📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Foundation Maarja Village was founded in 2001. Today we have more than 150 people, both with and without learning disability who live, work, study or receive rehabilitation services here. Since 2004 we have welcome more than 90 long-term volunteers from 15 different countries from all over the world.
Foundation Maarja Village is a competence centre for people with learning disability. Our aim is to support people with learning disability to become equal members of Estonian society. Our regular activities include:
- providing different supported living services;
- providing vocational training programmes (co-operation with local vocational training centres);
- providing several rehabilitation programmes;
- providing work-life services.
Our activities situate in different places. We have established Maarja Village, a home for 40 persons with learning disability in the rural area of South Estonia. Same time we have 2 living houses with 20 inhabitants in Tartu. We have different workshops and partners in the area of South Estonia included workshop building in Maarja Village and shop in the buziest supermarket in South Estonia.
💼 What the programme involves
Foundation Maarja Village is a competence centre for people with learning disability. Our aim is to support people with learning disability to become equal members of Estonian society. Volunteers accompany inhabitants of Maarja village. Creating activities and workshops with them, assisting them with their daily activities etc.
On Thursdays, volunteers have reflection day, tutor and mentor meetings and time to create their own initiative projects. That day will also be used for learning experiences that might not have to be connected with Maarja village work activities: getting to know local community and participating activities there, getting to know Estonia and Estonian people.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation costs will be covered. The volunteers will be accommodated in a house in Maarja Village, together with other international volunteers.
Each month the volunteer receives 270€ pocket and food money.
The transportation from home country to Estonia and back will be covered according to the distance calculator of Erasmus+ program.
If necessary, visa costs will be covered.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteer will have a mentor to help with any issue and support the learning process.
Once a week there is a meeting with the staff and other volunteers to analyse the activities and plan the upcoming week. Additionally, once a month all the volunteers and staff make trips to different locations in Estonia to learn more about our nature, culture and traditions.
The volunteer will have pre-departure meetings and an on-arrival and mid-term training provided by the Estonian National Agency.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We welcome all candidates, regardless of their background, is to develop our organization by meeting different challenges and providing young people possibilities to be valued member of our foundation. Our experience shows, that it does not matter if the volunteer has had any previous contact with the area of special needs. We prefer volunteers, who are interested in our way of life.
18-30 years old.
TO APPLY fill in this application form: https://forms.gle/ZR99gbaJQUYHigST9
Deadline: No application deadline
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.