📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Egyesek is present in the area since 2000 and from 2010 we are focusing our youth work activities only to Nógrád county. We have 4 strategic partners in the region. Creative Space which runs a community accommodation in the village of HollókÅ‘, which is included into UNESCO World Heritage. Ménes-patak which is running a community center in Endrefalva. Magyar Szegénységellenes Alapítvány (MSZA), providing afternoon school services throughout the whole year in Rimóc. And an informal group providing afters chool activities in Nagylóc.
💼 What the programme involves
Egyesek and its youth workers, trainers, volunteers are working in Nógrád county which is one of the poorest regions in Hungary. There is no university in the county; unemployment rate is high; rare public transportation; youth, international projects, NGO activities are almost not known; very few opportunities of afternoon activities. Local youngsters after high school have two options: either they leave their home to access good quality education and/or job, or they stay and become unemployed. That's why bringing international context to the life and activities of local communities we broader the view on opportunities of local youngsters, expand their horizons.
During the 80% of work time volunteers will be divided in groups and work in one or two of the locations they choose. 20% of their time they dedicate to the household and work around the house of the family they live in, which will help to integrate into the life of local community, to understand local traditions and culture.
The volunteers' tasks in the youth centers in Endrefalva, Rimóc and Nagylóc would be to prepare and to conduct English speaking creative sessions for local roma and non-roma children. The afterschool youth centers are open in the villages in order to provide children with different kinds of leisure activities as well as help in doing home works, etc. Our organization is bringing international volunteers to the region since 2008. It helps to raise the awareness of youngsters, to broader their horizons and to show the opportunities of international programs.
The volunteers will also have Hungarian courses to get to know basic words and expressions in order to be able to communicate in public places. In Creative Space, where our local partner is running a community building, they will help in cleaning and keeping eye on the surrounding, they will also join agricultural activities, such as planting seedlings and trees, doing gardening, building greenhouses. Check out the videos of previous volunteers:
https://vimeo.com/133969313
https://vimeo.com/149306261
https://vimeo.com/149294533
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will live in local families, 1 or 2 volunteers in one family. Volunteers join the daily meals of a family. In case the volunteers are out for work or other activities volunteers agree with the families about the meals. In the houses of local families the basic facilities, such as toilet, shower, sleeping place and furniture in a separate or a shared room will be available for volunteers. .
🍲 Food
Vegetarian food will be available upon the agreement with hosting family. The location of the families will be in one of the villages, where volunteers will have their activities
📍 About the location
Szécsény is in the centre of the micro-region with active social life and with good infrastructure with population about 6000 people. It has health centre, police station, banks, high schools, community place, restaurants, pharmacy and so on. From here there is direct bus to Budapest and to all of the locations where volunteers are working. The local villages, where volunteers will live and work have about 2000 inhabitants and basic infrastructure such as a shop, post office, medical center, school, youth or cultural center. We provide volunteers with bikes by which they will be also reach the surrounding villages for work as well as use them during leisure time.
Szécsény, the local small town, has a constant bus connection with Budapest and the local villages. All the local villages are 10-15 min away by bus from this town.
🎒 Leisure activities
We provide volunteers with bikes by which they will be also reach the surrounding villages for work as well as use them during leisure time
⚠️ Requirements
We would like to receive motivation letter of the potential participants, including the level of spoken English and previous experiences.
ℹ️ Additional information
The extra fee is 300€/month