📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Lyhty ry is a non-profit association founded in 1993. Lyhty ry's ethical goal is to promote the well-being of developmentally disabled individuals, their families, and the whole society. Lyhty ry organises accommodation and housing services, a learning environment for young adults, inclusive work and day activities in textile, outdoors, culture, café, media, music and general workshops, events, and cultural and recreational activities. Lyhty ry examines and modifies its activities in order to reach its ethical goal, and is therefore an innovative and active participant in social development. Lyhty has received approximately three volunteers per year for over 20 years. We expanded our volunteering programme in 2020 by receiving 10 volunteers every year from all over Europe through the European Solidarity Corps programme. The aim of Lyhty's volunteer project is to improve the status of developmentally disabled people in our society, promote understanding and solidarity between different cultures, and offer the volunteer an opportunity to learn about care work. Working with Lyhty often affects your value system and might clarify your future plans. Many volunteers become interested in care work, particularly in the field of developmental disabilities. Here is a link about volunteering in Lyhty Assosiation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0jLoip_eVs
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteer works as an assistant in Lyhty’s outdoor workshop of the non-profit NGO “Lyhty ry”, which provides housing, education and work activity services for adults with learning disabilities. Lyhty is located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Outdoor workshop Lato is located in area called Konala and Pitäjänmäki. Workshop Lato provides adults with intellectual disabilities an environment that creates fertile ground for learning through concrete work. Seven small groups work in many different ways. In gardens and forests in seasonal tasks. The work includes informational learning, courses, and visits to companies and organizations in the industry. Lato is participating in the organization of events and also providing opportunities for ecological habits. The work is purposeful and each and every employee finds his or her own strengths. The role of the volunteer is to act as a mentor for the intellectual disabled with the help, support and with other workers.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteer is accommodated in one of Lyhty’s housing buildings and will be sharing a room/house with other volunteers. Meals and transport are arranged through Lyhty.
🎒 Leisure activities
Welcome to work at Lato Outdoor Workshop! The role of the volunteer is to act as a mentor for the intellectual disabled with the help, support and with other workers. Working hours on weekdays 9-16. The volunteers will have a mentor working with him/her trough the year. Watch our Youtube video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0jLoip_eVs
The project will last for 12 months.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: Good social skills and motivation to work with people with special needs are important. The work can be dynamic at times and requires such mentality. It is important to have the motivation to learn Finnish language.
Deadline: Application deadline: 29/02/2020
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.