A. Project environment: profile of the organisation and local community
Klub studentu, rodicu a pratel CMG (the Club of the Students, their Parents and Friends of the Grammar School of Sts. Cyril and Method) is a non-profit organisation. His aim is a support of leisure time activities of local young people. There are two main projects of the organisation: the Youth Information Centre (YIC) and the Oaza Youth Club. Both, YIC and Oaza Club, work generally with children and young people, who are not organized in any other leisure time activities centres (mostly students of CMG who are often from many members families).

The town of Prostejov is a former district town with population of about 50 000 people and it is part of the Olomouc Region. The town has a favourable geographical location - it is situated in the middle of Morava, on the motorway between Brno and Olomouc, about 60 kilometres from Brno, the second biggest town of the Czech Republic. The ancient town of Olomouc lies in the heart of the so-called Haná region, nowadays it is the fifth largest city in the Czech Republic and the seat of the Olomouc Region. It has the second most significant collection of historical monuments in the country after Prague. In Prostejov, there is a long lasting tradition of clothing industry, which unfortunately stagnates today. But today, Prostejov is also known as the special military forces baseline. Right in the town, people can visit the theatre, culture clubs, swimming pool and sport studios. There are conditions for recreation, e.g. tennis. Thanks to easy availability it is possible to use cultural and sports opportunities of nearby cities (Olomouc and Brno).

The local community is helpful and kind. Young people are also equiped with language knowledge, but only few of them are not afraid to use the foreign language. And the speaking abilities of senior citizens is weaker yet. Generally, facilities for foreigners are not very good in Prostejov, but (and it is the advantage of nearby cities) facilities for foreigners are at the good level in Olomouc and in Brno. On the other side, in Prostejov, there is an important Gipsy minority and also a Vietnam minority and they have an influence on the whole atmosfere of the town too. Our organisation is situated in the building of the church school, so it also has influence on the community, which the volunteer is in touch with. And our organisation is intent on children and youth, who are not organized in any other leisure time activities centres. So there are two cathegories of visitors of YIC and Oaza Club: those, who are regulant clients of concrete activities, and then those, who come for the first time and (or) only by a single application – there can be more difficulties with cooperation and communication with the latter group.

B. Proposed activities for EVS volunteers
The aim of the participation in EVS is to create an international climate in our organisation which we could offer to the local community, especially to the local young people. We would like to create an environment where the youth can meet, communicate and cooperate with foreigners and where they can think and break down barriers, not only language but also cultural, social etc. EVS is one of possibilities to develop our organisation, each volunteer brigs us a new perspective for our activities and gives new impulses.

In our project, there is also a lot of possibilities of a personal development of volunteers. They will have possibilities to actively participate in our regular activities and they will have also possibilities of creating their own activity or a project – they can learn how to express their ideas, emotions and experiences. They will have occasions to learn how to manage their time in our project and their free time too. Volunteers who will participate in activities of the Youth Information Centre, they will have also a lot of possibilities of learning how to use computers, how to look for information, present and exchange information, how to communicate and participate in collaborative networks via Internet etc. They can also learn how to work with youth in a wide range of age (especially at the age of 12 – 25 years) who are not organized in any leisure time activities centres.

For applicants for EVS, there are two possible profiles in our organisation, which can be combined. The first profile accents the Youth Information Centre. A volunteer will participate in computer courses, in looking for actual information (about education, jobs, travelling, projects etc.), take a share in regular and special activities of YIC (for example competitions), and administer websites of YIC and Eurodesk and so on. The second profile accents the Oaza Youth Club. A volunteer will be involved in leisure time activities for children and youth in Oaza, for example sports, drama workshops, creative workshops, programs for holidays etc. and help with organizing weekend activities and courses of personal development, e.g. “The Movement of the Animators” (a systematic training for instructors and group leaders of the children summer camps). These two profiles can be also interconnected. We will enable each volunteer to choose from activities which we offer, according to their capabilities, interests and hobbies. We are also open to a personal initiative of volunteers and we welcome it. Volunteers can start with a new activity, prepare one-time activity, create a larger holiday project for youth or help us to participate in Youth Exchange projects and by these activities enrich our common proposal. Visitors of YIC and Oaza Club are also interested in discussions in foreign languages, in the culture and the native countries of volunteers.

For example, these activities belong to a range of regular activities of our organisation: computer courses (PHP) for youth at the age of 14 – 17 years, competition called “Adventure with a computer” for children at the age of 8 – 10 years, presentations on public (e.g. Day of EU), chats for students (at the age of 15 – 20 years) about EVS.

Accommodation for volunteers: A flat for 2 volunteers in the building of one-family house, which is inhabited - each of
volunteers has her/his own room with detached doorway and lockable. Then there is a collective eating nook and a bathroom. The house is only 20 minutes walking from our organisation.

C. Volunteer profiles and recruitment process
Volunteer’s profile: helpful to children and young people, get involved in the offered activities, able to find her/his own activities, communicative and firm to solve possible conflicts.

Recruitment process: We reply to each applicant and then we choose the volunteer on the basis of her/his interests and
hobbies. Especially, the concrete ideas of applicants (what they want to do in our organisation and what they want to learn in our organisation) are for us important.

D. Special needs (if applicable)
Our organisation is prepared to give to volunteers with fewer opportunities more attention to their possible difficulties, as is for example ignorance of local specifics, different social and cultural experience.

E. Risk prevention, safety and protection
Working environment: The premises of YIC and Club Oaza are informal. We seek to make friendly atmosphere in our
organisation not only for our visitors, but also for our workers and volunteers. Workers and volunteers keep also at their
disposal a cabinet, where they can leave their coat, prepare tea or coffee etc. Volunteers are in contact with their mentor each week (if the volunteer is interested in more frequentant contact with her/his mentor, it would be of course possible) and they regularly discuss their activities and also problems with the Head of YIC and Club Oaza. All our workers increase their own competences to work with volunteers by various courses.

Risk prevention: After arrival volunteers will pass the safety training, they will get acquainted with basic situations, including risk situations, which can happen at home, at their leisure time and of course in the workplace. They will also get acquainted with emergency calls, timetables of the urban mass transportation, maps of neighbourhood etc.

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