📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
We offer long-term volunteering opportunities for 8 young people from EU countries, who can develop their personality, and leadership skills, and who will learn in theory and in practice about the outdoor experiential education and trainer role. During the 9 months, the volunteers will work with local youth groups and disadvantaged young adults.
The project has 3 important goals:
-to promote inclusion of young people with different backgrounds in order to ensure diversity, solidarity acting among local youngsters and European volunteers
-to raise awareness about environmental sustainability and to enable behavioral changes for individual responsibility towards consumption habits and greener lifestyle among local young people, European volunteers
-to increase the efficient state management and to build resilience in difficult times among local young people and European volunteers.
More about us: https://outwardbound.ro/en/
🏠 Accommodation on site
6 of the volunteers be accommodated in flats in the city of Sovata and they will work in our youth centers, which include a big house for the participants, a smaller house for the staff, a small lake, a ropes course, and a big yard.
When we have groups in the youth center the volunteers will sleep there, meals will be provided by the kitchen.
2 of the volunteers will live in Tirgu Mures, in a flat and they will work in the hOrizont program of our organization whit disadvantaged young adults.
OBR will provide 150 EUR/month for food and 3 euro/ day pocket money. Travel costs are covered too
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteers can participate in the following training:
- preparation after arrival
-OnArrival training organized by the NA
- different internal training (training of trainers, industrial alpinism, first aid, the safety of the climbing and water activities)
-Midtearm training organized by the NA
- preparation/closing before departure
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We are looking for volunteers with the following background:
-aged between 20-30 years
-good English language skills (written and spoken)
-has a good physical condition, are fit and healthy
-are highly motivated to participate in this project and are committed to living 9 months in a foreign country
-are interested in learning and getting practical experience in the field of outdoor education, youth work
-are open to physically and mentally challenging activities, adventures
-are open-minded, love to work with people, and children
-love the nature -solidarity spirit
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/06/2022
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.