📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Umbrella is a youth organization established in Georgia with the mission to educateб motivate and activate youth in Georgia and beyond. Our organization based on liberal and democratic values, with the aim to promote an inclusive, educated, and progressive society. In order to meet this task, we run educational and development programs.
The main priority of the organization is to support the issues related to youth (from 14-35 age) in Georgia in particular and beyond in general. The main topics that Umbrella covers are human rights, democracy, and the environment. The objectives of the organization are to support the people’s physical and educational development by creating educational and volunteering initiatives aiming at developing young people’s competence in the field of civil society, environment, human rights, and democracy and to promote intercultural relations in Georgian society.
The organization is running a special volunteering program for young people, that units up to 150 volunteers in all regions of Georgia. The program considers the volunteering activities aiming at solving community-related issues (environmental, social, human rights and etc) by engaged young people in the process.
Currently, the organization is engaged in various international and local projects related to youth development. During the last years by the organization's support has founded two youth centers in rural areas and one more is will be established soon.
We see our mission as a link between international youth opportunities/structures and local/Georgian youth. Therefore, we are constantly enlarging our national, local, and international network and structure to build strong bounds and collaboration opportunities between the young people operating on these levels.
Umbrella is a member of the following international networks:
• Rural Youth Europe
• MIJARC Europe
• Youth Environment and Europe (YEE)
• International Young Nature Friends (IYNF)
• Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN)
Our main donors are the Youth Agency of Georgia, the European Youth Foundation, and the Erasmus + program.
💼 What the programme involves
Project activities:
* Supporting and assisting the daily work of Martkopi Youth Centre;
* Preparing and delivering workshops for youth;
* Supporting organization of various events;
* Running a Polish or English language club once or twice a week;
* Cooperating with other volunteers to prepare various activities and events
* Helping in recycling procedures;
* Sharing ideas and cooperating with Receiving Organization members;
More detailed information about the project and activities is available HERE - https://volo.frsp.eu/2022/11/18/picture-it-build-your-future/?fbclid=IwAR1PO1QZUEtUAOk2d5-R_9hlYhptmYZG3w8UpxWpd_cfWIlg2sa-4sOVxOU
🏠 Accommodation on site
Project provides:
*Accommodation;
*Round-trip travel reimbursement (max. EUR 360);
*Pocket money €90 monthly (€3 per day);
*Food money €70 monthly:
*Language course;
*CIGNA health insurance during your project;
For more detailed information - https://volo.frsp.eu/2022/11/18/picture-it-build-your-future/?fbclid=IwAR1PO1QZUEtUAOk2d5-R_9hlYhptmYZG3w8UpxWpd_cfWIlg2sa-4sOVxOU
🎒 Leisure activities
*On-arrival Training;
*Mid-term Training.
*Trainings provided by the hosting organization connected to the volunteering work.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Young people between the ages of 18-30 years old. The project should participant be active, flexible, motivated, creative and interested in active participation and self-involvement, who knows English at a communicative level.
For more information - https://volo.frsp.eu/2022/11/18/picture-it-build-your-future/?fbclid=IwAR1PO1QZUEtUAOk2d5-R_9hlYhptmYZG3w8UpxWpd_cfWIlg2sa-4sOVxOU
Deadline: Application deadline: 15/01/2023
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.