📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
You will spend your days with ~20 children, aged 4-6, or primary school graders attending our spciel kindergarten and school every day while parents are at work. Also, you should know that kindergarten in Latvia is pre-school educational institution, so you will be involved in learning process, not just leisure time activities. Together with kids and teachers you will assist and lead sports lessons, language lessons, music lessons, other daily lessons, just play and spend their free time inside or outside of rooms, organize visits to other institutions to expand horizon of kids, organize activities for staff, etc. Children of this kindergarden and primary school have special needs and some have disabilities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation provided in rental apartment together with other volunteers, 1-2 persons per room. Food money 150 euros/month provided for meals or cooking. Bikes are available for volunteers and is good way to commute in dry season (April-October). Valmiera town is not too big and previous volunteers have never used public transport, but city buses are available. Pocket money 120 euros.
🎒 Leisure activities
*On-arrival and mid-term training will be organized by National Agency in Latvia.
*Latvian language lessons will be provided by online tools.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: 18-30 years old. Loving kids. Creative to surprise kids every day again and again; with empathy abilities because kids are different, just like we are; with high tolerance to stress and noise because kids are fast and full of energy and with special needs.
Deadline: No application deadline
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.