"Above & Beyond" - EVS

WE HAVE 1 VACANCY FOR 1 LITHUANIAN VOLUNTEER.

PROJECT IS ALREADY APPROVED.

The objectives of the project are:
- Promoting non-formal education methods - Promoting active citizenship and volunteering among youth
- promoting solidarity and tolerance for the marginalized -Promoting the importance of intercultural learning, intercultural dialogue and multilingualism among young people
- Promoting Erasmus + and the opportunities it brings for young people - Promoting respect for cultural and European diversity and the fight against racism and xenophobia among young people
- Mutual understanding between young people from different cultures Activities that the volunteers will coordinate include the project main themes such as: Roma communities, creativity and culture, active participation of young people. The methods used in carrying out the activities are non-formal, such as animations, energisers, ice breakers games, team games, role plays, debates, learning by playing, etc. Volunteers will coordinate various activities in the local community including: social inclusion activities with children and youth from the Roma communities, with children and young people in foster homes, "afterschool" activities with students in primary schools, will share their experience on a weekly updates blog, will coordinate workshops of art and culture, according to their skills and creativity, will participate in events and will organize various activities in the host community.
Tasks of the volunteer
• coordinating local volunteers of the hosting organization (teenagers),
• attending weekly meetings with local volunteers and support the staff of the organization in preparing activities
• updating the EVS blog weekly with new stories and experiences
• updating hosting organization's website and facebook page
• media: creating posters, flyers for various events of the hosting organization and the EVS project
• creating promo videos for the EVS project and sharing them online
• social inclusion: working with a group of Roma (gipsy) children in a daily center with the supervision of the social workers and in foster homes
• organizing events on various topics for the local community
• organizing and promoting non-formal education methods for the local community, such as: world-caffe, living library
• teaching English to children in a primary school by using non-formal methods
• attending trainings

DEADLINE FOR SENDING APPLICATIONS: 10th OF MARCH 2015.
PLEASE SEND A CV AND A MOTIVATION LETTER TO: roxana.pascan@gmail.com