Macedónia

1311

Data de início: 01-09-2012

Data de fim: 01-07-2013

Vagas: 1

Duração: 10 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 26-01-2012

Esta vaga está reservada a voluntários portugueses

Financiamento: Reprovado

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 50 €

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Resumo: MACEDONIA
The Republic of Macedonia is an independent state on the Balkan peninsula in the heart of southeastern Europe. The country borders Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Serbia and Kosovo to the north. The capital is Skopje with more than 500,000 inhabitants. It also has a number of other significant cities, notably Bitola, Prilep, Tetovo, Gostivar, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Struga, Veles, Štip, and Strumica. The Republic of Macedonia is often called a land of lakes and mountains. There are more than 50 natural and artificial lakes and sixteen mountain ranges higher than 2,000 m (6,562 ft) above sea level.

STRUGA
Struga is a small town (20.000 inhabitants) situated in the south-western region of the Republic of Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality.
Struga is located in an open valley on Lake Ohrid, in the southwest of Macedonia. The Black Drim river starts at the lake and divides the city. Struga is on 175 km from Skopje, 14 km from Ohrid, 82 km from Bitola, 15 km from the Albanian border.
Struga is a multi-ethnic town with 54% Macedonians, 31% Albanians, 7% Turks, 5% Roma, 4% Vlahs and 1% other ethnic groups. Official languages are Macedonian and Albanian (according to the Macedonian constitution, each ethnic group existing in more than 20% of the population can use as official their mother tongue). 63% of the population are orthodox and 37% muslims. Struga is a multicultural town, and considering that PORAKA is also multicultural. The members of PORAKA are with different cultural background. They speak different languages, listen and sing different music, celebrate different holidays, have different religion, eat different food. The diversity is present in their everyday's life. The different and new things are always interesting and curious, especialy for the volunteers who are with diferent background.
The climate is mild in spring and autumn, not too cold in winter, but quite hot in summer. The summer sun is a perfect match with the neraby beaches at the lake. Much of the town's meager income is through internal tourism. Struga's location on Lake Ohrid makes it a slightly quieter and more peaceful experience than the more bustling Ohrid. When visiting this quiet town of the Republic of Macedonia, there are a few other places that show the beauty and culture, like the clay chamberpots at the house of the Miladinov Brothers, the old Struga bazaar, the century old churches and mosques. Before the evenings you can enjoy on 3 kinds of beaches called Male beach (maska plaza), Female beach (zenska) and the most beautiful called Galeb. Out of the town there is another tourist place near the lake called Pearl (Biser).
Struga is not a big town and local transport is not necessary.
PORAKA NOVA is located on the coast of the lake, on 50 meters of the Females beach, and on 500 meters from the City centre.

PORAKA NOVA will be the host organisation, offering the volunteers the opportunity of carrying out their service in the Centres managed by the organisation. The coordinator of PORAKA NOVA will be the person in charge of mentoring the volunteers. Her responsibilities and tasks will be:
· To be the contact person between the relevant entities involved in the project
· To guarantee the attendance of the volunteers to On-arrival training, Intermediate and Final Evaluations
· To facilitate the adaptation of the volunteers to their activities of their EVS
· To coordinate the preparation and participation of the volunteers in evaluating the project
· To provide accommodation for the volunteers, food, transport, civil responsibility and health insurance coverage, pocket money, language course and free internet.
The volunteers can rely on the support from all educators in PORAKA NOVA. The role of the coordinator of PORAKA NOVA includes integrating the volunteers successfully to the Centres and the local community, and preparing them for the activities providing information and support. This will be the person the volunteers refer to in first instance, in case of doubts and or problems in the associations or the city.
The volunteers will live in Struga, in a shared flat with other volunteers and/or young local people, to help with their integration in the local community. They credited in their accounts with maintenance and pocket money on a monthly basis. The volunteers will also have language courses customised to their needs, in a frequency non less than 2 hours a week.

Perfil: VOLUNTEERS: must be between the age of 18 and 30.
The volunteers are not required any particular degree of formal education. This project aimes at providing a non-formal learning experience for them. It is favourable they have motivation in the social field: social work, special education, psychology, etc. The volunteers have to be interested to work with people with special needs (intellectual disability) and motivated to do so. Training in the field of social and health sciences will be an asset.
However, they should have social abilities, in terms of good communication skills, patience and tolerance to work with persons with intellectual disability. We would like to host volunteers with positive atitude, tolerant, flexible and eager to learn of new cultures and lifestyles. It is desirable, however that they have some knowledge of English or Spanish.

