📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
It's all about food - cook for youth on most Eastern border of EU!
The project is organized by EstYES partner non-formal learning center VitaTiim. Its mission is to create an inspiring international environment for people of Ida-Virumaa County to promote participation in lifelong learning and effective implementation of competences on the way of personal development in the global world.
The main aim is to support development of people”™s key competences - social and civic competence, communication skills, including communication in foreign languages, creativity, sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, learning to learn, cultural awareness and expression, digital competence. It is important that people make career decisions based on their competences and experiences; they develop multicultural and intercultural competence and use opportunities of international experience both on local and international level.
Center's main activities are:
• Language cafes (German, English, French, Estonian);
• Support for youth initiatives;
• Voluntary work in Estonia and abroad, including EVS (SO, HO, CO);
• Erasmus+. VitaTiim is a regional representative of Estonian NA;
• Project counseling and project writing course for young people;
• International projects and opportunities;
• Youth Open Space (movie evenings, board games, social games etc);
• ACCESS Programme English for youngsters.
Project will get opportunity to volunteer to cooperate with locals in youth and practice cooking as well as pedagogic skills.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteer will work in the organization's kitchen, sharing his cooking skills with youngsters and adults. Volunteer will have opportunity to organize his\her own cooking work-shops. Volunteer will help to cook for different groups: work camps, youth exchanges, etc. Volunteer will help to cook for social youth cafe in VitaTiim. Also volunteer will be involved in VitaTiim`s activities such language cafes and etc. Timetable of VitaTiim NGO very flexible and work hours depend of projects and events. For sure volunteer will have two free days per week.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteer will share apartment with other volunteers (EVS). Volunteer will have separate room and sharing bathroom and kitchen. Volunteer will get meal from the kitchen where he\she will work and also volunteer will get money for food in cash. Narva is small city and volunteer does not need to use public transport.
📍 About the location
Location
The project will take place in the town of Narva, the third largest city in Estonia and the easternmost point of the European Union. It lies 212 kilometers from Tallinn (the capital of Estonia) and 130 kilometers from St. Petersburg in Russia. The city stands on the left bank of the River Narva, 14 kilometers before it flows into the Gulf of Finland. At the estuary of the River Narva lies a small resort town Narva-Jõesuu which is famous for its pine woodlands and nice sandy beaches. People in Narva mostly speak Russian.
More information about Narva on http://www.narva.ee/en/for_tourists/page:469 and http://tourism.narva.ee/?mid=252
More about Estonia: http://www.visitestonia.com/en
LEISURE
There's plenty to do in Narva, concerts, annual festivals and open-air shows that take place both in the inner yard of the Narva Castle and elsewhere in the town. There are several sport halls, swimming pool, fitness clubs and many other opportunities for outdoor sports and leisure time activities.
ℹ️ Additional information
We look for a volunteer who has good cooking skills and ready to spend time on the kitchen.