📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
YMCA Revuca NGO is member of YMCA in Slovakia movement since 1997. Since then we have worked mainly with children and young people in regular club activities and organised also irregular events like outdoor hiking, survival or children camps.
We used to have kids clubs in Revuca but since opening of the new drop-in centre in Jelsava in April 2011 we focused on work with Roma community, the core of our regular activities moved here.
💼 What the programme involves
A sad fact for the citizens of the European Union is that despite many years of struggle by many organizations and individuals,many of them face insurmountable barriers to personal development and active citizenship,based only on the environment from which they come.They encounter demands in society that go beyond the personal preconditions and social competencies that they have been able to acquire in the community in which they grew up.In Slovakia, the motivation and activity of Roma volunteers is a non-traditional phenomenon,which we want to support,to provide them with the opportunity to develop.The EVS project allows us to give young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds a supportive and developing environment in which they can discover their potential,focus on personal development,gain experience and basic skills in the field of work habits.They may see that they do not have to rely on the help of others,but they can become a helping hand for those who need it.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be accommodated in a 3+1 apartment with a shared kitchen,bathroom and toilet in the town of Jelšava.They will be paid a meal allowance from which they will pay and provide meals for themselfs.The project will employ a support staff to help them with proper management of both food and finance.Volunteers can walk to the place of volunteering,located in the same city as the apartment.If they have to go to language courses or training,there is a bus station in the city with regular bus services to bigger cities.This allows volunteers to travel and discover Slovakia.
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in training provided by the Roads Agency on-arrival and midterm training.They will have the opportunity to meet other European volunteers. As part of the activities of the low-threshold center, regular team weekly meetings will take place, where volunteers will acquire competencies in the field of teamwork.
YMCA Revúca organizes regular training for volunteers and employees of the low-threshold center, including training in communication, cooperation, planning, preparation and evaluation of activities, work with children and more.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: In YMCA Revúca activities will involve young people from socially excluded backgrounds aged 18-30 from Slovakia.When potential employer finds out that the applicant comes from a minority and from a socially excluded environment, and has no experience,his interest quickly declines.With this project we want to give them the opportunity for personal growth and gaining basic competencies.Volunteers will help in the activities with children and young people at the Jordán Low-Threshold Center in Jelšava.They will prepare,lead and evaluate activities,also assist with minor administrative.
Deadline: Application deadline: 23/09/2020
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.