Rússia

4250

Data de início: 01-09-2014

Data de fim: 01-06-2015

Vagas: 1

Duração: 9 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 20-02-2014

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 90 €

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Resumo: The projects are located in a city that has a population about 1 500 000 people nowadays. This is one of the largests cities in Russia situated at the intersection of 2 huge rivers.

In the soviet times the time was a closed city, so people did not have many chances to communicate with foreigners. The city has quite strong relations with Germany, because of the twin city - Essen. There are some cultural centres Françoise, Japanese centre, Swedish centre, Czech and Austrian centres etc. So foreigners can find people speaking their mother tongues there.

Inhabitants in the city lead a measured mode of life; their life's temp is not so intensive like in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. But, on the same time, there is a lot of opportunity for self-realization and emotional life here - extreme sports, night clubs, museums, theatres, parks, fitness centres, libraries etc. Everybody can find a way to be satisfied in his interests and hobbies.

Environment of the organisation.
The project is supported by the organization our "contact point for EVS". It is situated in the same city. The Hosting Project - Library is situated in the first floor of the building in centre. So, there is very good transport connection to other parts of the city. In the library there are nice atmosphere in each department, each of them equipped with furniture, computers and has access to Internet. It is always possible for volunteer to take a break during the day and drink cup of tea or coffee together with staff of the library.

The working day of the volunteer is 6 hours a day 5 days a week. We also provide volunteers with vacation during the project and they have right to take part in any the organization's workcamps. Optionally we consult volunteers about opportunities to travel in Russia during holidays and suggests special travel projects for volunteer's group integration and discovering of Russian treasures.

Conditions of life.
EVS volunteers will live in flats with other volunteers or in families. They will have to share domestic facilities with 2-5 other volunteers or family members. Each volunteer will have separated room, because it is important to have privacy for the volunteers. Volunteers will be provided with necessary kitchen equipment and bed-linen. The city is a very big city, so the way from home to the city centre can take 1-1,5 hours (like in any big city).

Volunteers can use Internet at the office of the organization 2-3 hours a week, and they can make telephone calls to home 5 minutes a week (of course, if they have SKYPE, they can take more time). Some volunteer's flats also provided with internet connection.

Tarefas: The projects will give the experience of international work for the volunteers, as well as practice in communication with people from different background. During the project the volunteers will practice public presentation skills, project management, individual consulting, and work in a team. Besides the volunteers will improve their linguistic skills. The project will help volunteers to break stereotypes.

The volunteer would be an additional person who could add his/her ideas to create an intercultural and multilingual dimension for the library. Intercultural learning from the childhood can be only achieved by means of personal contacts and communication. The daily work with children offers a wide variety of exchange possibilities (music and songs, dance, story telling & of course, literature …). Creating an open mind and an interest in discovering other languages and countries is achieved in a very natural way based on a daily contact and exchange - it becomes a sort of natural effect of becoming familiar with each other.

The children will have access to other languages, other cultures and will naturally learn intercultural openness and positive interest. The employees of the library will get an intercultural surrounding at their work place. The volunteer and the children can benefit from each other. The work with children offers many ways of exchange.

The main process of the projects is learning process. Volunteer will learn by non-formal way with support of staff of the library, mentor and coordinator. They will evaluate together regularly and speak about competences, which the volunteer reached and is going to reach. Mentor and coordinator will help volunteer to realize her/his learning process and at the end of the project create Youthpass certificate.

The volunteer will have a social role in the library, and be in contact with children. S/he will assist in the daily work in the library, including administrative and informative tasks.

The primary activities of the volunteers are:
1. Helping with organization of a study group for the smallest readers of the foreign literature, including games, competitions, songs and dances.
2. Participation in the events and actions organized by employees of the library. Take an active role in communication with children, in preparation materials, in inventing new ideas.
3. Visiting some schools, orphanages together with representative of the library with presentations, interesting games.
4. Taking part in the projects, realized in different departments of the library.
5. Helping with preparation and realization of regional geography club.
6. Helping with technical tasks, as repairing books, decorating rooms, making order.
7. The volunteers will have opportunity to realize their own small project with help of library staff. Realizing their own project can influence the community by this way as well as involve Russian volunteers to participation of this project.

Horário: Example of typical working week of the volunteer.*

Monday
10:00 - 11:00 planning for the week
11:00 - 13:00 work in the library
13:00 - 14:00 break, lunch time
14:00 - 17:00 work with children in the library
18:30 - 20:00 Russian language course

Tuesday
10:00 - 12:30 presentations, games in the school/orphanage
12:30 - 13:00 trip to the library
13:00 - 14:00 break, lunch time
14:00 - 17:00 work with children in the library

Wednesday
10:00 - 13:00 technical work
13:00 - 14:00 break, lunch time
14:00 - 17:00 preparation for the event

Thursday
10:00 - 13:00 preparation materials for event
13:00 - 14:00 break, lunch time
14:00 - 17:00 preparation materials for event

Friday
10:00 - 13:00 event for children in the library
13:00 - 14:00 break, lunch time
14:00 - 14:30 trip to the office
14:30 - 18:30 time in the office (phone calls, Internet, meeting with coordinator, mentor, solving problems)
18:30 - 20:00 Russian language course

Saturday and Sunday - weekend
* It is just an example. Concrete plan will be made together with the volunteer after his/her arrival. The volunteer can be asked to work on Saturday and get second free day on Monday.

Condições: All the candidates will be selected through selection process for participation on the project. The selection process involves a written CV, motivation letter and possibly of an interview. All the applications will be forward to us from the organization. As Hosting Organization, library will have biggest say in the selection and at the same time the organization will be involved with a consultative role, and discusses together with the hosting organization. We will read all the applications, we will contact a few candidates, and have further contact with them. Usually we provide candidates with contacts and they are able to speak to the current or former volunteers, also to make sure that this project is really of their interest and that they think that they will get what they expect.

Person who decides for EVS has to understand that s/he is coming into new environment. It would be nice if the volunteer will be interested in making social service in Russia. Our library works with different programmes, so we want someone who is adversative and is willing to work on different fields. If the volunteer is youngster with less possibilities, s/he can make a pre-visit in our organization. If the volunteer doesn't have any skills or competences, we will try to keep her/him open to learn new things and be ready to meet some difficulties during this process and take it as positive and useful experience.

All the candidatures are discussed and selected on the following criteria:
- motivation to work with youth, children, adults and old people;
- readiness to work hard, because it's not so easy to work in the different conditions, with international - team, with other educational system and in the other language;
- readiness to learn Russian and to communicate in Russian;
- readiness to promote his\her own national culture.

The most important criteria is strong motivation to do voluntary service and learn a lot from the project!

Our library is experienced organisations in hosting EVS volunteers and always divide staff work and work of volunteers. EVS volunteers always realize only project activities, and if they still have a motivation to do more they have a possibility to lead their own mini-project, like workshops for orphans or individual caring on child, so this is additional service for local children or youth.

Type of the Sending Organization could be any. We would prefer to have volunteer, strongly supported not only by us and the organization, but also by Sending Organization.
Age: 18 until 30 years old

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês + Application Form

Download: 4250 - Application Form.doc