📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The language school Language Plus has been organizing international language camps for five years. In their camps Russian and foreign volunteers collaborate to organize cultural, educational and sport activities for local children and children from nearby regions aged 7-17.The mission is to provide every child with a range of opportunities which help him/her to grow and improve themselves as a person.
💼 What the programme involves
The aims of the project:-intercultural exchange;-raising children s interest in other cultures and tolerance to other nationalities, religions, races;-learning foreign languages;-building teamwork and leadership skills;-discovering and developing children s creative skills ;-educating children to be leaders with active life positionTasks-Teaching foreign languages to the participants (in the form of playing games, singing songs or improving their language skills through discussions). These include the volunteer s native language, and English if their English level is B2 or higher and they feel comfortable with teaching two languages.-Giving a presentation of the volunteer s native country with the aim to teach the children its history, culture, customs and traditions.-Organizing and together with children taking part in some sport activities, strategic games, shows and handcrafts. -Making intercultural and educational workshops of different kinds: handcrafts, sports, national games, music, dance, photography, etc
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in the resort center Lesnaya Skazka in a brick house. The counselors live together in male and female rooms for 2-4 people. Showers are available all the time. No sleeping bags are needed.Food is provided in the local camp cafeteria (5 meals a day).
📍 About the location
Children s resort centre Lesnaya Skazka (1051;1077;1089;1085;1072;1103; and 1089;1082;1072;1079;1082;1072;) in Mari Republic, Russia (about 100 km from Cheboksary)Free time for volunteers is flexible. The volunteers are mostly busy in the morning having lessons. There s fixed rest hour from 1 to 3 pm. The rest of the day is flexible and free hours depend on the day s schedule and other volunteers schedule. You have to keep in mind that the kids will always be around, asking questions and just trying to communicate or play with you.During the camp you will have an opportunity to visit Yoshkar-Ola (the capital of the Mari Republic) and also we are ready to give you a tour around Cheboksary at the end of the camp.
⚠️ Requirements
-Age 18-Volunteers should speak English at B1 level or higher-Volunteers should be ready to teach their native language and share knowledge about the culture, history, customs and traditions of their country-Experience in children camps is a plus but not a must, but Volunteers should absolutely love children =)