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Data de início: 15-02-2012

Data de fim: 28-07-2012

Vagas: 1

Duração: 5 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 12-08-2011

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €

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Resumo: We can offer the volunteer:
-to work together with the target group at the farm, as an equal
-to learn about the principles of biological farming and bringing products to the market
-to learn about the concept of social workingplaces
-to learn about life, insights in the way of living of the target group
-to discover the culture of Belgium and the way of living here.
The volunteer will mainly be doing manual work together with the target group. Helping with the harvest, weeding activities, preparing the vegetables for the market, … This work offers great possibilities to learn about the principles of biological farming and its commerce. Furthermore the volunteer will experience all these task in the context of social working places and he/she will be able to develop insights in the targetgroups of Loca Labora. Untill this day we noticed that the volunteers are not able to develop a personal project. We are very willing though to offer future volunteers the possibility for a proper project with own responsibilities. Every initiative or proposition will be welcomed and discussed in terms of attainability. There are possibilities for shared responsibilities if the volunteer is worked in and has earned the respect of the group. These responsibilities could be: planning and division of labour, guiding a subgroup, solving daily technical and organisational problems, giving psychological and social support to the employees, quality control.

Perfil: Please describe the profiles of volunteers you would like to receive in your organisation. Include information on how you ensure an open and transparent recruitment process as well as the overall accessibility of EVS to all young people. Consider further information about the type of Sending Organisation you want to cooperate with. This information can help the match-making between volunteer candidates, Sending Organisations and your organisation.

The volunteer should be open to all kind of people and tolerant.
The volunteer should be prepared to work outside on the field.
The volunteer should be independent.

The recruitment will be done by AFS as coordinating host organisation.
AFS, the coordinating host organisation, strongly believes in the intercultural learning aspect of an EVS-experience. Therefore, the volunteer will be living with a volunteer host family, as we believe this is the best introduction to Flemish culture and a great opportunity to integrate in the local community. Candidates should be willing to share in the host family's daily life (spend some free time with them, occasionally join the family on activities outside the house, eat together, give a helping hand in the household... ) and should be motivated to live with and learn about Flemish people of different ages and opinions. They should also be willing to adapt to the local eating habits. On the other hand, we guarantee a family that is interested to learn about your culture and background and that respects your values and beliefs. Living in a host family is an excellent opportunity for both you and the family to broaden your cultural horizons!
Candidates who are not sure this suits their profile are advised to get in touch with someone who has experience with living in a host family. If you already know you prefer to live independently, please refrain from applying for this project.

Tarefas: -Working at the Biological farm: 50% (sewing, taking care while growing, mowing, weeding, harvest, prepare products for the market, preparing to sell and finally selling in the shop)
-Working at the Guide the environment - project: 50% (maintenance of forest, hedges, trees, take care of certain nature reserves, clean up roads, …)

Horário: Average of 30 hours a week
" Weekdays hours: from 8 am to 4.30 pm, with coffee- and lunchbreaks
" Saturday hours: occasionally (an average of 6 times a year), only after consultation with the volunteer Recuperation time can be taken within the week, after consultation with the responsible person

Condições: the volunteer will stay & live in a local Belgian hostfamily. The integration in the local culture by living in a hostfamily is an important part of the project.


AFS, the coordinating organisation, will provide Dutch language lessons for the volunteer. These lessons will be given by an experienced teacher and will be organised in a central place that is easy to reach by public transport. The lessons will be organised weekly in the first weeks of the project.

The project will assign a personal mentor / contact person to the participant, so he/she can always ask this person for help or guidance.
AFS, as coordinating host organisation will give every project and every participant a local contact person, that will stay in contact and will regularly ask for an evaluation to improve the situation for all parties. In case of emergency, AFS has an emergency-mobile phone, which can be reached 24h/24h, in case of emergencies.
AFS will arrange the enrolment of the volunteer in the Group Insurance Plan for EVS, provided by AXA. Next to this we will also ask the project to register the volunteer in the group insurance of the workplace. We will also make sure that the participant has all needed emergency contacts of the project, the host family, the local volunteers and our organisation.

Documentação: Cv e Carta demotivação