📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Eko Centar Latinovac (ECL) was founded in Latinovac, Croatia, in 1995 and received its legal status as non-profit NGO in 1998.
Our main goals are:
- to promote and protect nature while preserving and understanding the diversity of living beings, develope and promote permaculture, sustainable development and living, and promote the principles of ecological and sustainable agriculture and exchange of good practices
- to support personal and community development and promote healthy lifestyles
- to promote volunteer work and philanthropy and encourage the development of volunteer centers
- to encourage intercultural dialogue and exchange and intergenerational and social solidarity
- to encourage sustainable development of rural communities through the development of social entrepreneurship and networking and cooperation of various local community stakeholders
- development of slow rural tourism.
Our main activities are: permaculture education in theory and practice and the construction of educational showcase properties, volunteer caravan (mobile volunteer center), intercultural exchange and learning, community development, sustainable agriculture and cooperation and networking.
Our target groups are all citizens of Požeško-slavonska county with an accent on children and young people with less opportunities and from rural areas.
💼 What the programme involves
The activities will take place in "Eko centar Latinovac" in small village in Croatia. We will host 13 volunteers to work on the topics of sustainable and rural development, community building, promotion of volunteerism, permaculture and multiculturalism. During this period main activities will be preparation and hosting public events and help in repurposing an estate that used to be the public village school. Outside of the local community we will be having various promotional, sport and educational activities with regional organizations. Participants will be able to experience living and working in community, rural lifestyle, permaculture practices, vegetarian cuisine and lifestyles less effected by global challenges. Working time is 6 hours per day, 5 days per week, although, schedule can change depending on the weather.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Participants will be accomodated in the village with the local hosts and share a room, toilet, shower and kitchen with other participants. During the working days our chef will prepare three vegetarian meals for the group. During the free days participants will recieve 6€ per day for food and will have communal kitchen to use. Transport costs will be reimbursed after the arrival and up to the limit, depending on the distance. It will be disscused before arrival.
🎒 Leisure activities
Participants can expect to have daily supervision in all activities; for more complex tasks, participants will have theoretical and demonstrational training and supervision. During the project activities participants will have mentor support through group and/or individual meetings. Participants are welcome to share their skill set with one another.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Participant should be willing to live and work in the rural area, in the multicultural community, open to different lifestyles and cultures, be adaptable, responsible and punctual, be interested in the topics of sustainability and ecology, willing to interact with the children and youngsters and have a basic understanding of english language.
Deadline: Application deadline: 14/08/2022
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.