📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Zemaitija National Park is one of the 5 national parks in Lithuania. The park area covers more than 21 thousand hectares, almost all life in the park revolves around Plateliai Lake, which attracts many visitors every year. The Park Directorate, located in the town of Plateliai, is responsible for the safety and fostering of the natural and cultural heritage park, public understanding of the park's exceptional national value, and the promotion of sustainable tourism.
The target audience is a group of people, from the youngest children to seniors who are interested in nature, cultural heritage, sustainable tourism.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will help the staff of the host organization in pursuing the daily mission of nature and culture protection. Žemaitija National Park is famous for its rich cultural heritage from the Stone Age. The people of this area, so-called Žemaičiai, have preserved their dialect, customs, characteristic traits, original buildings and vernacular architecture. There are more than 200 items of cultural value including castle hills, sacrifice hills, burial mounds and ancient settlements. The castle hills include Užpelkiai, Gegrėnai, Pūčkoriai, Jazdauskiškiai, Grigaičiai, St Jonas’ (Žemaičių Kalvarija), Šarnelė; the sacrifice-hills are found in Visvainiai, Mikytai, Vilkai, Gilaičiai, Paparčiai and ancient settlements in Gegrėnai and Šarnelė.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation in the guest house of the host organizations (private en-suite rooms). A total of 240 EUR monthly allowance is provided by the project budget. Work-related transportation arranged by the host organization or reimbursed (in case of public transportation) IMPORTANT: accommodation is a remote area of the country inside a small rural community.
🎒 Leisure activities
European Solidarity Corps training cycle. Preparation, mid-term evaluation and final evaluation meetings done by the support and host organizations. Lithuanian language course. Task-related training by the host organization
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: Volunteers who would cherish and appreciate the opportunity given to them and regard it as a valuable experience to learn and improve themselves. Volunteers should be able to dedicate their time and effort to the receiving organizations and their communities. The receiving organizations hope that the future volunteers will be active, positive, communicative, ready to help and learn. IMPORTANT: accommodation and work are in a remote part of the country, inside a small rural community.
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.