Eslováquia

3900

Data de início: 01-05-2014

Data de fim: 01-05-2015

Vagas: 1

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-02-2014

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 95 €

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Resumo: The organization is located in a district which is affected by high degree of unemployment. Geographical isolation causes long distances from industrial plants (working opportunities), on the other hand it provides healthy and clean natural environment. The city is inhabited by Slovak and Romany communities (about 50 people, most of them unemployed). Approximately 15 people are involved in the activities of our organisation. The goal of volunteer activities is to propagate the ideas of sustainable lifestyle.

The social rules in community are not written and could be observed from daily life. The volunteer is expected to accept principles of solidarity, tolerance and respect for other members of the local community.

Main themes of the Activity are Environment, Nature protection, Permaculture and Sustainable rural development.

This Activity will enable volunteers to be actively involved in the projects and non-profit activities of the organization connected with the programme Centre of the Alternative Lifestyle.

The Activity will partly follow the project Local, regional and old varieties in the context of food safety with aim to save biological resources (seed-saving) and to create local food production and self-sufficiency. This includes ecological planting and tree planting (eco-orchard, forest garden), young trees grafting, renewal of uncared orchards (cutting grass, treating old fruit trees, fertilization) and creating natural gardens (preparation of the soil, sowing seeds, planting). The fruit trees research contains localization of trees with GPS and camera, collecting biological samples of trees (leaves, buds, fruits, flowers), measuring and evaluating of collected samples and data processing afterwards.

The seasonal outdoor activities of the project also include managing the functional local recycling system (sorting the collected materials, practical education on waste disposal ways) and assistance at building small natural structures around the village (compost sites, wooden bridges, corrals, ponds, fruit-dryer, herbal spirals etc.).
Volunteers will take part in organising public courses on organic/natural agriculture (Permaculture), preparation of materials for workshops (such as osiers, barking the trees, wedging the clay) and they will assist with actual work in workshops (making of baskets, home-made carpets, pottery, bowls, spruce shingles, birch brooms).

They will participate in organizing the social and cultural events (folklore festival etc) for local communities.
After becoming acquainted with the work in our Community center and a new small library, volunteers should be able to help the local people and visitors looking up the desired information via internet or books in library.
The same room is used to provide distribution of literature concerning sustainability and home-made local products.

We expect and motivate our volunteers to bring and put forward their own ideas and opinions about the organisation's strategy and life. We provide them space to share their previous experience and to do things in the way they think or know will bear good results in their individual future.

All the activities will through the non-formal learning help volunteers to acquire practical skills and also knowledge about sustainable lifestyle, ecology, alternative technologies, local exchange-trading systems (alternative economics), self-employment opportunities in the remote and relatively isolated rural parts of the country.

Perfil: Age: 18 until 30 years old

Tarefas: The main aim of the organization is the environmental protection and sustainable rural development of the local community using the permaculture principles:
implementation of sustainable lifestyle and permaculture principles into everyday life, establishment of the Centre of the Alternative Lifestyle i.e. building up The Environmental Educational Centre in several years, introduction of the alternative technologies, creating and running local exchange-trading systems as well as the systems of the local mutual help (alternative local economy), fruitraising and market-gardening without use of fertilisers, ethical stock-raising, animal welfare etc.

research of local, old and regional varieties of agricultural plants and trees, rejuvenation of old uncared orchards in the village
workshops and courses on sustainability, permaculture, traditional handcrafts
organising a traditional folklore music festival Summer
organisation' s activities are supported by one co-ordinator and two active workers. Another six volunteers from local community take part in our projects. Regional group in town Revuca employs one person and provides working opportunities for ten volunteers.
the target group: people interested in sustainable lifestyle without overwhelming consumption, in alternative technologies and ecological farming. Children at elementary and high schools - environmental education.

Documentação: Age: 18 until 30 years old