Animation Centre for Youth and Children
Animation Centre for Youth and Children
Animation Centre for Youth and Children that aims to offer everyone (children, young people and adults) in one of the Commune of Chisinau (capital of Moldova) and the opportunity to raise awareness of their own competencies and achieve personal development in a friendly centre with social, cultural, sporting and educational activities. The Centre is an innovative and reactive intervention resource for young people.
The centre runs the activities in the sectors:
- For children: in the activity centre and out-of-school club that are open all year.
- For young people: the pre-teenage clubs.
- Parents: informative workshop on the methods of the children’s education.
- Leisure for all: with different activities (dance, drama,
gymnastics, sports etc.) offered to the whole population based on
demand and needs. Other associations use the premises to offer
activities (karate, fitness sessions, etc.).
The volunteer will work in the Centre as a person who co-organises
the ideas which the young people and instructors realize during the
workshops. The Volunteer will initially be in the place as the
assistant, but gradually his/her contribution to the content of the
workshops will grow.
All selected volunteer will have the following practical arrangements during their service:
- Accommodation: single room with shared kitchen, bathroom and toilet in the rented flat together with other EVS volunteers from different countries or single room with shared kitchen, bathroom and toilet in the host family.
- Food: Food allowance will be received from the organization.
- Local transport: Monthly transportation card will be provided.
- Language courses: Intensive course upon arrival plus 30 hours of the language lessons with the private teacher is provided. Volunteers can choose what language to learn Romanian or Russian.
- On-arrival training and midterm evaluation:
- On-going mentoring and support
Through constant communication with Moldovan children and the
staff, playing national games, signing songs, telling tales and etc.,
the volunteer will receive a unique opportunity to get to know Moldovan
culture and probably to discover something new in his/her own culture
by looking at it from another dimension.
Moldova, Republic Of
Long term
starting September/October 2010


