📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Association Alfa Albona is a non-profit and non-political association of young people, established in January 2011. to promote the interests and activities of youth. The objectives of the association are: encouraging the development of creativity of young people, guiding them towards the acquisition of additional skills and knowledge, encouraging them into organized and meaningful use of leisure time, expanding volunteerism, solidarity and communication among young people, encouraging non -institutional education of young people in all areas, integration of youth in international educational and cultural trends, protecting the health of young people and especially the fight against all forms of addiction, IT education of young people, encouraging young people to an active involvement and participation in all spheres of public and social life, building partnerships with non-governmental youth organizations and local governments to achieve goals for the benefit of youth. Our target groups are young people aged 15 till 30 years old who differ in gender, ethnicity, religion, lifestyle, experience and education level, have different cultural and economic background. We are focused on young people with fewer possiblities and we work local, regional, national and international. Our main fields of work are: youth information work, mobility of young people and social entrepreneurship. We are constantly active in promoting volunteerism, non-formal education and EU citizenship.
💼 What the programme involves
This project is leaded by ngo Alfa Albona that works in the fields of:
1. youth information work (we are leading Youth information center of Istria region, and we are Eurodesk multipliers),
2. mobility of young people and youth workers (we are organizing youth exchanges, training courses, study visits, seminars, ESC projects, youth summer camps, workcamps...)
3. social entrepreneurship (active in the sphere of promoting it as well as in establishing new social cooperation and helping young people with fewer opportunities to find job).
Beside the mention fields we are active in the sphere of youth work in general, non - formal education, culture and volunteering. Volunteers will be included in different activites of the ngo with the focus on social media and creating the contents, art activities and events, writting articles, being engaged in the local community, organising campaigns...
🏠 Accommodation on site
Alfa Albona will provide an appropriate accommodation in the town, in the shared flat with other volunteers. Volunteers will receive money for food, pocket money, visa and health insurance as well as the costs for their travel will be paid.
🎒 Leisure activities
Lots of opportunity to learn how to lead an ngo, team work, youth programmes... All depending on the volunteer wishes and needs.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Young people aged 18-30, interested in the nature, art and culture, with open heart and open mind, willing to volunteer in different activities, can organise time for themselves, can work individually and in the team, are willing to have new experiences and share their knowledge.
Deadline: Application deadline: 02/04/2023
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.