Moldávia

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Data de início: 01-11-2014

Data de fim: 01-11-2015

Vagas: 2

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 15-10-2014

Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 80 €

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Resumo: The Association has now two private animal centres shelters-rescue centres. The territory is surrounded by fence to guard and keep the dogs. The dogs are kept in big cages, the territory is also divided into several sections for the safety and security of the workers and the animals. There is one administrative building with a room for handicapped dogs, and with a premise to medical procedures on the territory of the shelter. The shelter itself is located in the suburb village where there are fields and forests around. In the team there are veterinarian doctor, a local volunteer to guard the territory, and a coordinator to supervise and monitor the activities of the centre and support EVS volunteers. Additionally the local volunteers come to help with the dogs. Shelter is accepting 2 EVS volunteers. The association additionally has opened the second dog shelter premise, that is located in the industrial area of the city. Volunteer will be able to reach it by local city transport. Currently at the new premise of the Association there are several local volunteers helping to guard and take care of 50 adult dogs and 25 puppies that are kept in 2 big separated cages. The territory itself is surrounded by fence along with the necessary equipment to guard the animals. The shelter is open for everyone who wants to help and donate. However to guarantee the security in order to enter the territory a permission should be asked for. The local volunteers work in 24 hours shifts. Volunteer is expected to work in the day time, from 9:00 am till 16:00 pm. Shelter is accepting 2 EVS volunteers.

The volunteer will be provided with accommodation in the city and will have to travel to the hosting organization rescue centres every day by local buses. In order to get to the main shelter volunteer should take a regional bus, the bus ride duration is about 30-40 minutes and there volunteer also need to walk about 7-10 minutes through the village to get to the main shelter. In order to get to the second shelter that is located in the remote area volunteer takes the local bus, the bus ride takes about 25 minutes and from the bus station to the shelter there is about 15-20 minutes to walk up the hill. There is no infrastructure there and therefore the walking road requires the volunteer to have proper walking shoes for bad weather and warm outdoor clothe for winter season/autumn. We will emphasize that during the autumn and winter seasons when the day is shorter, volunteers will work only in the daylight hours to avoid possible safety risks. Moreover, for the safety of volunteer the shelter coordinators can meet with the volunteers on the bus station and walk to the project together, and the same - on the way back home. The city is the main administrative, economic, scientific and cultural centre. The city has just over 700,000 inhabitants and the whole metropolitan area is roughly one million inhabitants.

Perfil: The main recruitment criteria is:
- to be motivated and to love animals;
- having experience with working in a NGO is welcomed, but not required. It would be good if volunteer would have a small experience in being active in an NGO similar to the association in his/her own country to show that the person really wants to take part in exactly this project and has a strong interest in work with animals rights and with animals directly;
- having affinity and experience in the work with animals is an advantage, because in our shelters we have been hosting about 200 dogs, each of the dog requires much attention and care, each of them seeks for love and help from a person who works with them, and therefore volunteer should be ready to give his/her time, efforts and warmth to the animals. Also it will be very welcome if volunteer shares his/her own experience of his/her own country, for example how animal shelters function there and how we could learn from their experiences;
- to be ready to do physical work in any weather conditions;
- to be ready to spend (around three hours per day) in the shelter with dogs in any weather conditions;
- to be ready to work in the team where people speak a different language;
- age: 17-30

Tarefas: The volunteers will have the opportunity to grow in the organization. Also there are possibilities to see all the aspects of working in the organization. For example to take care of the animals and do administrative work or help with promoting activities. The main role of the EVS volunteer is to help the association staff to take care of dogs and work together on the promotion of animals rights in Moldova. The main tasks include the following activities:
The first direction of work will be helping the association staff to promote the animal rights in Moldova, therefore volunteer will develop critical thinking on the proposed issue, will develop research skills, organizations skills, PR and media communication skills, will get in a closer contact with Moldovan community, develop writing skills. In this context we will propose the volunteer the following basic activities:
- research and analysis of information about the situation with animals rights in Moldova;
-writing articles on various issues related to animals rights and the association activities for the association web-page, for social networks(FB, etc.), for local newspapers and Internet info portals;
-creation of posters and leaflets on the topic of animals rights and activities of the association, distribution of materials
- doing PR and various media work, meeting with media representatives and giving interviews about the association work and the situation with animals rights in the home countries of EVS volunteers;
- organizing the concerts with local artists to raise awareness on the problem of animals rights and to fundraise money for the association activities for dogs
- organizing meetings with children in schools to inform them how to take care of animals and how to respect animals rights
- updating website about current residents of the two shelters, helping to search for the hosting families for the dogs in Moldova and outside of Moldova.
- taking pictures of the hosted dogs, registering, making reports and help to create the portfolios for every dog
- participating in weekly actions for finding the hosting families for puppies, in spring, summer and autumn warm months, in the central park
- assisting the team and working together with the association local volunteers on the international dog exhibitions organized.
- take part in the annual march on the International Day of Animals Rights
- we will greatly appreciate volunteers own ideas on how to promote the animals rights in Moldova and do some fundraising for the the association shelter.

The second direction of work will be helping the team to take care of the dogs in the two shelters, therefore volunteer will be able to face the reality, become more sensitive towards the problem of stray dogs in Moldova, develop team work competences, learn more about how to take of the dogs:
- to play and to communicate with dogs (under supervision of the professional animal caretaker);
- to take them out for walks in the neighbour hood park area
- to work together with an experienced animal caretaker and get functional help;
- to clean and take care of the places where the animals stay;
- to help in creating the places where the animals stay (putting the attributes on the right places) and make this places ready for the animals;
- to do fortification and does behaviour observation on the animals;
- to feed the animals;
- to do small maintenance;
- to help veterinary doctor;

We will propose the following weekly schedule for volunteers, that could be modified upon volunteer needs and interests:
Monday : 9.00- 12.00- helping in the main dog shelter in the suburb/ 13:00- 15:00- writing article for the web-page, as a weekly update about activities going on in the shelter
Tuesday: 9.00- 12.00- helping in the main dog shelter in the suburb/ 13:00-15:00- preparing and organizing a meeting in a local school on the topic referred to animals rights/the association activities/taking care of animals/etc.
Wednesday: 9:00- 12:00- helping in the second dog shelter in the remote part/ 13:00- 15:00- helping to create the portfolios of the dogs: taking pictures, registering their information, writing small reports on the life of each of the animal hosted in the shelter; sharing the information on the social networks, searching for possible host families in Moldova and outside.
Thursday: 9:00- 12:00 – helping in the second dog shelter in the remote part/ 13:00- 15:00- doing research and fundraising to fund the activities of the shelters
Friday: 9:00- 12:00- helping in the main dog shelter/ 13:00- 15:00 - organizing a social campaign in the main park to find host families for puppies(in warm seasons)/ organizing a meeting with one media representative to promote the activities of the association and raise awareness on the problem of animals rights in Moldova(in cold seasons)
Additionally we will underline that we annually take part in several dog exhibitions, organize the charity concerts, take part in March for Animals rights, etc, and volunteers are more than welcome to join us in these activities and contribute with their ideas.

Also, the association believes that EVS volunteers thanks to the service:
- will develop their skills in work with animals;
- will become more sensitive towards the problem of animals rights;
- will learn to be pro-active in the promotion of animals rights;
- by working in the international environment EVS volunteers will become more familiar with Moldovan and other cultures;
- will have the chance to discover Moldovan traditions and habits of life;
- will practice their foreign language skills;
- will train to work in a team and as well be independent;
- will develop their sense of responsibility and care for the others;

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês