ESC: Viljandi Männimäe Kindergarten
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About the project
ESC: Viljandi Männimäe Kindergarten
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Kindergarten Männimäe provides pre-school education for about 200 children. The vision of the kindergarten is to have happy children, satisfied parents and staff which is continuously developing. It has 11 groups of children (ages 2-7 years), 3 of those are groups for children with learning disabilities and various special needs.
The kindergarten is one of the biggest in the city. It has around 55 wonderful staff members. The kindergarten has a nice indoor pool, a big music hall and a gym. Although the building is old and needs renovation, the rooms are big, bright and colourful. So are the children and the people who work there: happy, kind and with big smiles.
Every autumn and spring the kindergarten organises events for the families on the hiking trail. The organisation also celebrates Christmas, Mother’s Day and the birthday of the kindergarten. 3-4 times a year several theatres visit the kindergarten. It holds many interesting events also for the staff: visits to the spas, museums, theatres etc. As the kindergarten is near the lake and next to the hiking trail, a lot of activities also take place in nature.
The kindergarten has joined an anti-bullying program Kindergartens and Schools Free of Bullying.
💼 What the programme involves
Work tasks
The typical task for the volunteer is to help the teachers in everyday indoor and outdoor activities: participating and helping the teachers during the games or lessons with children and preparing lessons and materials for activities. The volunteer can use own imagination to create something cool for kids.
The volunteer will participate in different activities of the kindergarten: annual events (Christmas, New year, Easter and others), sports, musical events, theatrical actions, walks with children. The volunteer will participate in the traditional kindergarten events and folk calendar celebrations.
The volunteer will introduce own country, nation and cultural traditions to the children, parents and personnel.
The working time will be 30 to 35 h per week from Monday to Friday. The schedule can vary. Some days the volunteer will work from 8 to 13 and other days from 12 to 17.30.
Benefits of volunteering
For the volunteers it should be a good opportunity to learn and practice the Estonian language and culture.
Volunteers can have the meals with children.
📍 About the location
Viljandi is a small town in the central part of Estonia. Viljandi is a kind of capital of culture in Estonia. There is Viljandi Culture Academy that provides higher education in Estonian national culture, dance and music and is very active in the community, organizing concerts, performances and study groups frequently. International cultural events also take place.
Viljandi is known as the venue for the Viljandi Folk Music Festival. Every July, the festival brings together contemporary folk music from all over the world and ca 20 000 festival visitors.
The scenic views of the nearby lake and wooden architecture makes Viljandi a place of interest to both nature and culture lovers. Viljandi has a professional theatre, several venues which organize concerts and cafés. There is also the Estonian Traditional Music Centre: a modern cultural centre, where concerts, performances, training, seminars are organized annually.
The capital of Estonia, Tallinn, is about 185 km from Viljandi (2 hours away by bus or train). There is a very good bus and train connection with the capital and the other cities.
⚠️ Requirements
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/06/2023
Requirements for the volunteer
- Motivated, interested and willing to work with children and children with special needs.
- Willing to work with 3-4 year-old children
- Active, creative, taking initiative, adaptable, open minded, sociable, responsible, reliable and patient.
ℹ️ Additional information
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
- Training before and after the project
- Health insurance during your project
- round-trip travel reimbursement
- accommodation and food
- pocket money
- language course
- Return Week-end
- Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport
Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
EE34343
02/10/2023 → 31/05/2024
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Viljandi, Viljandi County, Estonia
Estonia
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Eastern European Standard Time
Local time: 21:02 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
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🗣️ Languages spoken