Title : Vysočina Imprint
Dates: 1. 10. 2017 – 18. 6. 2018
Number of volunteers: 1 from Bulgaria
Areas of activities:
- operating of Youth Information Centre – information service, work on computers, European Information Network Eurodesk, Erasmus+, consultancy for young people, open club – possibility for children and young people spend their time in the centre with games, books, computers, just have a chat with friends, complementary services (sale of student and youth cards, internet, etc.)
- Youth participation – coordination of a local Youth Parliament
- Centre of non-formal education – workshops, seminars, debates, discussions, foreign languages conversation, multicultural activities – recognition of cultures – by music, films, food, education by sport and games, etc.
- Leisure clubs – dance club, creative club, exchange of experience, etc. – various activities for everyone who want to enrich a leisure time, to learn something, to create something,
- Senior Point – information, consultancy and activities for seniors, Senior club,
- Intercultural activities organized in partnership with the kindergarten and primary schools in the region,
- Traditional events and information campaigns – Dancing region, Anything for neighbourhood, European week of mobility, etc.) – taking place once a year, organisation, documentation.
- Regional office of national networks – Eurodesk, Erasmus+, intercultural clubs and others.
- Organisational and administrative tasks – minor tasks including getting to know administrative side of the NGO’s work,
- Space and support for the individual project.
All activities are focused on children and young people, development of their skills and knowledge, a youth motivation, a youth participation and their own activities, initiatives and projects. We support young people, give them opportunities, all necessary information and other resources which they need.
Main focus:
The EVS volunteer have main activities in the Volunteering Centre and partly also in the area of social work of Fokus Vysocina. As the Volunteering centre assists, contributes and develops particular activities with the NGOs involved in the network of the Centre the EVS volunteers has the opportunity to get to know this network and to be involved in those NGOs where the volunteers merge the intercultural aspect with the active involvement and volunteering support on behalf of the hosting organisation.
The EVS volunteers are involved in following activities: meetings, gathering and educational activities of the local volunteers, administrative work in the Centre, preparation, organisation and evaluation of the events, intercultural and language activities, workshop in the elderly houses, activities with the children, assistance in the sheltered workshops, language activities, regional events developed by the coordinating organisation. The volunteers have the space and support for their individual projects.
Museum work:
The volunteer will work in an institution that focuses on the history, culture, art and museum education. The volunteer will be involved in working with collections, educational activities, installation of exhibitions etc.
Task for the volunteer:
Documentation collections – photographing collection objects and edit photos on the computer (regular activity)
Educational activities – assisting with lectures and educational programs in the exhibition, opportunity and space for implementation of individual activities (creative club, language lessons etc.)
Assistance and help to research and technical staff – manual work, installation of exhibitions, collections control
Guide in a foreign language – according to the language skills of the volunteer
Self-study – visit other museums, conferences, reading, etc.
language training for employees:
Volunteer will learn in the collection department how the management of collection, meet with historically valuable objects. Workings with collections also include the manual work. Volunteer will learn in the scientific and exhibition department to create their own lecture/program for children and young people and can do regular club for children and young and the public. The volunteer will have the opportunity to install the exhibition and will be help in practical solutions exhibition. According to the volunteers’ language skills he/she will get the opportunity to guide in foreign language.
The volunteer will be responsible for the long-term tasks (documentation). He will be learn careful, stand-alone and responsible work.
Support:
The volunteers are supported in many way during their whole stay in EVS by the whole team of the hosting and coordinating organisation. It covers the organisational support, assistance, mentorship, language education, support for the assessment process of the learning outcomes, practical arrangement and any other support required by the volunteers needs. Support is planned and updated together with the volunteers according to their needs during the meetings and individual reflections.
Mentors are part of the EVS structure of the coordinating organisation, they are trained, prepared with the previous mentor’s and/or have EVS experience. They receive all information for their role, they have consultations with other people involved in the EVS project. Mentors support the volunteers in the free time orientation and the local community involvement, meeting the people and assist in the reflection and assessment process. There are 2 mentors as a support for the hosted volunteers.
The volunteers have regular “learning reflection meeting” with the EVS coordinator where they get to know the Youthpass and step by step work on it through the Learning diary created by Hodina H/coordinating organisation as a flexible tool for the learning outcomes self-assessment. Every month they talk about their learning experience and findings based on Learning diary and its parts. In the end of EVS they share the outcomes, compare with the state when they arrived and get a support to describe the learning outcomes within the framework of the Youthpass and get further information how to link the Youthpass to other framework for the support of their self-presentation and employability.
The Czech lessons are with the Czech teacher with experience of teaching the EVS volunteers and they are adapted to the level of volunteers and their learning needs. The language lessons are twice a week.
Other educational activities are in line with the volunteers’ activities and interests.
Accommodation: individual guest room in the last floor of the residence, every room has its own social facilities, a kitchen, an electric kettle and a fridge, bathroom, toilette, wifi.
Local transport is no applied as all distances are close. For the activities in other towns which can be planned is used the public transport – bus and the travel costs are covered by the hosting organisation.
Food: volunteers receive the food money at the beginning of the month together with the pocket money, they can cook for themselves, they receive the information about possibilities of full board in the residence.
All other practical arrangements (shopping, leisure time, cultural and sport possibilities, etc.) are available for the selected volunteers in the “Guide of the EVS volunteers which they receive before arrival and later ensured by the mentor.
The volunteers are getting to know the hosting organisation, their activities and other fields the hosting organisation deals with. The volunteers get support for the individual activities and initiatives of their contributions in the hosting organisation and the local community.
If you are interested to participate please send us your CV and Motivation letter no later than 15.07.2017 on the follwoing email: yia.alternativi@gmail.com with subject [EVS- CZ]
