The course of the work social and culture sphere, actually, efficient and pithy organisation of free time, where they are initiators, participants and responsible about practical tasks. At least twice a week there are provided activities for the local society ( joint works, concerts, exhibitions, seminar programs, questionnaires, spreading the information ) For preparing and collecting the information there are provided consultations with municipality and state institutions local and regional authorities, scientists from the reserve, representatives of schools, region etc. Two days a week are foreseen for free time and individual plans. State holidays are free too as well as school holidays, when the volunteer can organise his own time and activities.

PROVIDED DAILY ROUTINE:
8 00- 8 30 Getting up 16 00 - 18 00 Interests clubs
8 30 - 9 30 Breakfast, free time 18 00 - 19 00 Supper, free time
9 30 - 11 30 Studies /lessons, seminars and practical works 19 00 - 21 00 Interests club Organizing and taking part in different activities 2 or3 times for week
11 30 - 13 00 Individual work/ practical work 21 00 - 23 00 Free time
13 00 - 14 30 Lunch, Free time 23 00 - 8 00 Night sleep
14 30 - 16 00 Individual work/ works in project team

The weekends will be free time. It is also possible, to give extra off days to the volunteer if he or she would like to travel or meet other people during the weekends and he will need one more day off. If there is an agreement before, it should be absolutely not that problem.
Studies - individual and collective - means, that there are planned studies - of the language, its history, traditions, main aspects etc, as well as history of the country, social and economical questions, which volunteer will study individually together with his mentor any other person, or participate in these activities together with group of other students (group work) during interest club activities(chorus, floristic, folk dancing group etc.), preparation youth exchange projects, participation in other placement projects, trips, sport and professional competitions, lections or seminars both at school and out of school.
Actually, the volunteer will have quite a free hand to have creative work in carrying out-of-school activities and projects, realizing his initiative together with our students. The volunteer will have possibilities to choose those activities and ways which he considers to be more acceptable.
In the beginning of the project there might be some misunderstandings because of language difference, so sign language lessons of Latvian will more intensive, in order to stimulate faster volunteer's integration into school community.
Volunteer should not be afraid of possible rejection by youngsters at school. As our school has many partners in other countries, students are used to communicate with foreigners, and usually they are quite active to start the contact. Most of our youngsters are creative, pure - minded and open for new ideas.
Every week the volunteer will get reflection meetings with school deputy director responsible for out of school activities, project coordinator, his/her tutor, and other specialists (with whom volunteer will work directly). These meetings will help to follow volunteer's integration and learning process, as well during those meeting will be discussed and made innovations, improvements of volunteer's activities.

