KAIZEN Youth for Health

Activity description
It is a common belief that behavioral patterns are fundamental as to evaluate quality of life. We aim to quality of life (QoL) of 1) DISABLED and disadvantaged population including them to a short environmental protection campaign with medians sport & cultural events and 2) of the volunteers' themselves introducing them to basic principles of QoL. In our ESC project volunteers with fewer opportunities will cooperate with disadvantaged & disabled youth and other young people with strong potentials in sports, arts and ecological activation and all together will learn & support activities related to inclusive culture. Within the short time period of volunteering they will create a facebook community for passing their experiences, ideas and hopes in the digital world, a contemporary practice for keeping a directory of the event and sharing their opinions with others. EERcomt hopefully will make available to the ESC volunteers sports equipment, chairs, easels, music instruments etc.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Each volunteer or group of volunteers will be hosted to a marvellous studio in Thessaloniki's old town (Tsinaria) with all safety, hygiene & guality standards. Each volunteer will be committed to return his apartment as it was received, without damages or missing objects. Each volunteer will be challenged for 15 days to stay with a roommate and in the same time an opportunity to learn for the project by the view of another "KAIZEN Youth" volunteer. This has been made by purpose as a social challenge for the volunteer(s). Before their arrival there must have already signed related contract.
Training during the activity
Participants will be hosted will be able to receive EER certification as volunteers with advanced skills or youth workers/ leaders (4 levels available). Those training courses are beneficial for our volunteers as to strengthen their capacity and skills as youth workers and leaders. We also cooperate with several external organizations that certify youth with badgets of European recognition and we enhance our volunteers to join their seminars (eg. thecourses.eu; unicollaborationtraining.org, etc). Other certificates: -EER certification & a reference letter according to achievements.
Participant profile
In the current ESC project we invite volunteers who: a) would like to support disabled population (i) to build their sociabilities profile as to be regularly socialized, (ii) to build on their self-assesment skills & competences and (iii) to be encouraged in getting involved in career challenges b) are connected to communities with disability (there is a close relative with disability, or studies in special education, work experience or volunteerism for disabled people or even high motivation to support disabled population) c) are connected to health-care background to make the difference