📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Sevilla Acoge Foundation, created in 1985, intervenes in the aid, promotion and social and labour integration of immigrants. It is one of the first initiatives specialized in immigration and interculturality that was born in Spain to act in the field of immigration. She was the creator and promoter of the Acoge movement, spread throughout Spain. She is currently the patron of the CEPAIM Foundation, which intervenes on migration issues throughout Spain. It is part of national and transnational networks.
The programs, projects and actions of Sevilla Acoge are financed through grants from official and private organizations and with private donations. Sevilla Acoge promotes the integration of immigrants and their families, in order for them to become full members of society. It also works with the native population, so that both get to know each other and enrich each other, respecting the identity of each party. It is a non-profit NGO, of a solidarity and altruistic nature and independent of any political, trade union or religious organization or institution. From its birth, Sevilla Acoge understood volunteering as a constituent instrument of its action, which is reflected in the integration of volunteers in the work team, and in their participation in the different services.
La Fundación Sevilla Acoge, creada en 1985, interviene en la ayuda, promoción e integración social y laboral de las personas inmigrantes. Es una de las primeras iniciativas especializadas en inmigración e interculturalidad que nace en España para actuar en el ámbito de la inmigración. Fue la creadora e impulsora del movimiento Acoge, extendido a toda España, y actualmente patrona de la Fundación CEPAIM, que interviene en temática migratoria en toda España. Forma parte de redes nacionales y trasnacionales.
Los programas, proyectos y acciones de Sevilla Acoge se financian mediante subvenciones de organismos oficiales y privados y con donaciones particulares. Sevilla Acoge promueve la integración de las personas inmigrantes y sus familias para que sean miembros de pleno derecho de la sociedad. También actúa con la población autóctona para que, desde el respeto a la identidad de cada parte, ambas se conozcan y enriquezcan. Es una ONG sin ánimo de lucro, de carácter solidario y altruista e independiente de toda organización o institución política, sindical o religiosa. Es pluralista y no confesional. Desde su inicio, Sevilla Acoge entendió el voluntariado como un instrumento constituyente de su acción, lo que se refleja en la integración de voluntarios y voluntarias en el equipo de trabajo, así como su participación en los diferentes servicios.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteer will join the Community Action Center which works mainly with children and youth at risk of social exclusion in Sevilla. The actions of the center are aimed to facilitate the integration of children and young migrants, as well as their families, residing in the neighborhoods of Macarena and Macarena-Norte. It also develam toops intervention strategies within primary and secondary schools. The volunteer will help educators/mediators both in formal education (activities during recess; intercultural mediation actions; activities with student mediators; school reinforcement) and in leisure and free time activities (preparing workshops for youth and children; raising awareness on diversity; leisure activities promoting social skills; summer camps; youth councelling). The volunteer will work 35h/week with two consecutive rest days (not always on the weekends), from 9am to 20pm on Mon and Wed, 4pm to 8pm on Tue/Thu/Frd, including activities on Saturdays from time to time.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in a house located in one of Seville´s residential neighbordhoods shared with other european volunteers of Sevilla Acoge (2 of them also working in the CAC and 3 working in the main office, total 5 ppl). Volunteers will have their own bedroom but kitchen and bathrooms are shared. They will receive 350 euros at the begining of each month to cover the cost of food, housing expenses, transportation and leisure activities. Transportation from the house to the workplace requires taking local transports, but volunteers can also use other means such as bike, scooter etc..
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteer will be able to attend cultural and language classes with one of the association´s teachers once a week (or more, if needed in the beginning) and will also have access to the OLS platform. They will also attend mentoring sessions, team trainings and regional trainings with other ESC volunteers.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: As the working language is Spanish, and particularly because the volunteer will be working with young people, it is important for them to have an intermediate level (equivalent to B2) and be able to understand and express themselves decently in the language. They should have interest and/or experience working with children/youth and/or with migrants. Volunteers working in this center should be able to control their emotions and have patience as they are going to deal with kids. Finally, they must be motivated to work with children and youth!
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.