Lituânia

4333

Data de início: 05-03-2015

Data de fim: 04-11-2015

Vagas: 2

Duração: 8 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 11-03-2014

Esta vaga está reservada a voluntários portugueses

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 80 €

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Resumo: The volunteers will live in a village. This village is the most beautiful historically rich borough of Žemaitija, is situated on the western coast of city lake. The town is a typical village of Žemaitija with interesting homesteads and Architectural values.

The population of the village is 1100. What you can enjoy here the most is the flora. Here one can find ashes, limes, maples and decorative bushes. The most famous and the thickest ash of country grows here too. It is a natural monument and local people call it the Ash of witch. During the summer season some people like to come to the city for their holidays near the nice lake. Travel around the city lake gives the visitor a chance to admire the hilly landscape. Tourists can visit natural and cultural heritage sites on foot, bike, boat or car and bus.

There are many interesting cultural places to visit: museum of folk art and ethnography, art gallery, the Cold war museum where one can get some information about the attributes of the Soviet army.

The most interesting cultural events of the area are Shrovetide In February or March, at the end of May we celebrate the Day of European Parks, on 24 of June St. John's feast. People from all over the country come here for the Great church festival in July. You can also participate or watch the swimming marathon in the city lake at the end of July, Rock music festival at the beginning of August and city regatta at the end of the month.

Even if the national park is a popular tourist site, it also hosts many cultural events, especially during the summer. Otherwise you can find establishments found in many similar villages. The city has a gymnasium, therefore graduates (youth) come back from city universities only for summer. You can also find 4 shops, 4 cafes, a yacht club. The park's directorate has a team of country Dodge ball called "Ripka", which plays in the national championship. Sportive volunteers will be able to join the team trainings or even some competitions.

Perfil: We would like to receive volunteers who would:

- Be willing to explore the nature, the Lithuanian culture, and lifestyle of a small provincial village.

- Be motivated for creative work with local organizations and peoples

- Be ready for physical work

- Be able to plan own activities and work independently

The directorate of national park is open for all young volunteers who are motivated to work, are flexible, communicable, able to adapt to various situations. The volunteer should be aware that he/she will live in a very small village, where few people speak English, and which is far from bigger cities.

All applicants will be considered and evaluated based on how well they suit the general profile of an EVS volunteer and the requirements of the host placement in particular. Primary selection process will be conducted by the sending organization, later by the host organization together with the coordinating organization.

National park is open to work with every organization having the status to send EVS.

Age between 18 and 30 years old

Tarefas: The volunteers will have an opportunity to learn various methods of work while assisting the park's specialists during the monitoring of biodiversity. Monitoring of birds, such as Whooper Swan, Honey-buzzard, Hazel Grouse, Corn Crake, European Golden Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Grey-headed Woodpecker. Monitoring of mammals - Common wolf (Canis Lupus), European lynx (Lynx Lynx) European Beaver (Castor Fiber) River Otter (Lutra Lutra).
The volunteers will also assist the park's specialists during landscape monitoring: photographing and making landscape digression surveys, visitor needs surveys and visitor flow surveys.
The volunteers will be asked to prepare material for a leaflet/small publication and the internet website about the park in their language. It would be a great contribution to the park's publicity.
Once acquainted with the park's territory, environmental, cultural heritage and the exposition of the park visitors' centre, museums, the volunteers will the able to assist guided tours for foreigners and later after learning some country language.
Each year the national park hosts various crafting seminars. The volunteers will have an opportunity to join them by helping in the organization and also learning the some traditional crafts (blacksmith, wood carving, eggs painting, weaving, baking bread, culinary heritage and many others).

On their initiative the volunteers will be able to organize intercultural evenings for the local community, share their culture with the local people, informally teach foreign languages, dances, songs and traditions to pupils, offer assistance at the old people's home. The volunteers will be able to suggest and realize ideas which would contribute to the park's objectives.

Documentação: Cv + Motivation letter in english