Volunteering in the Panevezys education center "Sviesa"
Panevėžio "Šviesos" ugdymo centras
Panevezys, Lithuania
Description
Target group – 4 volunteers from EU and partner countries. Center organizes various activities after lessons and social events for pupils with disabilities. The volunteers will be fully included into the team, in organizing activities and different workshops for the children and youngsters with intellectual disabilities. The main activities and fields of work for volunteers will be: assisting and working with disabled children together with teachers during lessons in this way exchanging the ideas and the methods; assisting pupil in non-formal extra activities; volunteers will have chance to organize their own events and activities. The volunteer will have a lot of freedom to initiate his/her own activities for children. This project will not only open up possibilities for the children, but also for the volunteer who will get to know a new social and cultural world. Organization website - www.pssuc.lt Facebook profile - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057456489876
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Volunteers will be living in the separate apartment in the dormitory of our center. All of volunteers will have separate rooms, shared kitchen and bathroom. We will provide towels, blankets, pillows and bed linens. Internet connection is at the center (in IT classes) and in the accommodation place (wi-fi). Pocket money: 150€/pers/month. Our organisation provides a fixed amount for food - 180 €/pers/month. The travel costs to/from the project will be recovered according the Erasmus+ distance calculator, based on the distance expressed in kilometers.
Training during the activity
Volunteer will attend the On-arrival and Mid-term trainings, organized by National agency. Language course: the volunteer will have possibility to learn Lithuanian language on line. Volunteers will have weekly meetings and discussions with coordinator and mentor. In the end of the project will be organized final evaluation meeting.
Participant profile
We generally look for volunteers who are dynamic, creative, sociable, patient and that know what they want to do. You have to be motivated, willing to learn Lithuanian, able to work in a team, be sociable, flexible and creative: we would like to host people with interesting hobbies, with their own ideas and open to different cultures. If you are looking for a change in your life, want to get new experiences and gain new skills, want to live abroad and meet people from all over the world then start the journey that will change your life today and sign up for a volunteering project!
Activity dates
From 15/09/2024 to 30/06/2025
Activity location
Kranto 18, Panevezys, Lithuania
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Social challenges
Health and wellbeing
Education and training
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 28/07/2024 23:59