TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Alexander “Sania” Oleinikov
Aim:
Provide international volunteers with skills and information necessary for the quality of their service.
Objectives:
• Introduce local realities and cultural differences
• Develop project plans
• Provide tools for realising the learning dimension of the service
Team: 1 trainer from Latvia (me), 1 from Belarus
Group: 5 volunteers from Germany and 4 from Poland.
Day 1
Team-building exercises to build the international volunteers' community and mutual support.
Day 2
Input on EVS.
Practical questions regarding the service.
Field exercise with tasks for getting to know local realities and basic practical things.
Project presentations.
Day 3
Project plans and possible developments.
Creating personal learning plans.
Volunteers feeling more confident in host placements and developed spirit of volunteers' community.
Planning and performing the program, as well as evaluating the activity.