📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will be involved in the activities carried out in Alibandus, providing support to educators in the educational service Alibandus is a residential educational community that welcomes children and teenagers aged between 10 and 18, which are (or whose families are) in temporary difficulties and needing the daily accompaniment of some educators. Both parents and social services are fully involved in the construction of the educational path during the entire stay. It is open every day of the year, but teenagers can go back home at weekends or whenever agreed with the social worker and parents. There are five educators and it can accommodate up to 7 children/teenagers (only male). The volunteer does not have an educative role, but the one of supporting educators in the everyday activity
🏠 Accommodation on site
• Food: at the beginning of the month the volunteer will receive 100 euro in cash (5 lunches per week are in the community and also some dinner) • Accommodation: private room with private toilet and a shared kitchen and dining room (with a educational community coordinated by the receiving organization called Ramaloch), in an amazing italian "villa" (https://www.facebook.com/VillaAngaranSG/) Local transport: the organization provides a bicycle. The city centre is about 5 minutes by bycicle and the community is about 20 minutes.
🎒 Leisure activities
Language support: it will be organised an Italian language course for the group of esc volunteers (3 in total) with a professional teacher (80 hours). Welcome training: 2 weeks (the first ones) to integrate in the local community and in the organization
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: • friendly, flexible and pro-active attitude; • wishing of developing interpersonal relationships and to immerse in the local community’s life; open-minded and with a responsible attitude. • strong interest and motivation in volunteering in the context described below and to have intensive experience of work with children and youth; • available to observe and understand the educational reality of the service before starting to play an active role in it (this is fundamental to understand the methodology of work, apparently very simple but in complex reality)
Deadline: Application deadline: 03/03/2022
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.