📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
An international volunteer is invited to join a Cracow’s integrated school complex (kindergarten and primary school), which work both with children with disabilities and without disabilities. You’re expected to accompany children in games and educational activities, mostly in the school lounge, helping teachers to prepare and conduct classes, assisting them during walks, trips and excursions, helping the children with art activities (painting, drawing, cutting and sticking), helping to organise small events, celebrations and workshops for the students and teaching about your culture and country of origin (through presentations, games, songs). As usual, every month you’ll receive a pocket money (around 120 euros) for your personal expenses, and your volunteering will be covered by a free insurance policy affiliated with the European Union.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You’ll be accommodated in a flat with other 3 -5 foreign volunteers, in a shared room. The rooms have basic furniture and equipment, but you’ll need to bring your own sheets and pillow cover. As a guarantee, you’ll be asked to deposit 120 euros, which will be returned at the end of the project. For your food, you will be given a sum per month equivalent to the average students local budget. The travel from your home and back will be reimbursed. Also local transports will be free for you, as you will be provided with a card for bus that covers all city’s lines.
🎒 Leisure activities
You will attend 3 training sessions: a pre-departure training before leaving Italy; a so-called “on arrival training” a few weeks after your advent in Poland; a midterm training, at half of your volunteering experience. Lessons of Polish will also be given on a regular basis, twice a week. You’ll train and increase your skills in care and education of children, also with disabilities. Thanks to your tutor and the school staff, you’ll learn how to deal with tasks concerning the activity of an educational centre, even with special children, and how to act and work in educational institutions.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: To be considered for this volunteering position you must have a strong motivation to work on structured activities of assistance, care and education, also directed to disabled children. You’re open-minded, positive and flexible, because the needs of your beneficiaries can be largely different and rapidly mutable. Obviously, you are also ready to study a bit of Polish language.
Deadline: No application deadline
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.