📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Grenzenlos is an Austrian NGO based in Vienna. It is independent of religions and political bodies. Grenzenlos is a non-profit association. Its main purpose is to promote world peace and respect between people through intercultural non-formal education programmes abroad which combine cultural integration with engagement at non-profit initiatives worldwide. The German word Grenzenlos means no boundaries and also no limits. The word explains the basic mission of Grenzenlos: to promote the personal development of individuals (no limits) and inter-cultural understanding through international encounters, trainings, intercultural living and work experience (no boundaries). Grenzenlos offers a variety of international mobility programmes. These programmes are dedicated to world peace through the promotion of inter-cultural exchanges. Traditionally, Grenzenlos organizes volunteering programmes (individual as well as in the frame of international camps). As an exchange organization, we send volunteers abroad and host volunteers in Austria The Inclusion approach is a high priority for Grenzenlos: special attention is given to promoting the participation of people with disabilities in all our volunteering projects as well as trainings and educational programmes.
💼 What the programme involves
Kiriku provides after-school care for 14 children between six and eight years of age in Vienna. The after school centre is open from Monday to Friday from 12:00 to 17:30. Our main goals are to let our children live their fantasy and their own ideas and to provide them safe surroundings so that they are able to express their own opinions and learn to become socially responsible. We also want to stimulate curiosity and open minds for people with different cultural backgrounds and provide the opportunity to learn other languages, what we see as key to understand people from other parts of this world. As a volunteer you should contribute to the leisure time program of the children and have the possibility to start own initiatives, sharing your culture, skills, and knowledge. Whether you want to engage in arts, sports, music, history, science, language or a political subject is up to you and your interests or background. Any support necessary for your ideas will be provided by us.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be provided with a ticket for the public transport in Vienna. You will receive pocket money and a monthly food allowance. You will stay in a single room at a flat or student dorm, sharing facilities like kitchen and bathroom with others.