and non formal approach, giving guest presentations about the volunteer`s home country or participating in European School Clubs. There are also various annual celebrations in our local schools ('European Day', summer fests, etc) that the volunteer can attend if he/she will be here during this time.

3) Participating in the monthly 'EuroWeek' camps for young people from all over Poland and leading presentations at these camps on various subjects (EU, stereotypes, the volunteer's country etc).

4) According to his/her interests and choice, the volunteer can work, from time to time, in organizing workshops on different topics (voluntary work, active citizenship, human rights, cultural awareness) in the schools from the region. As the organization cooperates since the beginning with the schools in the region, we can support partnerships between volunteers and teachers in order to implement these meetings.

5) Another example of a typical activity is the work in the kindergarten. The volunteer can join this activity by preparing and organizing different activities for the children in order to help them learn how to socialize, how to lose fears and how to play. There is also a request of basic English, German lessons for the children.

6) The organization is also cooperating with the Orphanage. There the volunteers will organize meetings, workshops, and lessons for the children in order to show them what civic work means, that tolerance and human rights in general are values that must be respected. Also the volunteers will organize outside activities for the children, games, sports activities and walks in the forest. For the children it is very important to get in contact with our volunteers as they feel it a unique opportunity to learn about values in different countries.

7) DPS (house for old people) is another activity we support. There the volunteers can play bingo and other group games with the people hosted, can accompany them for a walk or help the staff in providing them with food. Other activities in the house can be: working together in the garden, assisting in therapy sessions.

8) Helping in the office with the sending of Polish young people to be volunteers through EVS, or with the writing of emails, making of phone calls or translation of texts which use the volunteer's language skills. Usually the volunteers participate in meetings with candidates for EVS in order to share their experience, to give advices, to promote their project. Volunteers are not required to work in the office but if they enjoy helping with these tasks or they require this experience they are welcome to help us in this way.

9) Writing for 'OKO', the monthly magazine published by volunteers for local young people. The articles included in the magazine concern different topics from film reviews to sports or world politics. For some volunteers this can be an opportunity to stay in touch with their favourite subject and express their feelings in certain concerns.

10) Working on up-dating the website - designing the graphics, improving the layout or information, translating the texts.

11) Organising cultural events for local people using the skills or interests of the volunteer and the background of her/his country (e.g. concerts, exhibitions, theatre, dance or sport groups). The volunteer has the possibility to create any activities (in harmony with the project's aims) which they have enthusiasm to organise and they will have strong support from the organization to follow their initiative.

12) Organizing events that aim at promoting cultural awareness and tolerance among the locals: European information campaigns, multicultural evenings, food festivals, etc.
The volunteers hosted in the project will chose to participate in different activities according to their skills and options. Therefore, the project is very flexible and the volunteer can combine three or four of the activities mentioned. This is also an opportunity for our volunteers to learn how to manage their own schedule according to the activities they chose.

14) Taking part in the organization of Centre of Integration and Meetings the International Youth (for example: taking care of vegetable garden, renovation works, taking care of sport fields, organization the local activities for local people, to help with managing the daily works connected with Centre)

Through this project, volunteers will have the opportunity to learn the following:
- how to create and manage youth projects,
- how to prepare the structure of language classes and lead language lessons,
- how to work with youngsters and children,
- how to work with old and disabled people,
- how to work with a group; methods of team building, communication and integration,
- an introduction to working with people from different cultures,
- how to organize local initiatives,
- how to cooperate with people with different backgrounds.

Most of the time, the volunteer will work in a group, sharing the work with volunteers from other countries. This atmosphere and task-sharing is aimed to promote common understanding among the group, and allow them to share their problems and also have fun together.

At the beginning of the volunteer's programme, he/she will be introduced to their duties by their coordinator of the activities, other volunteers, or a teacher (in the case of work within schools) but it is hoped that the volunteer will soon learn to carry out their activities alone and increasingly require less assistance.
All tasks performed by volunteers do not substitute professional work. The volunteer's tasks do not contain an administrative character because full-time employees of perform these tasks. Tasks are not designed to achieve profit because the organization is a non-profit organisation with no aim to make financial gain from their activities.

Throughout their project, the volunteer will receive Polish lessons. There will be two 90 minute lessons provided a week.
Volunteers work five days a week, usually for 6 hours a day, with weekends free. When it is necessary for volunteers to work a day at the weekend they receive a free day in the week to compensate for this. All volunteers also receive two days holiday a month, which can be used anytime during the project with agreement from the mentor.

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Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em inglês