Eslováquia

11637

Data de início: 01-11-2022

Data de fim: 01-09-2023

Vagas: 1

Duração: 10 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 18-10-2022

Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 95 €

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Resumo: - non-profit non-governmental organization
- founded in 2003
- working mainly with children and youth aged 4-30, as well as adults from the Kysuce region
- activities with an extra added international dimension our projects involve some sort of education and social/care work
- our projects include things like working in education in the primary and secondary schools, lead conversation courses in foreign languages for children and young people, caring for elderly people in senior houses, or training to become an activity leader at summer camps for the children
- all these projects involve working directly with people
- working hours for each project are explained in the profiles of each project

Tarefas: - Communication English courses for children: (2 – 6 hours a week)
The aim of the courses is to motivate children to speak English, experience the culture of the volunteer, and have fun while speaking English. The volunteers do not have to be perfect in English. His/her role in the lessons is to be the motivation for the kids to try to speak a foreign language. The age of the children is generally 7 to 14. We also have one class of children aged 5- 7. The lessons are prepared and run together with a young Slovak teache

- Cooperation with local elementary schools: (6 to 8 hours a week)
The volunteer cooperates with one or two schools in Cadca or nearby villages. The aim of the cooperation is to add an international dimension to the classes and to the school as such. The volunteer helps different teachers in the school during their lessons, using non-formal education. It can be language lessons but can also be sports, art, IT, science, math, etc. The volunteers do games, creative activities with the students or support the teacher in any way needed. In some classes, the volunteer might help weaker students or students with disabilities. The volunteer is motivated to get involved in the life of the school as such – to take part in school trips, special events of the school, sports tournaments, etc.

- Regular team meetings and mentor meetings (2 hours a week)
Meetings to evaluate activities, plan the next steps, and to discuss anything important for a smooth running of the EVS project

- Preparation for classes (4 – 12 hours a week)
The volunteer will prepare his/her activities alone or with the methodological and logistical support of the organization stafff. Equipment, reference books and special training are provided by the organization as well as the local schools, that the volunteer cooperates with

- Office work (2 to 6 hours a week)
Once a week, the volunteer helps in running the office, and organization as such. This task involves everyday office tasks, paperwork, preparing leaflets about our activities, updating the website and Facebook, cleaning and taking
care of the facilities, or other little jobs depending on the needs of the organization

- Non-teaching activities - workshops, sports and creative activities (1 to 8 hours a week)
For the first weeks, the volunteer will be actively involved mainly in teaching. Later on during the project, the volunteer might want to balance the education activities and get involved in creative, sport, or social work activities.
The ideas of the activities and schedule will be discussed with each volunteer individually, support will be offered by the organization to develop these activities. Volunteer’s initiative is required in case of these activities. The volunteers can also take part in a language course of their own choice.

Condições: ACCOMODATION
The best sentence to describe this experience, in general, is Living together, you share the flat with people from different parts of the world so as you can imagine it is a life experience with everything that this could mean... good and bad moments... It helps to increase your tolerance and learning from each other.

Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter