📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Gesellschaft der Salesianer Don Boscos - Österreichische Provinz (SDB) is part of an international congregation of the Catholic church that organizes youth work in the style of Don Bosco in Austria. In Austria they lead youth centres, homes for minor refugees, secondary schools, student hostels, play schools, after-school care clubs, youth groups, youth leaderships programs, leisure time activities and parishes. They are connected to different associations and networks such as the youth council of the archdiocese of Vienna and the Bundesjugendvertretung Österreich on a national level, and the Salesian Youth Movement Europe and Don Bosco Youth-Net (DBYN) on an European level. All activities are open to youth regardless their education, nationality, religion or cultural background and always in the spirit of Don Bosco - for the young, by the young, with the young.
A networking partner is the NGO Don Bosco Volunteers, which guarantees coordination, mentoring und formation for the European Solidarity Corps in a professional way.
💼 What the programme involves
Since 30 years the Salesians of Don Bosco have been offering orientation days for school classes. We give pupils the space to ask themselves questions about life, togetherness and faith. We offer age-appropriate methods and current topics in order to be able to tie in with the lifeworld of young people. Depending on the topic, we work with methods from different pedagogical disciplines (social, religious, play, experiential, environmental, theatre pedagogy, etc.). Through the various dimensions of methodological engagement, it is possible to accompany young people holistically and to respond to the interests of the young people. Don Bosco Volunteers offers many volunteering opportunities. The target group are especially kids and youngsters. Volunteers of the European Solidarity Corps contribute their youthful dynamics and they are positively present and close to kids and youngsters. Their presence opens a space for mutual learning processes and underlines the European idea.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer lives in a “shared flat” in rooms of the student hostel of the Don Bosco Network in the city centre (Vienna) https://studentenheim.donbosco.at/en/. He/she has a double room (shared with another volunteer) with shower and bathroom. There is also a big community room for the volunteers and the other facilities of the student accommodation can be used as well. Food: Our host organisations organise food in different ways. Transport arrangements: The means by transport for the arrival in Austria will be organised with the office of DB-Volunteers.
🎒 Leisure activities
The participants join the obligatory trainings (On Arrival, Midterm) organised by the Austrian National Agency. Additionally Don Bosco Volunteers organise for the volunteers of the organisation three trainings: 4-day trip to Turin for our national and international volunteers, one-day study programme on educational issues and a weekend for reflexion.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: A volunteer should be motivated to work with kids and youngsters, creative, communicative, willing to learn, active and reliable.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/05/2023
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.