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Data de início: 05-09-2014

Data de fim: 04-07-2015

Vagas: 2

Duração: 10 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 27-02-2014

Financiamento: Candidatura

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Resumo: Town district municipality is located in the north-western part of the Aukštaičiai Upland, in the basin of the Šventoji River. It is a region of uplands, small hills, thick forests and picturesque lakes. The south-eastern part of town district, with its beautiful pinewoods, lakes, small rivers and streams, falls within the Aukštaitija National Park. The region is great for those who enjoy spending time in nature, travelling and practising water sports. There are several picturesque kayaking routes, a great deal of camping spots in the forests and beaches by the lakes. In winter, ski slopes can be reached within one hour drive to nearby Ignalina and Anykščiai. Equestrian sports are also well-developed – every year a race of trotter horses is being held in the city‘s racetrack, there is also a stud in the town.
The administrative centre of the district municipality is the town – one of the oldest places in city known since 1261. The town is situated in an exceptional location – amid the lakes Dauniškis and Vyžuonaitis. Nowadays the city is an important cultural, educational and industrial centre with a population of 45,000 inhabitants in city District and 32,000 in town.
Although there are not so many entertainment options for youth in city, they can join and participate in public activities and town’s cultural life. There is city Youth Organization “Round Table” which connects 19 youth organizations, leisure and cultural events are being organized. Every year city celebrates its birthday with full day events and concerts, street music day is organized. The city museum of regional studies not only stores the collected exhibits, but also organizes folk art, photography, professional artists’ and schoolchildren’s work exhibitions. Those who are looking for more entertainment activities and interesting events can easily reach Vilnius – it is only one and a half hour drive by bus to the capital.
Moreover, a wide range of important services are provided by the city public library and its 2 branches in town and 22 in villages. All the libraries are provided with computers and support public access to the internet. As well as that, fulfil cultural, information and educational functions. In the year 2002, city public library was acknowledged as a model library for Eastern and Middle Europe countries for its active work in a purpose to become a modern society‘s information centre. In 2008, the new building of the library with a total area of 3120 m2 was opened. The idea was to destroy existing stereotypes of a conservative library and to build an open, light and welcoming library, to create the sense of freedom. It is a place designed for leisure, studies and cultural/educational events; people may move freely through all premises and use all collections: they can read, use the internet, databases, wireless network and connection of video and audio recordings. There is also a training lab where computer literacy and internet courses are being organized for the general public. People are attracted by comfortable atmosphere, modern technologies and free services in the library, which results in a constantly growing number of library’s visitors. Another important sphere of activities is the creation of the internet content – the library has 5 web pages with 151,307 virtual visitors per year.

Perfil: The library is willing to welcome a volunteer from any country. We do not have any special requirements for the Sending organization and we are ready to collaborate with various institutions and organizations working in educational, cultural, social, health or other sector. No requirements for gender or age. However, preferably the volunteer should be eligible age to work (over 18 years old). The volunteer should have a high sense of responsibility when working with people, especially with children and youth. As most of the activities in the library are directly related to communication with people, we encourage to apply those, who feel confident showing initiative and enjoy communicating with different people.

Age 18 until 30 years old

Tarefas: Offered activities can vary depending on volunteer’s interests and abilities. The library serves as a community center and offers cultural, educational and leisure activities for different target groups: children, youth, elderly. It also strongly focusses on social inclusion, provides help and assistance for people at social risk, helps them integrate into society. A wide variety of library services and activities will allow the volunteer to choose a preferred direction, work in the area of interest, constantly improve and help others. Activities where the volunteer can be involved:
• Programs for children: educational workshops, games, creative activities.
• Cultural events for library visitors and local community.
• Organization of projects for youth.
• Work in Europe Direct Information Centre.
• Variety of activities with the elderly (arts, sports, self-expression tasks, etc.).
• Daily library tasks: maintenance of publications fund, client service.
The volunteer will be involved in team-work with the library staff as well as encouraged to initiate and organize own activities by receiving all the needed support from the staff.

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