Volunteering at Kinderfreunde - project KECK II

Activity description

Österreichische Kinderfreunde is one of the biggest family organizations in Austria dealing with leisure time projects for children and youngsters and educational work on family tasks for parents and adults. Main part of the regional work are camps and daytime-activities during the school holidays, mobile social-cultural project work with play busses on public areas, playing fields, sports projects for youth connected with drug prevention, integration activities with refugee children and immigrants, media work. Another very important part is networking, so we collaborate with other organizations and institutions working in our field. Regular activities at project KECK are teenager afternoons in the local youth centre, playing games with the youngsters as well as the seniors in the retirement home, playing ground animation, cooking together, children's newspaper & radioshow, excursions, sports, outdoor activities, working at the local community garden, intercultural events etc.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

A local standard accommodation is provided. Receives food money monthly from the host organization. Local transport is provided by the host organization.

Training during the activity

On-arrival training and Mid-term training in Austria. All costs covered.

Participant profile

Suggested activities of the volunteers are assisting in the team with the everyday program, like sports, youth centre, elderly home, children’s newspaper, community garden, etc. We welcome the volunteer to create new ideas and inputs for the everyday program (e.g. new handicraft ideas, cultural activities, games from their home countries). Within the project hours we also support the volunteer to create and develop new ideas for new projects according to his/her interest. Important: Only applications with CV and motivation letter via e-mail (projekt.keck@sbg.kinderfreunde.at) are accepted.

Activity dates

A total of 51 week(s) during the period 15/11/2020 to 14/11/2021

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Activity location

Fürbergstraße 30/7, 5020 Salzburg Austria

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Looking for participants from

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Georgia, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Kosovo * UN resolution, British Antarctic Territory, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Greenland, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Saint Martin (french part), Montserrat, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, St Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn, Turks and Caicos Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Virgin Islands (British), Wallis and Futuna

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Activity topics

Social challenges

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Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 15/09/2020

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