Lituânia

3618

Data de início: 01-09-2014

Data de fim: 30-06-2015

Vagas: 1

Duração: 10 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-03-2013

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 80 €

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Resumo: Geographical environment
Lithuania is the largest of the Baltic states, with an area of 65,200 sq km and 99 km of coastline on the Baltic Sea between Latvia to the north and Russia's Kaliningrad outpost to the south. Other borders are with Belarus and Poland, which joins the country to the rest of the European Union.
The country is largely flat; the highest point being less than 300 meters above sea level, but it has fertile soil with many rivers and is well forested. The capital is Vilnius, and it has the important Baltic port of Klaipeda.

The Coordinating Organization is located in the town. The town is the fifth largest city in Lithuania with a population of over 100,000. The town is situated in the middle of Lithuania; it is halfway between two Baltic capitals.

Social environment
The population in Lithuania was 3.54m in July 2010, divided approximately as to: Lithuanian 84%, Polish 6%, Russian 7%, and other 3%. Lithuanian is the official language, and 80% of the populations are Roman Catholics.

The town is home to many theatres: the Drama Theatre, Music Theatre, Children's Theatre, Masks' Theatre, Puppets' Wagon Theatre and Theatre of Poetry. The city boasts a prosperous musical life thanks to the Chamber Orchestra, Brass Orchestra, Women's Choir, Jazz Singers Band, and the Folk Dance Groups. The Museum of Ethnography displays a historical review of the town.

Artists display their work at the Art Gallery, Photography and Galerija XX. The town is a member of the Union of Baltic Cities. Sports are an important part of life in the town, whether you are a supporter, a participant, or just like to keep fit. Basketball, football, handball, cycling, boxing, swimming and other sports are represented at different levels.

Economical environment
Lithuania gained membership in the World Trade Organization and joined the EU in May 2004. Lithuania is part of the EU's Schengen Area, meaning that there is visa-free movement within Schengen of nationals of all those EU Member States belonging to the area. Lithuanian residence permits are issued to nationals of other Schengen countries subject to some conditions, including availability of sickness insurance, “adequate means of subsistence”, and a place to stay. Temporary residence permits and entry visas for non-EU residents are still available but are more costly following the imposition of Schengen border controls. For tax purposes, residency applies to anyone whose permanent place of residence or whose centre of personal and economic interests is in Lithuania, or who spends more than 183 days in Lithuania during a year, or more than 280 days over two years.

The currency is the Litas (LTL), which is pegged to the Euro at a rate of 3.4528 to 1. Monetary policy is directed towards a conversion to the Euro, which is expected to happen in or after 2013.

Perfil: We would like to host long term volunteers who will be full of ideas and will like to share them with mentally disabled youngsters: working, playing, being together, breaking down barriers and taking on challenges. The most important is to be open mind; to understand disabled youth; to be motivated to work with such people. Main project idea - volunteer get to know peer with a disability; they will develop "normal" friendship relations with each other. The project motto:CHANGES BEGINS WITH ME.

We would like to host short term mentally disabled volunteers. We will offer various kinds of adopted educational opportunities to volunteers with fewer opportunities. Main project idea - volunteer get new social skills and new learning opportunities by doing non-profit making activities. The project motto: MAKE SIMPLE BUT SIGNIFICANT

The selection of candidates will be given equal opportunity to all regardless of race, ethnicity or gender. The main criteria - willingness to work with intellectual disabed youth and initiatives.

All who are interested to get very valuable informal learning experience and are interested in project idea welcome to apply.
We hope project will create lasting cooperation between the host and sending organisations around a specific topic or target group, and thanks to the recruitment and exchange of volunteers.
age: 18 until 30 years old

Tarefas: • what you can offer to volunteers in terms of Service and learning opportunities,the Coordinating Organizationwill make the special training for volunteer how to address and how to work with youth with special needs.

The Coordinating Organization will name a responsible person who is familiar with the tasks for the volunteer and will guide the volunteer doing the EVS. Responsible person will have regular meetings with the volunteer on the work related issues.

The Coordinating Organization will arrange Lithuanian language learning for the volunteer.
The Coordinating Organization will arrange cognitive trips in Lithuania and intercultural learning activities.

The Coordinating Organization will provide Youth Pass for volunteers to ensure recognition of the learning undertaken during the EVS.

The Coordinating Organization will offer young people to volunteer in another European country for non-profit activity, as a form of informal (and mutual) learning activity (learning / sharing knowledge).

• what will be the role of EVS volunteers in the Host Organisation,
The main role - to participate in all daily activities of the the Coordinating Organization and to implement one idea.
The volunteer will work 30 hours per week, 6 hours a day. Weekends and national festival days will be free.
During the project volunteers could have holidays. Holiday’s calculation: 2 days per month x EVS period.

• the activities in which the volunteers could be involved and the activities the volunteers could create in your organisation. Please give examples of typical activities/tasks for the volunteers.
- assistance intellectually disabled youth during serving the food, help with care about themselves; helping with clothing and hygiene (5%);
- assistance and support disabled youth during the educational and socialization activities (25%);
- assistance and help with organizing free time activities for disabled youth (20%);
- organization of different kinds of events at the the Coordinating Organization: festivals, disco, holiday celebrations and etc.(20%)
- realization of own project (25%)
- working in team with the Coordinating Organization staff (5%)

Volunteers at the Coordinating Organization will be asked:
- to be assistant of social worker.
- to do daily work in the chosen activity: pottery, art, sports, household chores, IT, music, technology, wool felting, theatre and so on.
- to help young people who have special needs and who are not capable to work with the group.
- to carry out disseminating projects such as: organizing exhibitions, concerts, meetings, trips, sports festivals with and for disabled youth.
- to organize special events for non disabled young people at general educational institutions that disseminate the idea of volunteering and to change young people's attitudes to mental disability peers.
- the volunteers should not only observe but also participate actively in the hosting organization activities.
Volunteer should also always find time to be with disabled peer and help him/her, talk with him/her and support him/her.

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês