ESC: Volunteering in Klaipeda District Municipality Public Health Bureau

Name: ESC: Volunteering in Klaipeda District Municipality Public Health Bureau
Start: 2024-06-03
End: 2025-05-30
Location: Gargždai, Lithuania

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Klaipeda district public health bureau is a state institution that provides these servises: monitoring of public health (for example: carries out an analysis of the health status of the population, performong research that help identify causes of disease prevalence); public health promotion services (for example: dissemination and preservation of health in the municipality; health promotion consultancy; healthy lifestyle skills forming; planning and management of health promotion activities). public health services in preschool and school settings. (for children, parents, educators and support staff, administration) Currently, the Bureau has 47 employees, 12 of them work with volunteers. The office provides services to various age groups - children and young people, working age and elderly people. The volunteer, who has decided to practice at the public health bureau, will have the opportunity to work with people of all ages and groups of different sizes who participate in projects or activities organized by the institution, such as camps, research, health events, festivals, education, monitoring.

💼 What the programme involves

Klaipeda district public health bureau is a state institution that provides these services: monitoring of public health, performing research that help identify causes of disease prevalence; public health promotion services. public health services in preschool and school settings. Currently, the Bureau has 47 employees, 12 of them work with volunteers. The office provides services to various age groups - children and young people, working age and elderly people. The volunteer, who has decided to practice at the public health bureau, will have the opportunity to work with people of all ages and groups of different sizes who participate in projects or activities organized by the institution, such as camps, research, health events, festivals, education, monitoring. More information: https://visuomenessveikata.lt/

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will live together with other international volunteers in a Students hostel. Each volunteer will be provided with his/her own room and there will be common areas: 2 bathrooms, kitchen, and living room. The hostel is provided with heating, hot water, internet Wi-Fi, TV. Public health bureau is about 800 m walking distance (10 minutes) from the accommodation. Monthly food and pocket money (350 EUR/month).

🎒 Leisure activities

The sending organization will organize preparatory training before arrival. Upon arrival In Lithuania training will be organized on-Arrival and Mid-Term courses and Lithuanian language lessons.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Requirements: Open-minded and empathetic; passionate about working in Bureau; committed to protecting persons rights; dedicated to helping children, young, elderly people become more independent and confident; initiative and creative in everyday tasks.
Deadline: Application deadline: 21/06/2024

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

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📅 Available sessions

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03/06/2024 → 30/05/2025

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Deadline: 21/06/2024

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

Kvietinių g. 11, 96122 Gargždai, Lithuania

Lithuania

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Summer Time

Local time: 22:07 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Lithuanian Russian