AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM
Fondazione Stella Polare Onlus
Fondazione Stella Polare Onus
Catania, Italien
Beskrivning
We are an international community of around 12 people who live inside the project itself. The community is run by a yogic monk and many of our volunteers practice meditation, but it is not a must. Languages spoken inside the project are mainly English and Italian, but German, Spanish and Russian are widely used too. Our focus is an afterschool program for kids ranging between 4 and 14 years of age who live in a disadvantage area of Catania. Our mission is provide those children with a safe place where they can feel loved and cared for. Our volunteers are here to embody healthier life choices, dreams and ambitions. We assist children and youngsters with their homework, hold literacy skills workshops, offer creative activities, artistic workshops, teach English, organize team games and train kids in football, rugby and volleyball, do gardening with children, organize daytrips to natural sites, museums, factories and farms. In June -July we have a summer camp and take kids to the beach.
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We host our EVS volunteers inside the project, in large double rooms, each with a private shower and toilet. The kitchen and the dining room are shared with other volunteers. Cooking ingredients will be provided by the Foundation. Part of our philosophy is nonviolence, hence, we only cook healthy vegetarian food. You will get a pocket money of around 180 euro per month. Bikes are available. The travel expenses to the project and back to your country of residence will be reimbursed according to the European Commission’s procedure. Smoking, drugs and alcohol are not allowed inside the Foundation
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General volunteering training will be provided upon your arrival to Catania. You will also get specific teaching training for the kind of work you will have to do inside the project with special attention to the local social and cultural context. During your stay here, we will have meetings to discuss your progress, ideas you want to contribute with and difficulties you are facing. An Italian language course will be provided for you to improve your communication skills with locals. You will have a mentor ready to answer your questions and help you navigate through your doubts and difficulties.
Deltagarens profil
We do not expect you to be a professional educator or have experience in working with children. You will work side by side with people from who you will be able to learn. What we expect you to have is genuine desire to support children’s growing process, be able to offer love, patience, while also teaching them discipline. Ideally, we are looking for volunteers with a vocation for teaching/educating, arts or sports. Qualties you will need: fkexibility in living and working with other people, tollerance towards cultural differences, creativity in your work with children.
Datum
A total of 24 week(s) during the period 01/02/2024 to 30/09/2024
Plats
Via Villascabrosa 128/A,, Catania, Italien
Individuellt volontärarbete
Söker deltagare från
British Antarctic Territory, Anguilla, Albanien, Österrike, Aruba, Azerbajdzjan, Bosnien och Hercegovina, Belgien, Bulgarien, Saint-Barthélemy, Bermuda, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Vitryssland, Canary Islands, Curaçao, Cypern, Tjeckien, Tyskland, Danmark, Estland, Grekland, Spanien, Finland, Falklandsöarna, Frankrike, Franska Guyana, Grönland, Guadeloupe, Kroatien, Ungern, Irland, Israel, Brittiska territoriet i Indiska oceanen, Island, Caymanöarna, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Lettland, Libyen, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, Saint Martin (french part), Nordmakedonien, Martinique, Montserrat, Malta, Nya Kaledonien, Nederländerna, Norge, Franska Polynesien, Polen, St Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn, Palestina, Portugal, Réunion, Rumänien, Serbien, Russian Federation, Saint Helena, Slovenien, Slovakien, Syrian Arab Republic, Turks- och Caicosöarna, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Ukraina, Virgin Islands (British), Wallis och Futuna, Kosovo * UN resolution, Sverige
Aktivitetens ämnen
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Physical education and sport
Sista ansökningsdag
Sista ansökningsdag: 14/01/2024 23:59