SVE-TOUS ENSEMBLE-Enseignement

Name: SVE-TOUS ENSEMBLE-Enseignement
Start: 2019-10-01
End: 2020-06-30
Location: Kraków, Poland

Code: 4e868424-91a4-11e9-9409-0242ac11003f Copied

Poland Education European Voluntary Service Children Education European Voluntary Service +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Youth Development and Integration Association STRIM was established in 2001 in Cracow. Our association assembles young active people who are willing to undertake actions aimed at building open-minded society, interested in the youth problems, international education and culture. We would like to develop regional, national and European awareness. We initiate and propagate all forms of activity among young people. We also organize trainings, seminars, conferences, meetings and exchanges. We cooperate with the people who are authorities in cultural, political and social life. We are interested in intercultural education.
Working for other organisations/institutions, organizing for them EVS helps us in gaining wider local and international partnerships, as well as create more numerous and diverse international group of volunteers.
STRIM as coordinating organisation cooperates closely with another organisations or institutions in terms of youth work. Having practice and know-how, we are providing our partners with technical and administrative support. We are organizing also integration activities for the volunteer, provide mentor, language learning, organize volunteer’s living and transportation in Cracow or another towns, if needed. We are proposing these volunteers our own projects for further development or opportunity to present their own culture.

💼 What the programme involves

KINDERGARTEN

Taking care of safety in the work environment our kindergarten organizes, just after the arrival of the volunteer, special training about safety. Person who will be working for us will be controlled by the group teacher. We will try to avoid critical situations on a daily basis. Director of the kindergarten and project coordinator will keep watch on this. The project coordinator will organized volunteers after work time. Volunteer will be invited for workshops meetings on the pedagogical committee and meetings of the whole personnel of the kindergarten.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

The volunteers cooperate in the project EVS - Meet me in the library. They prepare language lessons, create and upload comprehensive materials and homework for students on the blog. They teach different groups: seniors, children, teenagers, advanced groups of adults, beginner students, mums that come to the library with their babies. They have a great opportunity to promote German, Spanish, French and Italian culture – not only by teaching their mother tongue (and English for beginners) but also by organizing and taking part in many cultural events in the library and implementing their own projects. Stories about EVS volunteers’ activities in the Library and everyday life in Krakow can be found on their blogs: rajskabookworms.wordpress.com. The volunteer will be responsible for helping with: organization of events and exhibitions, reading-room technical stuff tasks and computer data bases operating, user service, searching for new titles suited to the library profile.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation: Volunteer will live with other volunteers in the apartment. S/he will share the room with another volunteers (rooms for 2 sometimes 3 persons) close to the city center. Kitchen and bathroom will be shared with other flatmates. The room will be equipped with basic furniture and the kitchen equipment. You don’t need to bring your own things, like cutlery, plates etc. However the volunteer should take the bed-cloths. Local transport: Volunteer will get the bus and tram card for all the lines accessible in Krakow.

📍 About the location

Cracow is a city in the southern Poland, with about 1 million inhabitants. City is always full of students and young people because we have Universities and Academics, including the oldest, and the most famous in Poland, The Jagiellonian University. Cracow is also called cultural capital of Poland, as there are plenty of cultural events, exhibitions, concerts, lot of monuments and sign of national heritage etc. In Cracow tradition is mixed with innovation on each step. Thanks to this incredible accumulation of wealth of culture this city was placed on the list of 13 polish objects in the World List UNESCO. Taking advantage of its unique geographical location, Cracow wants to be a place in which different cultures and nations met. Cracow was always known for its openness and friendly climate for its visitors. Also, Cracow is excellent place for meeting new people, for having fun, spending time actively.

⚠️ Requirements

For Belgium and French volunteers

We search for volunteers that are motivated and willing to dedicate their work for children. We do not expect the volunteers to have lot of previous experience in work with children. From experience we know that motivation is more important than experience in this kind of work. Work in the kindergarten can be demanding - children do not speak foreign languages and they can be time-consuming and demanding group to take care of. We need volunteers that like working with children (from 3 to 6 years old) and can create and lead their own activities.