📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The project welcomes and promotes a challenge of social inclusion of cultural minorities thanks to youth protagonism through volunteering and socio-educational animation. In particular the Migrant service in Luserna San Giovanni (TO) develops many activities both for refugees and youngsters. The service is located in Villa Olanda where some refugees live. The centre offers different workshops, such as sewing, cooking, music workshops or to learn how to repair bicycle or how to use computer. The service propose educational paths in the local schools to raise awareness between young people about the phenomenon of migration. The volunteer will become part of the migrant service staff and support it in different kind of activities that will let her/him gain key competences like intercultural communication, mediation skills, conflicts management and exploitation of differences, but also key competences, such as team-work, leadership, problem solving and crisis management.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will stay in a house with other 1/3 volunteers, from other countries. They will have private or shared bedroom (with maximum one other volunteer) and they will share the common spaces (kitchen, living room, bathroom). The house is equipped with all necessary furniture (also towels and sheets for beds). The volunteer will receive a monthly sum every month for the food expenses. From the apartment it is possible to reach the placement by feet.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteer will attend a training cycle including the on-arrival training, a mid-term seminar and an evaluation seminar. During this seminar he/she will have the possibility to meet all the volunteers hosted by Diaconia Valdese. In fact Diaconia Valdese has several project of international volunteering, lot of them in the villages Torre Pellice and in the neighbor village Luserna San Giovanni. Furthermore, as foreseen from ESC project, the volunteer will attend the seminars organized from the Italian National Agency.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We look for a volunteer, aged between 18 and 30 year old. The project does not require any special skills, expertise or previous experience. The volunteer has only to be motivated, interested in the project, willing to challenge himself and get out of the comfort zone. The volunteer need to be ready to learn and start a process of change. She/He will need to be enthusiastic and willing to start a great new adventure.
Deadline: Application deadline: 23/05/2022
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.