📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The project „Lebenshof“ is a social association with the goal to give a second chance to young people without graduation and professional training. We want to help them to get a profession after unused possibilities before. Our offer is a combination of school and practical training called “Produktionsschule”. The young people have the opportunity to get the graduation and also to work in the different workshops.
In the project “Lebenshof” 24 young people can find a new perspective on their lives after leaving school early or other personal difficulties. Especially the possibility to get a school-leaving certificate in one or two years motivates youngsters to participate in the project. In addition to the theoretical lessons, practical knowledge in the fields of ceramics workshop, woodworking shop, garden and kitchen are acquired.
💼 What the programme involves
The goal of the Lebenshof project is to empower young people with fewer opportunities so that after a proper period of time they can take control and responsibility for their lives and have a future with perspective and the same opportunities as their agemates. Our offer is a combination of school and practical training called “Produktionsschule”. In this work, we involve the volunteers. The volunteer is involved in the educational work and supports the practical work of the young people in several workshops (pottery, wood, garden, domestic economy). Anticipated tasks: support and guidance for young people in the workshops, participation in the monthly training days for youths, personal support for the adolescents with learning difficulties in mathematics and English, participation in intercultural meetings and projects, participation in sustainability projects (urban gardening), work with refugees in the Lebenshof-Projekt in short-time projects, support and sale in the store.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will live together with other European and german volunteers in a shared flat in Görlitz. He/She will get a ticket for the regional traffic. Lunch will be provided in the project. For the other meals, he/She will get money for food. He/She can also use a bike.
🎒 Leisure activities
Language course in German, intercultural training, training for the youth leader card in Germany.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: The volunteer should be equipped with a high level of sensibility, patience, and a sense of responsibility to deal with
socially disadvantaged youngsters. Empathy and true interest in adolescents are helpful. For the workshops, it would be
assistant to be good with one’s hands.
We expect: the ability to work in a team, friendliness, independence, open-mindedness for Christian values, basic knowledge of German is an advantage.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/05/2023
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.