RISE - Reinforcing Inclusion and Social Engagement
DKolektiv - organizacija za društveni razvoj
Osijek, Croatia
Description
ESC project “RISE” is calling a team of 12 volunteers to engage themselves in local Croatian community! RISE - Reinforcing Inclusion and Social Engagement is a project where volunteers from different countries can leave a significant impact on the local community through designing and organizing volunteer actions together with local citizens. You will participate in a local festival that promotes active citizenship of young people - the responsibility of the volunteer team will be to design a volunteer campaign, promotional activities, workshops and information for young people as part of the festival with the themes of the importance of active citizenship, community work and EU opportunities for young people. Volunteers will also implement activity with elderly people from elderly association, participate in promotion of volunteering in primary school, and visit various non-profit organisations in the local community. Look for INFO PACK HERE: https://tinyurl.com/RISE-info-pack
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
We provide accommodation, equipped and furnished apartment in which you will be accommodated. Volunteers will be in multi-bed rooms and will share kitchen and bathroom. The volunteer will be given 5 euros of daily pocket money (90 euros in total). Also, a volunteer will get 150 euros in total of food money. The plan is that volunteers make their own food in the accomodation. Trip to Osijek in purpose of ESC service will be covered by hosting organisation. The travel costs will be reimbursed to you after the activity, but only if you take part in the whole project.
Training during the activity
DKolektiv will provide the necessary education and training for the first few days of the project. Volunteers will work with experts in the field of volunteering and community development, with youth workers with extensive experience working with young people.
Participant profile
Volunteers need to be 18-30 years old, with high capacity of empathy and solidarity, willingness to learn. We are also expecting from volunteer to be a team player, reliable and flexible - volunteer must have communication and writing skills in English, capability in adapting to different conditions and living with other people. You need to be signed into European Youth Portal before start of the activity.
Activity dates
From 23/09/2024 to 08/10/2024
Activity location
Županijska 11, Osijek, Croatia
Volunteering teams
Looking for participants from
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Moldova (Republic of), Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Activity topics
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Education and training
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 15/08/2024 12:00