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Data de início: 01-09-2012

Data de fim: 31-08-2013

Vagas: 2

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 13-01-2012

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 125 €

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Resumo: We need volunteers to be interested in the projects they're applying to and to be aware that they are based on manual work
and collective life and that they are in isolated rural areas, far from cities.
We will only accept one volunteer of a nationality per project and we will try to have as many men and women.

The dates are not flexible.

Tarefas: Pre-qualification activity (starts in April and last 6 months) : this action based on mobility and will alternate worcamp activities and training activities will host about 10 people in difficult situations. The volunteers will take part in the workcamp with the participants. They will also take part to some training activities as well and will talk about their country and what it is to be volunteer. Because of their presence, they will guarantee a social mixture in the group. By working in the wokcamp, they will get more responsible. For the volunteers, this is a real learning opportunity as a mixed-social group and intercultural experience.
N.B. : on this activity, the volunteers will never be responsible for the activity. This project will be lead by 2 staff members.

Permanent workcamp (all year long) : it will be organised in the town of La Ferté sous Jouarre. Different sites are scheduled in the town. The technical aspects can be wall building, restoration of social apartments, gardening.
The site where the organisation is needs also some restoration and will be part of the permanent workcamp. There are some work in the garden which adds value to our project and group many people. This is also a site where initiatives can rise (one volunteer is actually organising a project on painting walls).

Moreover, to promote our project based on sustainable development and respect of the environnement, the volunteers will maintain and develop the vegetable garden. This garden is considered as a tool to raise awareness on ecological issues. We use this garden to work with children and with groups coming to the structure.
Because of the partnership with the town, Vir'Volt is participating to events of the town and the volunteers will get involved in the following projects : " Fête de la Musique ", Ferté-plage, festival " les mains bleues " (street art festival), public debate on actual issues (we developed this activity with a partner organisation " Matière Prise "). We're working also on an exhibition about the " meulière rock " (interviews of older generations, etc...)

We will be able to host groups soon as the organisation will be in charge to run a park (before it was a camping site). These groups will come from different backgrounds : youth groups, community centers, ... We plan to offer cheap accomodation, close to Paris, but " in the green ". The groups will be able to participate to the daily activities : (workcamp, garden, cooking, cultural visits...) and also benefit of the local sports organisations. Organisations are regurlarly asking for these type of projects.The volunteers will work with these groups.

Atelier " la tête et les mains " : every wednesday and during school holidays, Vir'Volt host 5 to 7 children (6 to 10 years old). The volunteers will be able to lead activities with the person in charge of this project. The children are sent by the organisation Germinale, an organisation working in the social area. The mothers of the children participating at this workshop are employees of Germinale.
The volunteers will run activities with the children (cooking, vegetable garden, " small workcamps " will allow to work on scientific issues).

Débats-concerts : 4 cultural events are organised per year. The volunteers are part of the organisation. The debates are always about society issues (North-South relations, environnement, etc...). There is often an exhibition, a film, ... The volunteers could present the organisation or run the debate. We often finish by a concert. The involvement of the volunteers will go to the practical needs of the event. These events are mostly held in La Ferté Sous Jouarre but can be organised in Paris.

The volunteers will be involved in the organisation of the training of workcamp leaders and will be participants of the training. Usually, this training has 30 participants and is held in May. This event is organised at La Ferté and the volunteers will be involved to the hosting of the trainees. The content of the training is technical but also about interculural learning, conflict resolution,...).

Frequent interventions in junior high and high schools of the area : language courses. The volunteers are able to attend the french classes in these schools. Usually, it's about one day per week.

International volunteers will be offered the chance to be an activity leader at work camps for young international volunteers. Volunteers are responsible for the daily life of the group during the summer camp. As described above, they will have undergone training as activity leaders in May. This experience is in many cases a chance for volunteers to pass on the skills aquired during their volunteer experience. It is certainly a very rich experience in terms of responsibility and initiative.
Our association, due to its regional spread, is often asked to promote volunteerism in various salons, forums and meetings dealing with youth, and organized by General Councils, the Region and municipalities. Our volunteers lend a more dynamic character to our interventions. It is an opportunity for them to become aware of other initiatives and to better understand the context of the French system, as well as to report on their own experiences.

Horário: Weekly schedules are fixed each Friday, and the activities of each person are determined and entered into a table in the conference room.

Condições: The volunteer will be hosted at the site of Vir'Volt and will live with other volunteers. The site has a bathroom, a kitchen and a shared bedroom fit to host volunteers. Staff will be available to talk with the volunteers to be sure the volunteers will be able to gain all the benefits of his/her volunteer experience in a collective housing. The collective aspect is an important part of the project. The rules of the house will be discussed with the volunteers.

In terms of infrastructure, our premises have a meeting room, a kitchen, sanitary facilities and a dormitory. One bathroom and toilet are reserved for the use of volunteers.
Volunteers must respect internal regulations, which specify the mode of management and respect of the premises. All internal regulations can be discussed and modified in order to meet the needs of all users.
The dormitory can hold up to four volunteers, who sleep on bunk beds. Screens have been set up in order to protect the privacy of each user.
In terms of leisure time, Ferté offers numerous possibilities (sports - canoe/kayak, cycling, dance, boxing, swimming etc., the theater and the movies.
Volunteers will be given the use of a vehicle once a month. Its use will be limited to a perimeter of 100-150 km around Ferté, and the activity must be collective.
Volunteers will also be given 3 return tickets to Paris per month, as well as a bed in Paris, depending on its availability on site.
All costs related to their work and their involvement in the association will obviously be covered.

Formação: Through their involvement in local activities, the volunteers will be able to get a sense of responsibility, to get involved actively in the local community and to think when they return to their country, about new ways of becoming active citizens in their every day life.
We believe that volunteers, by running projects and activities in Vir'Volt, will learn to be more responsible, and to take initiatives, which will be useful in their social and professional life.
For the short-term and long-term EVS hosting a weekly evaluation will be organised with the group to give feed back about the projects and the collective life.
Times will be organised for trainings and discussions but also to assess motivations of the volunteers, objectives and results of the activities. The volunteer will be able to request individual evaluations whenever he/she wants. Volunteers of the association (especially board members) take an active part in the implementation and support of the project. As a result, they will be involved in the support of the volunteers.
During the national events, the volunteers will be able to discover the french territory and will have a better understanding of french association's life especially the Solidairés Jeunesses project.
Many organisations have been created by volunteers when they return in their country, others have become project leaders in partner organisations.
Vir'volt implements several projects in the social, cultural and integration fields. As for an organisation based on people's education, it is highly important that they should work on projects with people coming from different cultural backgrounds.
In this framework, volunteers bring the very necessary intercultural touch to our projects. In all our actions, they help us to keep an intercultural distance, to work on our prejudice, to cross our looks and views on the world.
Thanks to their status and commitment, the volunteers bring along deep thinking about each one's responsibility and about one's involvement as a person and as a citizen. In every action, they draw people's attention about voluntary work and promote it.
They are the stamina of our organisation and they keep us aware.
They make proposals, they have their external point of view and they ceaselessly question our project, to make it progress and get better.

Documentação: CV, Carta de Motivação e Application form.

Download: Volunteer Exchange Form SJ.doc