Croácia

10922

Data de início: 01-04-2022

Data de fim: 01-06-2022

Vagas: 1

Duração: 2 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 27-02-2022

Financiamento: Aprovado

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 95 €

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Resumo: (environmental protection)
The hosting organization is a nonprofit organization established in Croatia. Our aim is to provide programs and create a motivating environment for the development of young people who will become model leaders of sustainable development.

Our holistic approach to personal development helps young people adopt a positive value system and empowers them to take responsibility for themselves, other people and the planet. We focus on youth work, leadership, social entrepreneurship, and environmental protection.

Perfil: ● young people aged 18-30
● citizens (or with stay permit) in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain.
● interested in environment protection, creative expression (DIY, arts and crafts etc.), sustainability, vegetarianism, healthy diet and lifestyles
● willing to contribute to the local community by volunteering
● highly motivated and proactive
● able to communicate in English at least at a basic level
● eager to work with children
● eager to learn about gardening
● motivated to work on online activities
● not afraid of physical work outside, insects, getting dirty etc.
● willing to take part in a vegetarian/vegan challenge during the project*

*Promoting vegetarianism is important to us because of two reasons – sustainability and nonviolence. The excessive consumption of meat in modern societies has a big negative ecological footprint. We think it is important to change this negative trend and show by example how it is possible to consume little or no meat at all, be healthy and eat tasty and happy food!

Tarefas: The project is an ESC opportunity that will bring together 12 short-term volunteers and engage them in maintaining urban school gardens in a few primary schools in Croatia and organising online educational opportunities for pupils.

Project objectives:
1) help children and young people reconnect with nature in an urban environment by working in gardens

2) help children and young people gain competences about environment protection, sustainability, healthy lifestyles etc. and put them into practice using non-formal education methods in an online environment

We have been implementing this project since 2015 with the helping hands of 101 hosted volunteers from 22 countries.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES:
● gardening in school gardens (involves some physical work, getting dirty, getting into contact with insects etc.) – planting, sowing, watering, weeding, working with garden tools, hoeing the soil, constructing raised beds, constructing other new elements in the gardens etc.
● promo activity – organising a public awareness event in the open air
● workshop manual – creating a PDF manual with descriptions of educational activities volunteers did during their project
● in-person workshops with children (ONLY in case of a good epidemiological situation in Croatia)

ONLINE ACTIVITIES (if physical activities cannot take place due to COVID-19 measures):
● Webinars, video tutorials and other online activities for primary school pupils (educational activities about environment, recycling, language and intercultural workshops, DIY, crafts and other creative activities etc.)
● intercultural event for the broader public

TRAINING ACTIVITIES:
● on-arrival training
● introduction to Croatian language (basic expressions and vocabulary)
● gardening training: tools, techniques
● workshop planning and preparation
● Youthpass

OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: personal project – an opportunity to develop and implement a personal idea that will support the achievement of volunteer’s learning goals

Condições: Costs of travel, accommodation, food, local transportation and activities will be covered by the hosting organisation.

● accommodation in a hostel in shared rooms with up to 2-4 other volunteers, shared bathroom and kitchen with the possibility to do the laundry
● vegetarian/vegan lunch on working days
● food allowance to cover the cost of breakfasts, dinners on working days and all meals on free days
● pocket money (€5 per day)
● complimentary private health insurance (EU residents) or full health insurance (non-EU residents)
● public transportation card
● travel cost reimbursement (one return journey) up to the maximum cost as stated in
the ESC programme rules

Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter