Estónia
14265
Data de início: 01-10-2025
Data de fim: 30-06-2026
Vagas: 1
Duração: 9 mes(es)
Data limite de candidatura: 06-09-2025
Financiamento: Aprovado
Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 85 €
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Resumo: (Shelter for Mothers and Children)
The Shelter, established on January 1, 2001, aims to provide a safe and secure environment for children and young people without parental care, while also supporting families with children who might have special needs. The shelter offers a range of social services, with the most significant being the substitute home service.
The shelter is organized into 13 units, including the Shelter for Children and the Shelter for Mothers and Children. Both units have been welcoming EVS and ESC volunteers since 2005.
The primary goal of the Shelter for Mothers and Children is to protect mothers and their children, while also empowering mothers to regain their self-confidence and independence. Many seek assistance due to issues such as housing instability, family conflicts, and domestic violence. The shelter supports mothers by helping them manage their lives, find employment, register at food banks, and more. Additionally, providing a listening ear and offering advice are crucial components of the assistance provided.
Perfil: Age: 18-30
The motivation for working with children.
Experience in working with children or adults.
Be open-minded and interested in work at social organisation.
The volunteer can speak Russian at an intermediate level because the social workers at the center know only Estonian and Russian and at the same time, most mothers and children are Russian.
Tarefas: The volunteers’ main tasks are spending time with kids in the shelter, helping with organazing birthdays, holidays, special events, making crafts and decorations with the kids and mothers, helping shelter with different everyday tasks. The volunteer has the opportunity to visit various cultural institutions with families. The exact tasks will be agreed on together with the tutor. Some examples of the proposed tasks are:
- Running different workshops for the mothers and children in the Shelter (e.g. drawing, handcrafting, singing, sewing)
- Helping to organize and search different possibilities to expose the works or the achievements made by the mothers and their children in the Shelter (e.g. exhibitions)
- Introducing one’s culture and running cultural evenings as a part of intercultural learning
- Organizing events in the Shelter: (e.g. movie evenings, reading books, teaching one’s mother tongue, cooking with the mothers and their children etc.)
- Helping to organize Estonian National holidays and the birthdays of the mothers and their children
- Organizing outdoor activities (using recourses of beautiful Nõmme nature – a perfect place for skiing in winter, picnics or cycling in summer)
The volunteer will be encouraged to propose one’s personal projects/initiatives related to the theme of this ESC project which can be supported by the host organization.
The volunteer can take part in local as well as in international training activities related to one’s service.
Horário: The working hours will be around 7 hours a day from 10:00 or 11:00 (depends on the agreement between the volunteer and the tutor). The total working time will be around 30-35 hours a week. The volunteer will have 2 sequence days off per week. Volunteers will be working under the supervision and with support of local pedagogical staff.
Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter + Application Form
