📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The School was founded in 1939 and the education is organized with Braille system. The pupils have various degrees of eyesight impairments. In the course of the existence of the school thanks to the knowledge and education that they obtained most of the graduates were able to find their place in the society, achieving success in various spheres of sciences. The school is not a merely educational institution, but a place insuring a 11 years of safe, secure, interesting and productive life for blind children. The main aim of the project is to work with children who have different kinds of problems concerning eyesight, blindness. There are different creativity workgroups in the school during which the volunteer will be asked to assist children, so that the children can get used to different kinds of arts which they can use in future.
!! Please apply via https://www.icja.de/content/freiwilligendienste/programme/esk-dein-europaeischer-freiwilligendienst !!
🏠 Accommodation on site
During their voluntary service the volunteer will live in a hostel with other volunteers, probably sharing the room with a fellow volunteer. All facilities will be provided, he/she will be provided with a bed, sheets and linen.
🎒 Leisure activities
Therefore the main acquisitions of the volunteer throughout the project would be:
1. Better understanding of the work with children, especially those with fewer opportunities
2. Better self-organisation and sense of initiative
3. Improved ability of working in an organisation using a foreign language (English and then Armenian)
4. Language skills in Armenian language (The volunteer will receive language training 2 times per week during the first half of their ESC Service provided by a language teacher in a special language center)
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: It is positive to be interested in different art aspects like: painting, singing, dancing and etc. The volunteer should be a creative person who is ready to work in a little-equipped environment. There are no gender, age and other restrictions for the selection of volunteers. The volunteer should be interested or have some experience in working with children; he/she should be kind, communicative and reliable. It’s preferable that he/she speaks Russian and/or English.
!! Please apply via https://www.icja.de/content/freiwilligendienste/programme/esk-dein-europaeischer-freiwilligendienst !!
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/06/2023
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.