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Data de início: 01-09-2011

Data de fim: 01-09-2012

Vagas: 1

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 13-07-2011

Financiamento: Aprovado

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 60 €

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Resumo: Through this project, cultural diversity has a chance to get into the lives of hundreds of
Romanian children, with playful activities and creative methods, brought by the EVS
volunteers from “Aici-Acolo 2011-2012”, inspired by the childhood folklore from their
own culture.
Children with different social backgrounds or from various geographical areas in Romania,
as European citizens of tomorrow, will have the chance of an early knowledge of the cultural
diversity. This will lead to a realistic understanding of the intercultural universe around them,
accepting cultural differences between people and integrating them into their universe of
knowledge without stereotypes, becoming like this more tolerant, less tempted by
xenophobia.
EVS Youth volunteers from all European countries are invited, through the activities that
will take place, to scan their own culture and then to present it in an easy way to the children,
making it more attractive and more understandable for the target group. This process brings
by itself a powerful and essential form of non-formal learning, because scanning is based on
the identities of the volunteers, and it’s made in a way they don’t usually have the occasion to
do.
This project continues the experiment of this concept implemented in A.C.T.O.R.’s four
other projects: “InterCOOLtural HOUSE”- 2009, “Coloring kids' life” from 2009 to
2010). “Here-There” (“Aici-Acolo”)- 2010-2011, “Diversity”- 2011. Analyzing the success
of the projects in the local community in Romania (Ministry of Education, teachers, parents,
media and especially children), and also the impact of experiential learning of the volunteers,
led to our decision to extend the idea and to involve new cultures.
Name of the project: Aici-Acolo 2011-2012
Duration of the project: 12 months
Host/coordinating organization:
A.C.T.O.R.- Cultural Association for Theatre and Origami in Romania ,
EVS accreditation send/host/coordinating organization 2010-RO-6
http://ec.europa.eu/youth/program/sos/hei/hei_form_en.cfm?EID=62000130239
About…
The project has 2 main activities:
-in different kindergartens and schools, social centers in Bucharest and rural areas,
presenting your culture to the children trough artistic activities and games
- in three hospitals for children where A.C.T.O.R. performs clinic animation programs
Other activities can be about getting involved in A.C.T.O.R.’s annual events like
campaigns, sessions to promote volunteering, the national origami contest.
Because it is a project about cultural diversity, we are looking for volunteers from all
European countries, from Africa, South America and China.

Tarefas: Working in kindergartens and schools

The volunteer will be in these institutions the ambassador of his culture. That’s why we would like to have volunteers from different countries in this project, so that the children will experience the diversity of cultures.
The volunteers have to find creative ways of working with children so that they will learn by discovering while interacting with the world around him in a non-formal and
motivating way.
Each volunteer will make a plan (helped by Romanian professional teachers) with educative games, stories, and songs from his country, divided in 3 or 6 meetings.

Example of subjects for each meeting:

1. Observing the sounds of the volunteers language:
Simple funny nursery rhimes, songs with movements, presenting short cartoons/ movies in the volunteers language
2. Observing colors and shapes :
Traditional costumes, flags, national symbols Collages
Role playing games, Introduction in the national legends
3. Observing the national rhytms and dances of the culture:
Dances, Coordonation and cooperation games, Playing the traditional music
4. Testing the national tastes and smells:
Prezenting pictures with the national food, Bringing samples of the national food
5. Playing games from around the country of the volunteer:
Specific games in the volunteer’s country
6. Observing certain traditional events in the volunteer’s country:
Movies/ Photos, Realizing a mini event like the same as the original

The volunteers will have one meeting per week with each kindergarten/ school, so that in one week they will go to around 5 different kindergartens/ schools, deploying all kinds of artistic activities- painting, dancing, theatre or educative games.

Choosing the activities depends on the volunteer’s way of expressing himself and interacting with the kids the best. The children are divided in age groups and the method may depend on that.

These activities have to follow the values of the kindergartens and to open the children’s mind to the cultural diversity around them.
Through attractive, playful and interactive ways, the children should discover and understand themselves and the world around them better.
Also, having as teachers and friends interesting personalities from Europe will improve their communication skills and their trust in them.

Working in hospitals

The clinic animation program takes place in 3 different hospitals: 3 days per week, around 3 hours per day. The categories of children from the hospitals are with orthopedic problems or burned, from the oncology section or with lung problems.
Some of them are also from poor families or from other social areas with problems.
Their treatment often requires a long period in the hospital, an unfriendly environment for the child.
The volunteers go in the hospital rooms and play with puppets, draw, read, make different creation workshops, make origami with the children, depending on what the condition of the child is and on the way the volunteer likes to express himself.
Sometimes only talking with the child in a friendly and optimistic way can improve his state.

Working with Romanian children

Working with children from 3 to 14 years old or from hospitals can be challenging sometimes, but seeing the progresses they make after working with you can be very satisfying. If the volunteers are calm, patient, responsible, careful, but in the same time creative, funny, skillful, you are a good candidate for working with kids and you should use your potential. Also, you have to know how to make yourself listened to; because children are the most exigent audience….that could be another challenge for you!
Working in this project does not require professional abilities in any of its activities.
The volunteers’ participation is expected to take the abilities they have in this domain to the next level as it will be proved in your Youth pass.

The intercultural experience

Once you’re here, you will have the opportunity to discover the Romanian culture from inside. The children you will work with and the system they are in will be an important way to observe and to learn more about us.
You will also meet other Romanian young people, as well as other volunteers hosted by A.C.T.O.R.

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Documentação: CV e Carta de Motivação em Inglês