ESC in the multilingual Day Care Center "Kita Polyglott"
AWO Karlsruhe gemeinnützige GmbH
Kita Polyglott
Karlsruhe, Germany
Description
The "Kita Polyglott" is a multilinguday care centre located near the forest of Karlsruhe. The centre welcomes 40 children in the age of 2 months to 3,5 years. The main focus of the day care centre is the linguistic education: the centre hosts two bilingualGerman/English groups and two German/French groups. A various program for the children is offered: playing together, working with art and colours, doing sports, experiments and discovering natural sciences, playing theatre or doing handicrafts.The main goal is that the interests of the children are being supported by the educators and the volunteers. Lunch and snack are provided for the childran and also for the volunteers. Your tasks will be mainly supporting the educators, helping tidying up after eating and integrating in a multilingual professional environment. You will have 24 vacation days: 3 weeks in summer and 2 weeks in winter. For more infos and to apply: https://www.jugendwerk-awo.de/freiwilligendienste/esc-calls
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
You will be accommodated in a big house with other 6 international ESC volunteers. You will share with them kitchen, a yard, 2 bathrooms and a living room, and you will experience a beautiful community life. You will have your room, plus the house has a little guest room. The accomodation costs are covered by the project. You will receive approx. 160 € pocket money and approx. 288 € for food every month. You will also have a card to travel for free in the whole region with public transports during the whole project. For more info and to apply: https://www.jugendwerk-awo.de/service/esc-calls/
Training during the activity
You will take part to two seminars of 5 and 7 days each: these consist in trainings organized by the National Agency, and allow you to meet other ESC volunteers in Germany, share your experiences, learn and talk about the main concepts of the European Solidarity Corps. The meetings take place in different cities in Germany. You also have the possibility to attend a course to become a youth leader, a German language training of 6 weeks, a first aid, climbing and a life guard courses. all of these offers allow you to work with kids and youngsters during your voluntary service and in the future.
Participant profile
• At least 18 years old • Interest in pedagogique work • Interest in working with young children in the age of 0 to 3,5 years • Good knowledge of English (understanding, speaking, writing, reading), basic skills in German or French would be helpful but aren’t mandatory • having an accredited sending organization (PIC number, accreditation number, name and contacts) • Open to get to know Germany and German culture and interested to live in another country for a year. To apply: https://www.jugendwerk-awo.de/service/esc-calls/
Activity dates
From 01/10/2024 to 28/02/2025
Activity location
Karlsruhe, Germany
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Albania, Algeria, Anguilla, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Martinique, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Helena, Saint Martin (french part), Serbia, Sint Maarten (dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St Pierre and Miquelon, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Türkiye, Ukraine, Virgin Islands (British), Wallis and Futuna
Activity topics
Health and wellbeing
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 16/03/2024 23:59