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5539

Data de início: 01-07-2015

Data de fim: 28-08-2015

Vagas: 2

Duração: 2 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-05-2015

Financiamento: Aprovado

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 80 €

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Resumo: The office is situated in western part of Latvia, in one of the largest town in Latvia. Historically our town had a very mixed population-latvians, russians, lithuanians and some other minority groups. There are a lot of people who belongs to so called "risk group"-disatvantaged children from Orphanage, poor families, children with disabilities. The city also has one of the largest blind people communities in Latvia. People are very friendly and welcoming against other cultures. City itself consist of some regions. As example-former Soviet army secret base-Naval Port. During the first years of independence all the poorest people were send to live here. But in the same time, this is one of the most active region. Youth and childrens from mixed nationalities live here together and very eager to take part in any activities organized by locals or foreigners.
We have 2 main activities centres.

Our office is situated in one of the bigest and most inhabitated areas in the city. There are block houses around and very good public transport connection with the central part of town. The sea is a 3 min walk from our office and the surroundings is very green. So this is a perfect place for outdoor activities. A 5 min walk from the office is an old fortification system, with small knolls, forest etc.

Our second activity centre-Karosta is located in rural part of the city. There is a wonderful nature and big park in the front of the centre. We plan to renovate this place for every person can find something for himself. There will be another brunch of our office, space for activities, even a small gym for physical activities. We have space for 2 small rooms where volunteers can live in comfort. Also we will have kitchen, where we plan to provide local poor children with some food. Karosta itself is very wonderful and green place. Seaside is 10 min walk, surrounded by forests-ideal place for grow-up.

The city is non-official free-minded people town of Latvia. From here come varoius musicians, artists, painters, sportists. The town offers a wide range of cultural and social activities. Films are shown in many languages in the cinema, many diverse events take place and many opportunities for doing different sports are given. Various styles of pubs, clubs and restaurants are open to a wide spectrum of people. This gives any young person the possibility to choose between the activities he/she likes and to meet nice people.
The volunteers will share their time with the group of children and youth in the organization and children and youth from different part of the city.

Perfil: The volunteer candidates should be aged between 18 and 30 with some computer skills, basic English and ideally an elementary knowledge of non-formal education. Enthusiasm and interest in inclusion, education and the European project are more important than qualifications. The volunteer should be open-minded, interested and ready to work in an international environment. We will always discuss the project at length with the volunteer to ensure that if the funding is granted the project will be a positive experience for all parties, clarifying details about the role and the aims of the project through writing the application together. We will also leave space for the volunteer to input into the project and shape it more to their interests during the volunteer period.

Selection and Transparency
Vacant EVS placement notices are circulated amongst the member organisations and our partners. Details of the placements are also published on the YiA website, opening the door to new working partnerships. We request CVs and motivation letters from interested young people, emphasising that our priority is not qualification or experience but motivation in the project. We aim to find a volunteer eager to develop them and contribute to the project. On the basis of the CVs and motivation letters we make a shortlist of three candidates and arranged telephone interviews. On the basis of these meetings we will chose volunteers. The process is transparent and open. We will inform the volunteers of the process and keep in contact with them regarding progress.

Involvement of young people with fewer opportunities
We will pro-actively seek to host volunteers with fewer opportunities. As the next stage of our All Together project, we are working with disadvantaged young people who have been reached by local groups through inclusion activities. We aim to develop All Together, moving to the next level by involving them in the development of further European projects, ensuring they have a role not only in the local organisation but also as an essential part of the international organisation. In order to increase sustainable inclusion, we believe that young people with fewer opportunities need to feel ownership of the organisation and be active at all levels. We will be seeking applications from these young people as volunteers. Our office is accessible to young people with disabilities and we believe that the combination of direct work with children and running educational activities at international level will appeal to a wide range of potential volunteers.

Tarefas: We can offer volunteers a positive, flexible and supportive environment in which to carry out their voluntary service. We aim to tailor the individual EVS activities to best meet the needs of the individual volunteers.

