Roménia
9139
Data de início: 01-10-2020
Data de fim: 30-08-2021
Vagas: 1
Duração: 11 mes(es)
Data limite de candidatura: 01-09-2020
Financiamento: Aprovado
Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 60 €
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Resumo: The Asociatia YMCA Baia Mare is a youth non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organisation constituted in 2001. The organization is also one of the co-founders of the national movement.Our aim is to develop nowadays society through empowering young people, consolidating communities and supporting families according to the principles of democracy and human rights.Our purpose is developing a collaboration environment through working with dedicated volunteers, partnerships with local authorities, NGO`s, CBO`s, youth groups, for increasing their involvement in conflict resolution and solving issues generated by multiculturality and diversity.
Building stronger communities is the renewed continuation of what we have been doing in both local and international youth led programs. In the 16 years of experience that we have, the quality youth work creates a big impact in our context. By bringing international youth we spread our service to a bigger frame and our work is enriched by the new
perspective, knowledge, mentality, interculturality. We are proud to say that we offer a free and safe space for self expression and creativity, which leads to a wider development and empowerment.
Its idea is to develop youth empowering programs in which youth are empowered to become active citizens engaged in their community. The proposed project addresses the needs, interests and hot topics existing at European and local level: civic engagement, youth empowerment, climate change and environment protection, inclusion. Everything is
structured in community context through solidarity activities that lead to positive societal change, improvement of skills and increased employability opportunities, fostering cooperation, in a high quality youth work frame, following the principles of the European Solidarity Corps and organization's core values: care, respect, honesty, responsibility, faith,
diversity, solidarity, inclusion, cooperation.
„Building stronger communities” project aims to promote solidarity through volunteering activities, to encourage active citizenship by empowering young people to engage in strengthening our communities, by advocating for climate, diversity, inclusion, non discrimination, democratic participation, equity, cooperation.
Objectives:
- To develop the competencies for personal, educational, social, civic, cultural and professional development of 4 volunteers by engaging them for 11 months in several community programs promoting environmental awareness,solidarity, inclusion, equality and equity, youth participation, interculturality;
- To raise awareness about cooperation and solidarity within the community by creating links and intergenerational event in 5 neighborhoods from Baia Mare, aiming for positive societal change
- To raise awareness about climate change and implement concrete actions among a number of minimum 300 children and youth from several cities from Maramures region and ensure that their voices and actions are heard by sending it as recommendations for the local authorities and by media promotion, during the 11 months of volunteering.
- To engage 50 children and young people with fewer opportunities in Inclusive programs led by our international volunteers designed to fight against discrimination, exclusion, segregation, bullying, violence, aiming to build trust and community involvement.
- To empower the 4 volunteers to create during their service their personal workshop based on their needs, interests, abilities, by involving different community groups.
- To promote in a regional level the European Solidarity Corps as an opportunity for personal and professional development, employability and transition into the labor market, among youth, especially among those with fewer opportunities, during the 11 months of volunteering.
Perfil: - Volunteers will be aged between 18-30 years and coming from Austria, Portugal, Spain and
any other EU countries
- Needs to show enthusiasm, motivation to learn and show creative knowledge ,abilities.
- Needs to be motivated to create and implement activities related with the environment and inclusion involving local teenagers and communities
- Determined to be involved in a long term mobility project that will finish after 11 months.
- Skills and willingness to adapt to a new country and culture.
- Interested in organizing community events, in non-formal education, in climate change issues and participation.
- Basic English speaking skills (this is not an essential condition).
- Artistic skills (music, dance, theater, painting) are an added value.
- Are facing difficulties: socially, economically, geographically, unemployment, school drop out, coming from minority communities, from single parent families, from conflict areas, foster care, etc.
The volunteers we are expecting should be interested to work in the youth field and in the community out of care, respect, honesty, responsibility, solidarity, love , cooperation. We are looking for open-minded persons who have the desire to come to Romania and experience all the challenges that might appear. We don't require a lot of experience or special skills, just openness and willingness to learn and work.
The selection process is a fair one, we accept anyone’s application, volunteers from different backgrounds, cultures, race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity. We believe that anyone is equal and should be given this opportunity to be selected in an ESC volunteering project , regardless of background, competence or experience.The profile of the volunteers will be related with the topics we will address in the project and the objectives we fixed previously.
Tarefas: - Inclusion programs at HHC family/foster homes in Baia Mare, at Cavnic (city declared legally disadvantaged -urban poor, with a mixed population of Romanians, Hungarians, Germans, Roma), in the roma community
–creative activities, green education, sports, activities to develop social competences and ITC and digital competences, recreational activities, intercultural education, SDGs, civic engagement
- Own activities that the volunteers will create and implement in the second part of their
service based on their interests and abilities; open calls will be created to foster community involvement.
- The Y(outh) 4 SDGs - leadership and Sustainable Development Goal education and action program for preteenagers and teenagers.
- Green Club : climate change and environmental education for young people from schools.
- YMCA Leadership Academy : education and actions for SDGs, Youth Goals, Climate change, community engagement, youth led projects/events, activities for and with local YMCA volunteers
- TenSing Program: youth led program focused on leadership through theatre, music, dance, media content to transmit messages values, important for youth.
- Youth Centre activities - with youth who are coming to the Youth Center belonging to Maramures Youth and Sports Directorate - activities will be developed according to the needs and interest of the youth coming there: from socializing, games, common activities, club , debates, community projects
- Media activities in which volunteers will create products, promotion on social networks, platforms, ebook (about participation of young people, youth and climate change an excellent tool for promoting and disseminating the themes of the project, activities, results, explaining the meaning of young people the benefits of community involvement and inclusive education meant to strengthen a community), monthly newsletter.
- Community Links program: interact at least 5 neighborhoods of Baia Mare and create 1 event/neighborhood, according to their needs and interests. Beneficiaries: youth, kids, adults, seniors- inter generational approach
- Weekly meeting of coordination, supervision, evaluation, task related support.
- Office work: perspective about how an organization is operating, documents, acquisitions, procedures, press releases.
- Mentorship: establishing the learning objectives, internalizing the daily basis experiences, sharing of feelings and thoughts, integration, reflection on personal assets and working on the Youthpass.
- Romanian culture & language: vocabulary, grammar, common expressions, conversation, writing, reading, cultural, historical aspects, integration.
- Meeting with other NGOs, authorities, other community stakeholders – integration, awareness, collaboration.
- Involvement in the association's projects: festivals, camps, training, events, general meetings.
- Planning and preparing the activities for the week: research, preparation, materials, logistics.
*We will organize 9 sessions presenting volunteering and ESC during the community events and complementary activities.
**In summer of 2021 we will have our educational and recreational camps including children and young people with fewer opportunities both from the programs over the year as well as new groups, in Baia Mare, Cavnic, other areas, depending on the planning of the Camp Program Committee.
Accordingly with the evolution of the Covid 19 pandemic, the activities can be adapted to online sessions and to the community needs from that certain period of time. Also the period of the service and be shifted before October 2020 or postponed, depending on the specific situation from autumn.
Documentação: CV + motivation Letter