EVS IN LATVIA WITH JAUNATNE SMAIDAM / YOUTH FOR SMILE
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About the project
EVS IN LATVIA WITH JAUNATNE SMAIDAM / YOUTH FOR SMILE
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Youth association Jaunatne smaidam/Youth for Smile is non-profit non-political youth
organization established in 2005. Our organization's mission says that we are strong and valuebased children and youth non-governmental organization that in achieving its targeted goals,
objectives and basic principles, act as impetus for the growth of society and the basic
principles of civil society strengthening. Our main aims are uniting children's and youth to
promote their participation in non-formal education, in order to develop far and wide skills
and abilities active take part within social processes in local, national and international level.
All our activities are close with our values: fairness and equality; mutual understanding and
tolerance; active and healthy way of living; development of personality; understanding and
creative atmosphere; be friend of environment
💼 What the programme involves
Objectives of the proposed EVS project:
To involve a European volunteer in the promotion of international voluntary service as a
practice of active citizenship, intercultural education and personal and social growth in the
local community;
To give the volunteer the chance of active participation in the implementation and
development of a specific project, which constitutes an opportunity of individual
development.
Volunteer will be involved in the following activities:
1. Taking part on the preparation and realization of our activities which are mostly based on
organizing leisure time activities for young people – trainings, outdoor activities, and daily
youth centre activities etc.
2. Becoming the co-leader on the workcamps in Latvia.
3. Promoting EVS and international voluntary work for youth.
4. Administrative work in office (public and international relations).
The detailed activities will be defined both by the volunteer and Jaunatne smaidam / Youth
for Smile staff, according to the volunteer's skills and interests.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Working and living conditions: Accommodation will be provided. The volunteer will be
accommodated in the rented flat. She/he will have her/his own room and she/he will
have shared bathroom/kitchen with one another volunteer. Internet access will be also
available. In addition the volunteer will get pocket money (80€ per month) and 5.50€ a day
for the food, following EVS funding rules
📍 About the location
Project activities mainly will be organised in Bauska, Iecava, Rundale and Vecumnieki
municipalities, who are situates in the Semigallia lowland in Central Latvia, thus the territory
does not have pronounced relief forms. The landscape is shaped by the shallow river valleys
of the Iecava, Memele, Musa and Lielupe rivers creating attractive landscape not typical forthe Semigallia lowland. There are eight specially protected NATURA 2000 territories of the
European Union, several secular trees and manor parks with national and local significance
forming bosky islands within the agricultural landscapes. The territory is notable not only for
the barely untouched nature, presence of animal and plant species and biotopes with
European significance and the cultural and historical heritage, but also with a unique
geological (active waterfront) process. This is one of the oldest inhabited territories in Latvia
and has been relatively densely inhabited throughout all periods of history (from the 2nd half
of the 9th millenary till nowadays), thus the territory is dominated by cultural landscape with
outstanding and at some parts also unique stratifications and dense disposition of cultural
monuments.
In Vecumnieki municipality is located as well our organisation office. Vecumnieki municipality
is counting around 9500 inhabitants and it is a peaceful place with a lot of cultural and sportive
activities.
🎒 Leisure activities
⚠️ Requirements
Who are we looking for? We do not have any specific criteria for our volunteers. However, the
project is focused on working with youth. We would be interested to host the volunteer with
some communication skills and interests in topic we are working with - volunteering,
participation, leisure time of youth, information, workcamps etc. It would be helpful if the
volunteer is communicative, open minded, creative, flexible, independent and would be
motivated in working with youth and for youth. We would be happy if the volunteer will be
interested in Latvia, its people and culture and wish to learn Latvian language.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
SVI_SVE_JS_Latvia
01/07/2018 → 30/06/2019
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
Bauska, Bauskas pilsēta, Bauska Municipality, LV-3901, Latvia
Latvia
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Eastern European Standard Time
Local time: 22:17 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken