📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
DISCOVER-U project offers a 6-month volunteer placement in Hyvärilä youth centre on the shore of beautiful lake Pielinen. The volunteer will participate in camp-school related activities and learn basic Finnish youth centre pedagogy and Finnish cultural background. The volunteer will help running events and projects, which gather many international participants annually. Tasks for volunteers include assisting youth workers in running camp school activities with youth 13-17 years old, arranging workshops in local youth house, social media posts, occasionally helping out in the kitchen/maintenance, personal creative project. Love for nature, working with young people, and spending time in secluded locations are essential!
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation in Hyvärilä youth centre, in a single room with shared shower, kitchen. Meals are served in cafeteria. Travel costs (up to the maximum lump sums according to ESC program limits), accommodation and meals are covered by the hosting organization. Volunteers get pocket money, and a bicycle to go to Nurmes (3.5 km away). Pocket money 5 EUR/day. Volunteers earn 2 holiday days per month according to the Finnish work law.
🎒 Leisure activities
The program includes pre-departure training by a supporting organization, an on-arrival and a midterm training during the volunteer project.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: The project is looking for one motivated young individual, who is eager to develop their artistic and creative skills, engage in team activities with young people from other countries, learn about different cultures and share their own culture with others. Interest in culture, history, arts and creativity, media, digital resources and languages will be a benefit. See more about volunteer work in Hyvärilä on Instagram @volunteers_eastfinland and hyvarilavolunteers.home.blog
Deadline: Application deadline: 05/02/2023
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.