Tarefas: PORAKA NOVA wants to offer the EVS volunteer the possibility of developing their human potential as well as getting to know and accept other realities. The experience of living independently in a foreign environment is also an essential part of the personal and social development of young volunteers.
The objectives, values and philosophy of the hosting organisation can also provide a new way of understanding and carrying out social work for the volunteer. The volunteer will join a team where he/she will have learning models or professionals with experience in work with disabled people. The volunteer will have the opportunity of learning about the different techniques and therapies currently used to work with this group pf people. The volunteer will be involved in the rehabilitation processes of these people, and if he/she will have the opportunity of understanding and joining the fight against the stigma and social exclusion of people with disabilities.
It is also a way of promoting social integration of young people looking for participating mechanisms in the decision making processes that affect underprivileged people for geographic, economic or other reasons.
The volunteers will be in charge of supporting the professionals in the daily activities of each centre, taking part in the planning, execution and evaluation of the activities. As the volunteers get more familiar with the language and the workings of the organisation his/her independence will increase and they will be able to choose the activities they want to get involve with and contribute their own ideas. All the activities in which the volunteer gets involved with will be supervised by a professional form the organisation.
The volunteer will have 30-35 weekly hours of activity, where we include the time dedicated for language training. There are two free days a week which will be Saturday and Sunday.
The volunteers will have periodical meetings with the mentors to have a continuous assessment of the EVS and with the staff in the organization for coordination of the project.
Although all the activity orbits around a common subject, the specific activities and profile of the volunteer will be different depending on the placement. In general terms:
DAILY CENTRE:
PORAKA NOVA, as one of its most successful projects, points out the social service DAILY CENTRE opened in 2005. The Daily Centre is attended by persons with light, mid-severe and severe intellectual disability. With them works professional team on acquisition and development of social, cognitive and practical skills essential for improving their quality of life and their higher inclusion and integration in the society.

" ACTIVITIES:
· Development of social skills and personal autonomy
· Care and attention
· Practical activities and house-works
· Sport and rehabilitative activities
· Work and occupational activities
· Educative program
· Creative workshop
· Leisure activities (walks, excursions, cultural visits, events, etc.)
· Free meals (breakfast and lunch)

" GROUPS:
· Child's group (age: 3 - 10 years)
· School group (age: 10 - 18 years)
· Adult group (age: over 18 year)

" HUMAN RESOURCES:
· Main educator
· 2 Educators
· Volunteers
LEISURE CENTRE:

This is a new project which will start in the beginning of 2010.
It attends users between 6 and 50 years old, offering programmed leisure activities. An entertainer works as the coordinator of the centre together with an education technician, instructors and free time activity experts. The activities are divided according to the age of the users.
The estimated results of the Leisure centre are:
· Improve the skills and abilities of the persons with ID
· Obtain and develop new skills and abilities of the persons with ID
· Raise the awareness of the parents and the families for the abilities of their children with disability
· Establish a leisure activities for the persons with ID who weren't included till now from various reasons
· More family respite and free time, and a possibility for employment for the family members
· First centre for leisure time activities for persons with ID in Struga

" ACTIVITIES (Courses):
· Social abilities and personal autonomy.
· Sport and outdoor activities.
· Intercultural workshop.
· Art and manual activities.
· Literacy.
· Informatics.
· Music therapy.
· Modern dance.
· Traditional dance.
· Initiation in singing.
· Initiation in theatre.
· Cooking.
· Languages.
· Gardening.
· Photography.
· Inclusive leisure time
The Inclusive leisure time program predicts activities in respect of the needs for rest and recreation of the persons with intellectual disability, by promoting their personal development and social integration and inclusion in leisure community, and preventing the social exclusion.
This program is aimed for children, youth and adults with intellectual disability.
Every Friday would be reserved for leisure time activities, prepared and organized in consideration of the needs, tastes and interests of persons with intellectual disability.

Horário: " WORKING HOURS (Monday to Friday):

· All-day program (from 7:30 to 15:30)
· Half-day program (from 11:30 to 15:30)

" WORKING HOURS:
· Monday to Friday (from 16:00 to 20:00)

Documentação: CV e Carta de Motivação