Internat Don Bosco
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About the project
Internat Don Bosco
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Don Bosco is a boarding school made up of 7 big houses which can host up to 120 youth studying in different schools in Brussels.
Don Bosco was one of the best educators of modern times as he developed success-oriented teaching methods. Every youth has a huge potential. The whole educational work is done by pupil’s parents, teachers, educators and volunteers altogether. The objective is to make sure the youth is in the best conditions to experience in a positive way his abilities. Thus, the youth feels empowered because he realises that he has true abilities, gains self-esteem and throws himself into his homework because he enjoys doing it.
The main objective is to help these young people to achieve academic, human and social success through three cornerstones:
- Reason: discussing on issues drives them to use their abilities to think, to make decisions and to get involved.
- Religion: as a way to look for meaning in their lives.
- Love: which is shown by the educators through being a loving, strict and attentive person and by the youth by being
grateful.
This teaching method is based on confidence in youths’ positive future.
💼 What the programme involves
As a volunteer, your presence is a very important asset but you will not replace the educators who are currently working there. You will have to assist the teamThis is a non-exhaustive list.
- Going to the supermarket once a week
- Making sure that the premises in which the youth are living are neat and clean
- Providing some services: going to the supermarket, painting...
- Doing everything to enable each of them to improve
- Ensuring their moral, emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual well-being
- Sending them to bed
- Waking the pupils up and helping them to prepare their lunch pack, accompanying them to schools (by walking or driving)...
- Supervising mealtimes
- Supervising the activities that take place on the evening (by being creative and organised)
- Daily tutoring (helping the pupils individually)
daily life through:
- Daily tutoring (helping the pupils individually)
- Supervising the activities that take place on the evening (by being creative and organised)
- Supervising mealtimes
- Waking the pupils up and helping them to prepare their lunch pack, accompanying them to schools (by walking or driving)...
- Sending them to bed
- Ensuring their moral, emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual well-being
- Doing everything to enable each of them to improve
- Providing some services: going to the supermarket, painting...
- Making sure that the premises in which the youth are living are neat and clean
- Going to the supermarket once a week
This is a non-exhaustive list.
As a volunteer, your presence is a very important asset but you will not replace the educators who are currently working there. You will have to assist the team
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation at the student hall of residence will be provided.
🍲 Food
You will have to buy your own food and to cook it yourself over the weekends and on your days off. You can use the kitchen.
Vegetarian meals can be provided.
📍 About the location
Ganshoren is one of the nineteen municipalities of Brussels which is located in the north-west of the city, 20 minutes from the Grand-Place by public transportation. This is a peaceful and green municipality in which families from
different social backgrounds live. The boarding school is located in a quiet and verdant environment. Buses 87, 84 as well as “De Lijn” buses serve this place very often.
🎒 Leisure activities
You can visit Belgian cities: Brussels, Bruges, Ghent, Namur, Liège...
You can also meet people volunteering in other organisations operating in the education field.
⚠️ Requirements
Minimum stay 3 months !!!
ℹ️ Additional information
Here is a typical week on the project:
On Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday:
-From 7:30 am to 8:30 am: You will wake the youths up and help them prepare to go to school
- From 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm (6:00 pm on Friday): You will pick them up from school, give them an after-school snack,
help them doing their homework, watch them at dinner time and during the evening activities
On Wednesday:
- From 7:30 am to 8:30 pm: You will wake the youths up and help them prepare to go to school
- From 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm: You will pick them up from school, watch them at lunch time and supervise sport,
culture or art workshops on the afternoon.
You will not work on the weekends.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
SVI- DON 1
01/09/2017 → 31/07/2018
SVI- DON
01/09/2017 → 31/07/2018
SVI-DON BOSCO
01/09/2017 → 31/07/2018
SVI-DONBOSCO2019
01/09/2018 → 30/06/2019
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
20–99 years old
Solidarity donation
80.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Rue Victor Lowet 12, 1083 Ganshoren, Belgium
Belgium
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken