Team Volunteering in a Youth Center in Riga

Activity description

Young Folks LV is a non-profit organization based in Riga. Our goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment that discovers and develops the cognitive and creative skills of different target groups. We promote non-formal education and meaningful communication, creating a welcoming and inspiring environment alongside a friendly community. Since July, 2014, Young Folks has been an NGO, which presently presents one of the biggest and the most active youth organizations in Latvia. We invite you to the TEAM VOLUNTEERING project in the youth organization Young Folks LV in Riga, Latvia for 16 days. We invite you to volunteer in Latvia in the youth organization Young Folks LV to help us run an international camp for teenagers for 4 nights-5 days (approximately for 30-40 teenagers), as well as to prepare a youth festival for 150-200 people (the festival will involve all clubs of the organization, different ages, about 50 master classes, and different events will be prepared).

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Place and location: At Liberty - the hostel in the center of Riga, where you will spend a few days getting ready for the camp and festival. The hostel is located next to the YoungFolks office and is right in the middle of the old town. Veczemju klintis - one of the most beautiful places in Latvia. It is a camp place right in the woods 3 minutes away from the sea and beautiful caves. You will live there in tents ( that are provided) as well as we have the kitchen there.

Participant profile

We expect young people between 18 and 30 years old who speak English from 9 European countries. You should be interested in working with adolescents and young people using non-formal education methods and be willing to work in an international team on a joint project. Your competencies can be quite varied, but you must tell us exactly what competencies you possess to make your volunteering work effective and useful for the project. We will list a few of them so that you understand how you can utilize your best sides.

Activity dates

A total of 2 week(s) during the period 04/07/2024 to 21/07/2024

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Activity location

Krisjana Barona iela 32, LV-1011 Riga Latvia

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 Teams volunteering

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Looking for participants from

Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Georgia, Croatia, Italy, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden

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Activity topics

Education and training

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Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 18/05/2024

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