Learning opportunities
Volunteers will have a number of learning opportunities while volunteering for the organization. These will include, amongst others:
-Experiencing the functioning of an international youth organisation first-hand
-Learning Latvian and feeling confident to live in a foreign country
-Developing a wide range of skills linked to the preparation and implementation of educational activities (basic project management skills, facilitation skills, organisation skills, confidence etc)
-Developing basic communication skills including uploading content onto websites, producing information materials, communicating in an international environment
-Learning about the city, the communities living there and particularly the organization groups.
-Working with young people in the organization to set up local projects and activities as part of a wider volunteer team.
-Additionally they will learn from working in a global group through the common project on child poverty they will run with the other EVS volunteers of the project. They will have trainings together and will develop project management skills through their involvement in this project and will acquire intercultural competencies through their constant contact with a truly global group of volunteers.

Volunteer support
Volunteers will be offered comprehensive support from a number of groups:
1.The office staff will have day-to-day contact with volunteers and will ensure they have space to put forward their ideas and proposals for the development of projects. The volunteers will be encouraged to evaluate the EVS regularly and suggest improvements.
2.The EVS mentor. Previous volunteer has offered to act as mentor for future volunteers. The volunteers will meet with her each month to discuss the project and possible improvements. Should there be any conflicts, the mentor will assist in mediation. And people with experience in NGO and nonformal education will work like menthors.
3.The organization and other volunteers. Volunteers will not be working with the office staff alone, as a voluntary organisation, the organization relies on local and national volunteers to carry out much of the work we aim to achieve. The EVS volunteer will communicate with a diverse range of young people from all over the world when contributing to different projects and areas of work.
4.The volunteers will be supported through the group of volunteers taking part in the large-scale project. They will be in constant contact, cooperating on a common project and being supported by a group of local volunteers-they will have a big network they can rely on. They will of course also be supported by their sending and hosting organisations.
The role of the EVS volunteers and examples of possible activities
Volunteers time will be divided between contributing to the work of the international organisation and specific projects and working with a local group of children in the city. The volunteers will be involved in one main project at the international level. Possible projects could be:
-In addition to the main focus, the volunteers will contribute with their ideas and experience to the preparation and implementation of the organization educational activities and statutory meetings as well as assisting with the maintenance of the the organization website and blog. They will participate in the organization meetings and activities to better understand the movement.
-One possible activity is the common project on child poverty and child labour organised by the group of EVS volunteers.

Local Activities
The local activities of the volunteers will complement those done at international level. We aim to provide a better link between the European level and the local organisation by transfering European projects directly to the local level. This will be done through the energy and enthusiasm of the volunteers. Having built up a strong relationship with a local group, the volunteers will work with other local volunteers to initiate and carry out projects at local level. This could be:
-Developing a local inclusion project. Working with local volunteers to identify barriers to inclusion and working with them to develop approaches for better inclusion in their local environment.
-Supporting local peer educators to develop an effective peer education project at local level.
-Working with young peoples of the city to establish a youth exchange between the city and an European and African country
-The volunteers will take part in city culture activities doing there voluntary work. Concerts, children activities, sport activities, city and country celebrating activities etc.
-Work in office. Planning. Organizing. Make together projects-small projects for local activities, for youth initiatives. For local camps. For outdoor activities. Everything what they cud do in time when they are volunteer.
-To make project with volunteer country after them coming back to home. (make it here when person is here but realize after)
-Practical work with children and youth in our centres. After school activities for children. And then discussions about different topics, table games, movie times different activities with youth.
-Meeting in schools for inform about EVS and NE activities.
-Work in municipality in different departments for to understand how work all in law levels. After meeting with NGO's who work for that department topic in the city. The topics-CR, democracy, equality, environment, education, health etc.
-Lead activities in orphanage for to work with children there. And lead activities for disable people.
-Meetings with volunteers who are in the city in that time.
-Our volunteers will take part in seminars and activities in Latvia where our organization take part.

All volunteers have to work really really hard. It will not be vacational project. All volunteers will be responsible about creating and implementing summer activities for children.It means almost every day planning, action and evaluation.

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Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês