📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The hosting institution, Junta de Freguesia de Lumiar, is the local council of the Lumiar area in Lisbon. In this institution, the volunteers are going to cooperate with the Education Department, namely they are going to work at 2 local school recreation centers (1 volunteer is going to work at Quinta dos Frades school and 1 volunteer will work at S.Vicente School).
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES:
Collaborate with the Education/Educators’ Coordinating team
Facilitate and promote activities with children and school community
Program and implement new projects in the area of education together with the Coordinating team and Educators
Prepare materials, tools for activities with children, both indoors and outdoors
Support in after-school activities for children and youngsters
Support children and youngsters in doing homework
Contribute to teaching songs, dances and games with children and youngsters
Support the educators during summer day camp activities
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation – Coordinating & hosting organization, Associação Spin, will provide the lodging in a flat as close to the office and the city center as possible. If the apartment is located in the city center, the volunteers will spend around 35 minutes to reach the work place. The volunteers will have to share the room with another volunteer/student/young person (room and connected expenses are paid by Associação Spin). They may also – if so wished by the volunteer – receive a monthly accommodation allowance and be solely responsible for finding and paying for their own accommodation.
🎒 Leisure activities
Food & transportation – A monthly allowance of 180€ will be provided by Associação Spin to cover food expenses and local public transportation.
Pocket money – Every month the volunteer will receive 150€ as pocket money.
Working hours – The volunteers are expected to spend 30-35 hours a week working. The daily timetable includes time for language learning, lunch, social activities and development of own project ideas, etc.
Days off – Volunteers are entitled to two days off per week (usually on Saturday and Sunday) as well as 2 extra days of vacation for every month of their voluntary work.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are looking for young motivated volunteers aged 18-30, open minded, eager to learn about new cultures and lifestyles, as well as to participate in the project activities in the local community. It is not required to have any particular degree of formal education, but to have positive and proactive attitude, show tolerancevice2, flexibility, motivation and enthusiasm. In this project, patience and the capacity to work in a team will be highly appreciated.
Deadline: Application deadline: 13/02/2023
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.