School of Kirkonseutu

Name: School of Kirkonseutu
Start: 2023-01-01
End: 2026-12-30
Location: Nakkila, Finland

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Finland Education Children Education Children Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Maailmanvaihto represents in Finland the ICYE (International Cultural Youth Excange) network.
The ICYE network offers international volunteering opportunities for young people. It operates altogether in over 40 countries in Africa, Europe, Latin America and Asia-Oceania.
The mission is to provide challenging intercultural learning experiences for young people. The network aims at promoting their social and personal development through international volunteer programs as well as promoting intercultural understanding, equality of opportunity, tolerance and peace among people in the world.

💼 What the programme involves

The school of Kirkonseutu (Kirkonseudun koulu in Finnish) is a public elementary school with about 280 pupils, 15 teachers, four special needs teachers, and eleven school helpers / teachers’ aids.

Project's activities:

In the school there are classes for children aged 6–12 years (preschool education and basic education). There are also special classes for children with special educational needs.

Volunteer's tasks:

Volunteers mainly work as teacher’s aide. They in particular assist the teacher in classes. They can also prepare teaching materials and crafting and introduce the pupils to their home countries and interests. With the volunteers, the pupils get to practice English. International perspective and contacts are very important for the school, and in their tasks, the volunteers get experience on teachers’ work.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers live in a host family so it is important to be motivated to adapt to family living.

🍲 Food

During the working days the school offers lunch for the volunteers.

📍 About the location

The school is located in a municipality called Nakkila in southwest Finland. There are about 5 700 inhabitants in Nakkila. The school is located in the countryside. The nearest city is Pori which is situated some 20 km away from Nakkila. The school is located close to the center of Nakkila and near to the sports area.

⚠️ Requirements

Volunteers should be active and motivated to work with kids. Good communication skills are valued. Unfortunately, the workplace cannot host volunteers with physical or sensory disabilities.