Alemanha

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Data de início: 01-09-2011

Data de fim: 01-09-2012

Vagas: 1

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 15-03-2011

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €

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Resumo: The school for children hard of hearing is east of Freiburg, at the edge of Stegen. (Charity organisation for hard hearing children and young people) supports as a non-profit making associa-tion primarily pupils of the Vocational Education and Consultation Center for the Hard of Hearing in Stegen. In 1970 the former State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing went into service. Today it is called "Vocational Education and Consultation Center for the Hard of Hearing". At present more than 300 deaf and hard of hearing Students are visiting the supra-regional school. It has about 40 classes and 3 groups in pre-school. In addition about 330 children are provided professional support services in the early intervention program, in satellite classes or in off-campus mainstream settings. More than 50% of the children and students are living from Monday to Friday in the Boarding School, because of the long distance to their homes. The catchment area of the Vocational Education and Consultation Center comprises the south-western area from the Lake of Constance to the french border and from the swiss border to the northern part of Baden. Students of the graduate school are coming even from german speaking foreign countries, in particular from Switzerland. Through closeness between school and residential accommodation a continuous exchange and close cooperation is possible. Special importance have building-up and development of language as well as progression and promotion of abilities to communicate. Extensive cooperation with resident schools and associations as well as complement offerings of instruction open up students a lot of possibilities in the fields of sports, fine arts, computer experi-ence, as well as sports like canoeing, judo, swimming, tennis, badminton, basketball, soccer and skiing. Joint adventures with public schools complete these measures and promote social integra-tion.

Perfil: The volunteer should be open-minded to work with hard of hearing youngsters. It's necessary for the volunteers to be sociable and outgoing, to have enthusiasm, and to be tolerant to foreign cul-tures. They should be able to interact well with different groups of people. An enthusiastic, respon-sible and flexible attitude towards the work is very important. Experiences in child care and youth work would be helpful, but not a prerequisite. To get easily in touch with the staff members as well as the children and their parents, a basic knowledge of german language would be helpful. The volunteer should be able to get involved into the staff and to contribute to the work. Language learning should not be the first or only motivation to make a voluntary service in this pro-ject. She/he should be interested to deal with german culture and to learn to manage everyday situations in german language.

Condições: By public transportation (bus and train) it takes about 30 min to Freiburg. The last train leaves about 11:30pm from Freiburg. There is one later bus at 0:40am. The volunteers share a flat; everybody has an own room, but bathroom and kitchen have to be shared. The flat is right on campus in a building, where older students live as well. Volunteers have telephone and internet access in their flat, to use on their own expenses. On top of the pocket money (€105 monthly) we provide a monthy ticket for public transportation. This allows volunteers using all buses and local trains in the region. It is very useful for excursions at week-ends and evenings. There is a weekly language training at one evening in Freiburg. All volunteers are combined in this training, no matter how good their German was before. If someone speaks very good German you might get unsatisfied. However, EVS is a cultural exchange and not a language class. The language training is a possibility for learning basic German for a better orientation and communication in a daily life. Above all it is a possibility for meeting other volunteers. Additionally, every volunteer has the possibility to participate in the language training of Neustadt. But so far this did not happen too often. Who wishes a language class of another/higher level needs to finance such a class by him-/herself. However, volunteers need to pay attention, that extra classes do not affect their work as a volunteer. Additionally, volunteers can attend events (speeches) at the university in Freiburg in order to improve their skills. About once a month I organize events and excursions such as hiking in the beautiful surrounding of Freiburg, visiting a concert or museum, going out for coffee or meeting for a pot-luck-dinner, etc. These events usually happen at week-ends. They offer volunteers to meet each others and to get to know the region. If a volunteer is interested I support him or her to get to know other people. There is an internet p