📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Organization is registred on 2014, we have 10 members in ages 13 - 23. The main target of youth organization is to organize activities and free time for young people in age from 7 till 25. We organize regular activities for youngs like workshops, orientation games in city and informing local youngs about posibilities to be involved in non formal trainings.
Organization aims: To promote youth iniciatives and participation in decision-making process and in public life, To support and promote positive atmosphere and situation for developing intelectual and creative youngs, Providing young people with the opportunity to acquire nonformal education - essential life skills, knowledge and expertise, Providing young people with the opportunity to make good use of their leisure time, Providing youth with adequate access to information, To cooperate with other Nonformal organizations and Educational instances, Attract and organize people, including young people in voluntary work.
The organisation's principles are focused on: youth engagement, recruitment of specialists, targeted activities in the field of social inclusion and the environment. We are open to the implement an ideas of youth, cooperate with local authorities and other non-governmental organisations at local and international level. Target group: 546 young people, with limited opportunities geographical, economical, social and learning difficulties and the risk of leaving school.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will work with social media, posters, photo and all other media works. We have WEB radio station and it will be place were volunteers will communicate with local and international persons.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Living for EVS: Adress: Upes street 9/11, Rujiena, Latvia, LV-4240, Multifunctional youth initiative centre, phone +371 25450585. Accommodation is located in 3rd floor. Keep safe keys from building outside door, youth centre door and private room. Outside door should always be locked. Room is for two person. Kitchen, WC, shower, laundry and living area is open for all hostel guests. Room is equipped with bed, table, chair, wardrobe, towel, sheets, blanket, and pillow. Kitchen - stove, oven, refrigerator, microwave, dishes, toaster. Laundry – washing machine.
🎒 Leisure activities
You will have arrival training and mid term training. Teacher will help you to learn also Latvian language for every day communication. If any other training will be needed we will discuss it on interview.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: What we are looking for: Volunteers who can be youth leaders, who can lead non formal learning activities. If they have already some knowledge in youth work it would be great. Volunteers with knowledge about languages, music, radio, sport or outside activities are welcome to be part of our project.
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/06/2022
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.