📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Rizsas is a day project for youngsters that through different circumstances not attend the normal school program. The youngsters are aged between 12 and 18 years old. The aim of our project is to create as many as different activities, to bring different people into the project. A day in Rizsas starts at 9am and ends at 4pm. Rizsas is open monday, tuesday, thursday and friday.
Group moments: opening the day to explain the activities and divide the tasks, closing the day by sharing thoughts, ideas,...
Atelier moments: several actions happening at the same time ( music, handcraft, sports, games, knitting, baking, …)
taking care of daily life: shopping, making lunch, cleaning, talks with the people, administration
Rizsas is located on Centrum Molenmoes which makes that the people are also involved in the maintenance of the whole center.
A volunteer in Rizsas is taking part in the group moments, organizing ateliers by himself and helping in daily life.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will live in a house near to the project(app 500m) together with other EVS volunteers. It is located in a small village. The volunteer will have a room that he/she can lock with a key. Bathroom and kitchen are in common with other volunteers. Terras and outside places are in common with another project. The volunteer is getting a food budget to arrange his food outside the work hours. During work the volunteer has lunch in the project. The volunteer will get a bike to go to the shop, the bus or train station. A bus card is provided to travel with the bus to the city.
🎒 Leisure activities
In the first month the volunteer will get some preparation about life in the project, Language course, working in a team and living together with other volunteers.
In September the volunteer will take part in an on arrival training organized by the National agency and in January again in the mid term training.
During the year the project is providing some language support to learn Dutch and coaching moments for personal learning and understanding of philosophy of the work. A local volunteer will also on request give some training about how to set up targets, how to make a good CV.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: have social skills to communicate, get in contact with the youngsters through his/her tasks on the project.
mature enough to deal with the youngsters, get along with non-motivated youngsters with behavior problems.
Having a passion to share with the youngsters (cooking, crea, music, arts, sports, ...)
Being able to organize some work by yourself, taking initiative for own projects and activities to develop.
able to live in rural setting (nearest city Leuven is 12km), willing to use the bike or bus
independant in living,cooking, taking care of the house
willing to learn Dutch
Deadline: Application deadline: 01/02/2023
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.