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European Solidarity Corps

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V.I.A.C. - Institut pre podporu a rozvoj mladeze

V.I.A.C. - Institut for Youth development and support

Trstena, Slovakia

Description

We are a young, nongovermental organisation that operates in the northern part of Slovakia (Orava region). Our main goal is creating conditions that allow the young person self-potential development, self-realization and fulfillment of their needs to become personalities responsible for their life and personalities, which are interested in active participation on life of local but also foreign community. The way how we realize our activities is non-formal and informal learning, supporting of mobilities and multicultural learning. We are searching volunteer who would help us to prepare the activities for young people in our organization in the Youth club like a Inspirative evenings, workshops, debates, International caffe, etc. and also helps us to prepare big yearly events like Gospel workshop, Inspirative conference STEP, Award of volunteers, etc... Part of time he/she will help in the kindergarten with teaching of English conversation and with some other activities.

Gisting, fæði og ferðatilhögun

Volunteer will live in the flat 3 minutes of walk from our organization, near the city square. He/she will live with other 2 EVS volunteers (from Latvia and Lithuania). They all three will share one flat, which has 2 separated rooms and one very big room halfly separated for two boys/girls. There is 1 bathroom, kitchen and big corridor. This is quite a new flat. They can cook together, organize a free time and share their ideas and opinions. Breakfast and dinner they do it by themselves, during the working days the lunch they have together with people from our organization in Youth center.

Training during the activity

- on-arrival training - mid-ter training - online assesment centrum - support from EVS coordinator

Participant profile

A volunteer should be talented/interested in learning. He/she will work in kidergarten to help with teaching of English and will help us with preparing of activities for young people in our organization. Because of the idea of our organization and everyday contact with the people, he/she should be communicative, open and friendly, experience with working with children and young people is welcomed. Work with children and young people needs to be creative, open, to have ability to listen, to think which activity is suitable for them, etc. Also at least a communicative level of English is needed.

Activity dates

Frá 17/10/2016 Til 30/09/2017


Activity location

Ustie nad Priehradou 41, Trstena, Slovakia


Individual volunteering


Looking for participants from

Spain, Portugal


Activity topics

Deadline for applications

No application deadline