Volunteer profiles and recruitment process:
Please describe the profiles of volunteers you would like to receive in your organisation. Include information on how you ensure an open and transparent recruitment process as well as the overall accessibility of EVS to all young people. Consider further information about the type of Sending Organisation you want to cooperate with. This information can help the match-making between volunteer candidates, Sending Organisations and your organisation.
There are no limits applying to gender and age. The school is not a closed organisation, no religious prejudices. The preferable languages - English, German, Russian, because the Russian language is widespread in this area.
The only request is that volunteer must love children or at least willing to work with children/youth that has same disability, too or come from family at social risk. Volunteer should be ready for a challenge to get used to life in the community of different country and culture.
Volunteer is expected to be positive, open-minded, flexible, friendly, helpful, warm-hearted.
He/ she have to be active, taking initiatives, responsible and reliable.
Motivation to host volunteer:
" Firstly we have some experience working with foreign volunteer, learning about their culture, traditions and communicating in foreign language. We think that all volunteers bring new changes to the organisations/institutions they come, so we want our pupils and staff to learn new things and gain new experience together with the volunteer. We hope for new inspiration and look at our daily work/life from a different point of view.
" To continue working with Youth programme Action 2 (and with other actions later on);
" The idea is to know each other better by living and working together, by breaking stereotypes, by decreasing xenophobia, by promoting tolerance and peace, to become more sensitive to other culture, other religion;
" To give opportunity for school pupils and students and teachers study different culture, to learn some new words, to give some new experience valuable in future;
" To stimulate new international co-operation of our school pupils and teachers together with volunteers and organisations from their countries;
" To give space and place for volunteer personal growing, for gaining knowledge, experience, intercultural understanding; to learn from/together/with volunteer.
We want to offer:
" Possibility to work with youth (16)18 - 24 y.o. (we have students with hearing disability, too)
" To join and lead activities volunteer sees interesting to learn and share experience; the volunteer will be encouraged to bring his/her own ideas and initiative to the students he/she will work by various activities such as arts, dancing, singing, making crafts etc.; volunteer will be asked to use creativity and experience. If volunteer finds some additional field of activity (teaching children and local people foreign languages, games, music, sport, visits to museum or any other activities indoor and outdoor), which she/he wants develop as personal initiative in project she/he will have special support for this;
" space to share volunteer's culture (language lessons, cultural events) for the secondary school group's pupils and community youth; presenting his/ her home country and its culture will be a part of intercultural learning (volunteer will be asked to be ready provide with information and showing about her/his country in creative way);
" use technical base of the school (video and audio equipment, computer classroom, hall, sport hall and sport fields, transport equipment);
" According volunteer's abilities and wishes (at least 3-4 hours per week) he/she will be taught basics of sign-language of Latvian and will be able to practice with students and staff of the school daily;
" Volunteer will work 5 - 7 hours per day,4-5 days per week. Working and free time schedule will be discussed and set together with volunteer. The volunteer will have 2 days (2, 5) off per week either during the week) Monday or Friday) or at weekend. In the beginning volunteer will be introduced to the activities, which take place after school from 15.00 till 19.00. (School starts at 8.30 and finishes from 13.20. to 15.45 depending on the schedule for different group youngsters.) After school: on Monday - computers, languages for pupils, sign language or "words in world of silence", languages courses for adults on Tuesdays "Library day", languages for pupils, floristic and applied arts lessons; on Wednesdays; languages for adults, sports, preparing for school's cultural measures, on Thursdays - computers, sports, applied arts, and florists; on Fridays - sign language and sports. Later on the volunteer together with teachers will set own schedule, including meeting younger children in Barkava Basic school after the schools for various games and elder youngsters for sport, educative and animation activities like painting, theatre, volunteer's native language promotion activities. Some days volunteer can devote more time to sport activities and some days can be devoted only to educative or animation work. This will depend on volunteer interests and abilities. Volunteer will have possibility to prepare and have meals together with youngsters;
" Volunteer will be guided and supported by local resources. Co-ordinating organisation hosts and organises a lot of various projects so volunteer can visit activities and organisation any time and she/he can easily find friends among projects participants or members of our organisation. We will also provide with information about places or events within the interest of volunteer;
" each week there will be reflection session of volunteer's integration and activity process;
" Accommodation and board. Volunteer will live in schools dormitory, but will have separate flat and private space. Volunteer will have meals 3- 4 times a day at school's canteen together with other students and teachers, who live in the school hostel, due to long distance to their home.

Special needs (if applicable):
If your placements are open to hosting volunteers with fewer opportunities, please provide information about the competence, experience and infrastructure and (human or other) resources available in your organisation to accommodate and support them.
If your projects are open to hosting volunteers with fewer opportunities (i.e. facing educational, social, economical, cultural or geographical obstacles and/or to disabled volunteers), please provide information about the competence, experience and infrastructure and (human or other) resources available in your
During the project the volunteer will guided and assisted by young school tutor, who has certain activities with youngsters; at the same time the volunteer will be able to explore school life by himself/herself - attend classes and any activities of his/her interest (if he/she needs interpreter's help during any phase of activities, interpreter will be provided (according school schedule different teachers will be able to assist). After getting introduced to the school life, volunteer will arrange his/her schedule of activities which will be integrated into school's schedule.
Later on, depending on volunteer's abilities and wishes he/she will run own activities with youngsters according own schedule. If there will be the need of assistance, the volunteer will have particular person to help during activities. Volunteer will be able to decide to join different activities of school led by other teachers, so in this case volunteer will learn and lead those activities together with specialists.
The host project is open to working with one or any partners. Number of potentiale voluntiers 1-2(3).