📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Children and Youth Association "Liepājas Jaunie Vanagi" was founded in 1993. It operates on the basis of the statutes, unites 182 children and young people aged 5 to 30, from large and low-income families, young people from the social risk group and other children and young people both in Liepaja and other cities of Latvia. The goal of LJV is to promote and defend the rights and interests of children and youth. Promoting the development of active, creative youth. While working in "Liepājas Jaunajos Vanagos", children and young people have the opportunity to: Realize their ideas; Participate in various non-formal education trainings in Latvia and in the world; Participate in various activities, camps, international exchanges, as well as become a leader of camps and international exchanges. The members of the association have set as their goals: involvement of various young people in their activities; cooperation with other youth organizations; lifestyle without alcohol and drugs; meaningful leisure time; participate in local and international projects.
In 2007 and 2011, LJV was recognized as the best association in Liepaja. In 2018, the association received a thank you from Liepāja City Council for a significant contribution to the personal development of children and youth and the organization of free time. The head of the association received the award "Liepaja of the Year 2013" for the active operation of the association and the establishment of an integration center in Liepaja. In 2018, the association received a thank you from Liepāja City Council for a significant contribution to the personal development of children and youth and the organization of free time. Award of the State Employment Agency and brivpratigais.lv "Kurzeme Volunteer of the Year 2018. The most volunteer-friendly organization." Award of the State Employment Agency and brivrpatigais.lv to the head of the association "Volunteer of the Year 2018". Every year since 2008, two of the members of the association have received an award from the Liepāja City Council and thanks for volunteering in Liepāja.
💼 What the programme involves
Project place- Latvia, beautiful seaside town Liepaja.
Work description- work with kids and teenagers in a day camps every day except weekends 10-16:00
Kids are very nice ones, just sometimes we have some special kids, but we are informed about that in advance and we also inform volunteers.
Volunteers are the ones who FULLY PLAN AND ORGANIZE those activities from A to Z.
Together 12 volunteers from all around the Europe.
You will also have enough free time to discover this beautiful land, called Latvia. We do our best to help you organize it.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers during their stay in Liepaja will be provided with accomodations in dorms (3-4 persons per room, same gender, same project), pocket money, food money, hot lunch during activities, unlimited public transport tickets in Liepaja, support of mentors, insurance, latvian lessons
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteers MUST be ready to spend first 5 days in outdoor camp with basic infrastructure, preparing their own food and try to survive in deep forests in Latvia in On-arrival training.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: Volunteers MUST be able to work in english. We are not looking for native speakers, very broken english also counts as acceptable.
Who can apply? Everyone but JUST AND ONLY if you are eligable to travell and spend 59 days in Latvia without additional documents. Your nationality doesnt matter.
Age limits- you MUST be at least 18 years old and not older then 30.
We are happy to let you get in touch with people from previous projects, so you are able to know reality.
VOLUNTEERS WILL BE SELECTED JUST AFTER SKYPE INTERVIEWS. To prevent misunderstandings.
Deadline: Application deadline: 05/05/2022
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.