📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Positive Voice is the Hellenic association for People Living with HIV / AIDS.
The Association was founded in 2009 to protect the rights of people with HIV / AIDS, address the spread of HIV / AIDS issue, and reduce its social and economic impact in Greece.
According to its Statute, in order to achieve its goal, the association strives to ensure better prevention and information practices, care services and social care for people living with HIV / AIDS and HIV-vulnerable social groups. At the same time, it is working for the social acceptance, solidarity and support of these groups to deal with violations of their dignity and human rights.
Part of the Positive Voice is the two local Check points in Athens and Thessaloniki.
The Checkpoints are Prevention and Examination Centers which have completed 6 years of contribution to public health in the country. By introducing for the first time in Greece a new philosophy of examining sexually transmitted diseases in a bright and welcoming environment in Athens and Thessaloniki, Non-Clinical Checkpoint structures have carried out over 53,000 HIV and hepatitis B and C examinations so far.
💼 What the programme involves
A volunteering team of 10 participants who will join the organisations Positive Voice and United Societies of Balkans for 45 days from the end of August 2022. The volunteers will support Positive Voice organisation and the organisation of an ecological Festival in Thessaloniki. For the first activity they will learn about the topic of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and will implement information activities during festivals that will take place in Thessaloniki, to promote prevention and fight stigma. For the second activity they will help to set up the festival that includes organic market, concerts, debates and vegan kitchen. Activities will include: the creation of online and social media campaigns to raise awareness regarding STDs and promote prevention, organisation of awareness initiatives during festivals organised in the city, promote free testing campaign run by the hosting organisation, approach youth and students to share information and promote prevention.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will live all together ina 5 floors building hosting a maximum of 35 volunteers (involved also in other projects. Rooms are shared and there are 2 floors + one big terrace as common spaces, The volunteers are participating to the clealing of the house. There is a house manager who coordinate cleanings and food delivering. Food is provided through a catering service Monday to Friday, food allowance is provided for the weekends. The kitchen is available 24/7.
🎒 Leisure activities
Training on STDs and on media production.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: The most important factor for the selection will be the motivation of the volunteer. A basic level of English or the knowledge of Greek language would help in the implementation of the activities. Health related studies are a plus. Even if we prefer to have people at their first experience with the European Solidarity Corps, people who had a long term experience are also eligible to apply for the project.
Deadline: Application deadline: 21/08/2022
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.