📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Foundation Maarja Village was founded in 2001. Today we have more than 150 people, both with and without learning disability who live, work, study or receive rehabilitation services here. Since 2004 we have welcome more than 90 long-term volunteers from 15 different countries from all over the world.
Foundation Maarja Village is a competence centre for people with learning disability. Our aim is to support people with learning disability to become equal members of Estonian society. Our regular activities include:
- providing different supported living services;
- providing vocational training programmes (co-operation with local vocational training centres);
- providing several rehabilitation programmes;
- providing work-life services.
Our activities situate in different places. We have established Maarja Village, a home for 40 persons with learning disability in the rural area of South Estonia. Same time we have 2 living houses with 20 inhabitants in Tartu. We have different workshops and partners in the area of South Estonia included workshop building in Maarja Village and shop in the buziest supermarket in South Estonia.
💼 What the programme involves
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Foundation Maarja Village is a competence centre for people with learning disability. Our aim is to support people with learning disability to become equal members of Estonian society. Volunteers accompany inhabitants of Maarja village. Creating activities and workshops with them, assisting them with their daily activities etc.
On Tuesdays, volunteers have reflection day, tutor and mentor meetings and time to create their own initiative projects. That day will also be used for learning experiences that might not have to be connected with Maarja village work activities: getting to know local community and participating activities there, getting to know Estonia and Estonian people.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation costs are covered. Volunteer will live in a shared flat equipped with all the necessary utilities for comfortable living. The flat will be located not far from the activities place.
Each month volunteer’s receive pocket and food money.
The transportation from home country to Estonia and back will be covered according to the distance calculator of Erasmus+ program.
The local transport card or a bicycle will be provided.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteer will have an on-arrival and mid-term training provided by the Estonian National Agency.
Every 10 weeks a meeting with all the volunteers and coordinators will take place in different parts of Estonia to evaluate the progress of the volunteering projects, to set goals, socialize and discover new locations in Estonia.
TO APPLY FILL IN THIS FORM: https://forms.gle/Yaqx116RwSLF5EHPA
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: One of the principles of Maarja Village, is to have no discrimination towards gender or background of volunteers. As mentioned before, one of our main ideas why we welcome all candidates, regardless of their background, is to develop our organization by meeting different challenges and providing young people possibilities to be valued member of our foundation. Our experience shows, that it does not matter if the volunteer has had any previous contact with the area of special needs. We prefer volunteers, who are interested in our way of life.
18-30 years old.
Deadline: Application deadline: 24/07/2022
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.