Термінове волонтерство у Литві у молодіжному центрі
Pangeya Ultima шукаємо учасників віком 18-30 років на проект Європейського Корпусу Солідарності (ESC) в Ретавас, Литва. Дати перебування волонтера/ки на проекті: серпень 2021 – липень 2022.
Opportunity: European Solidarity Corps “DO IT FOR THE CAUSE, NOT THE APLAUSE”
Dates: August 2021 – July 2022 (12 months)
Location: Rietavas, Lithuania
Hosting Organization: Rietavas Open Youth Center
About organization:
Rietavas Open Youth Center a non-political, non-profit youth cultural association established in 2011 and based in Rietavas, Lithuania. It is specialized in youth work and operates in fields of non-formal education intercultural learning, it is a place where young people always find space for their ideas, dreams, free-time activities.
The ultimate goal is to help young people integrate into society in all its spheres to achieve their permanent socio-economic independence. Center is working on the following activities: developing and implementing nonformal education of young people, organizing workshops, lectures, events, camps, indoor and outdoor activities, provide information and advisory service to help young people in important choices.
The main objective of this project is to welcome two motivated volunteers who would help to raise awareness among young people and who would be interested to build, discover together an innovative ways, methods of youth work and implement these ways into work with young people in Rietavas community that would increase theirs integration into the social environment, an interest in their rights and opportunities in the local and international level. A secure and creative environment will be created to reach this goal and volunteers will be able to implement themselves by helping the host organization to achieve its objectives.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
Youth leisure time, youth policy, youth self-expression, healthy lifestyle, active ageing, creativity, culture, communication with/informing the youngsters are the main topics of the project. So activities for volunteers will be organized according these topics.
The main activities for the volunteer will be:
?To run his/her ideas and initiatives (there will be opportunities, created for
self-realization, e.g. teaching their native language, organizing arts/sports events for local youngsters).
?Organize and support the promotion of youth center activities (newsletters, blog, leaflets and another kind of advertisement).
?To help other youth workers organize/carry out activities (tournaments, events, celebrations and etc.), using their abilities and personal characteristics.
?To help the youth center with the promotion of Europian solidarity corps program, local and international volunteering through workshops, presentations in highschools, other youth centers
?Write blog articles by telling his/her own stories, activities.
?However, the daily activities will be organized together with volunteer at the time of arrival.
?Dissemination of project’s activities by uploading videos/stories on youth center website, facebook page organization’s website, Facebook group.
Travel
Trip from your country and come back is covered by the program, maximum budgeds depends on the distance between your country and Lithuania.
Accommodation and board
The volunteers will live together in a local College residence. Each volunteer will have his/her own room and there will be common areas: bathroom, kitchen, living room. The rooms are provided with heating, hot water, internet Wi-Fi, dishes.
The volunteer will receive monthly 140€ for food and 4€ of pocket money per day pocket money (120€ each month).
Local transport
Given the fact that Rietavas is a small town and there’s no public means of transport, the movement to the place where the activities take place will be on foot or by bicycle. (Bicycle is possible to take from youth center) It takes only 10 minutes to walk to get to the place.
Expected working hours
Volunteers will work 6 hours per day, 5 days a week from tuesday to saturday, moday and sunday are free. Holidays: two days off per month. National Holidays are also free days.
Mobile phone
Once you’re in Lithuania, you could purchase a local SIM card to use in your phone (be sure your phone is unlocked), or a data SIM for your tablet. There are several mobile phone networks in Lithuania.
Deadline: As Soon As Possible
Please, fill out the google form here: https://forms.gle/PwNGbZ3VvAbHQS9y8
If you have any questions, please, write us to pangeya.ultima.mobility@gmail.com
N/B Candidates from Vinnytsia and Vinnytsia region will receive the preference. Applications will be processed on a rolling basis.
