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Data de início: 20-05-2022

Data de fim: 20-01-2023

Vagas: 1

Duração: 8 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 15-05-2022

Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 95 €

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Resumo: (children and Youth)
The hsoting organization is a state institution on that hosts around 75 children and youngsters with
disabilities, aged 3 to 35 years old. The compound of the institution is quite big: the children and youngsters live in 5 different houses, there are multiple buildings for physio- and ergotherapy, a school, kitchens, a place to do laundry and our activity center. The children and youngsters living in the institution have moderate to heavy physical and mental disabilities or come from traumatic family backgrounds.
Most have little or no contact with their family. Nurses take care of their physical needs (like washing, feeding, medication on) but there remains a need for psychological, social and education onal support of the children and youngsters. Even today, most children still receive very little stimulation and spend a lot of time in their beds, living with a lack of personal space and contact.
The volunteers offer extra care and attetion to the children and act as a bridge between the institution and the outside world.

Perfil: Age: 18-30

Tarefas: Every volunteer has a different program, depending on the children s/he is working with and the personal strengths
and interests of the volunteer. However, all volunteers share the following tasks:
➢ In the mornings: activities with the children with heavy disabilities, who do not attend school (going for walks,
playing or listening to music, giving them a massage, playing simple games, basic stimulation)

➢ In the afternoons: carrying out different group activities in our activity center inside the institution(cooking,
handcrafts, drawing, sports, sewing, English lessons…), going for excursions outside of the institution (cinema,
bowling, playground, swimming pool)
➢ Sometimes: brushing the teeth of the children, cleaning and organizing the activity center
➢ In the summer: going to the beach of PAAPAV and swimming with the children

Besides that, we organize and carry out the following acꢀ viꢀ es:
➢ Individual learning projects for specific children (pracꢀ cing self-help skills, learning the alphabet, learning how to use money, cooking lessons, computer lessons, english lessons…)
➢ Social integration (visiting a supermarket, a bank, a museum, or a post office)
➢ Raising awareness in the local community about disabilities and the life inside and institution and trying to
involve Greek people to volunteer in the institution
➢ Fund-raising to sponsor activities with the children
➢ Any other acꢀ vity depending on the abilities, interests, needs or desires of the children

In short, we are responsible for helping the children spend their time in a creative ve and enjoyable way

Horário: Volunteers work around seven hours per day, five days a week (a total of 35 hours per week). Greek lessons and
weekly meetings are included in the working hours. All volunteers have different schedules depending on the needs of
the children and their personal preferences. However, the hours of the activities (10-13 and 17-20) are not flexible
because of the regulations of the institution and the schedule of the children.

Condições: The volunteers live in a separate building inside the institution. They have two big rooms, each with a private
bathroom and shower, one of the rooms has a balcony as well. Both rooms host two volunteers each (Unless the
volunteers specifically ask not to, they sleep divided by gender). The rooms are on the second floor of an office building, with a beautiful view overlooking the sea. The NGO has an activity center inside the institution, 100m away from the rooms of the volunteers. In this activity center most of the work of the volunteers will take place. The activity center also has the kitchen and washing machine that the volunteers will use. Since the volunteers live, cook, eat, and work together you should be prepared for a very intense experience in community living!

All volunteers receive a monthly pocket money of 150€, plus 160€ for food money, in total 310€ per month.
Important notice: Since the volunteers work and live inside a public institution, they have to follow certain rules of the institution. This means that volunteers should behave in a way as not to offend other people. Also, we must let you know that being drunk or using illegal drugs (in Greece all drugs are illegal) is not tolerated inside the organization. If you are found drunk or using other drugs inside the insꢀ tuꢀ on, especially during your working hours, we will have to ask you to leave the project.

Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter