PROJECT ENVIRONMENT

The organisation is based in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania (750 000 inhabitants) just 20 minutes by bus from the city centre and 40 minutes by bus from main railway and couch station. Bus links are wonderful. Bus stops next to organisation and there are 4 different busses going to the centre of Vilnius. There is big shopping centre 7 minutes walk. There are a lot of leisure activities and some marvellous parks in the city.

Our organisation is in "sleeping" area of Vilnius where most people live. There are a lot of schools around but not so many places where pupils can go after the school. So they spend time in the streets, begin to use alcohol or drugs. Also there are no community centres where people could come and communicate with each other.

ACTIVITIES

All tasks will be discussed with volunteers to find the best way for volunteers and organization. Any initiative of volunteers will be encouraged and supported to help our organization to develope.

Our organisation during a year period has about 3 weekends seminars where we are preparing Lithuanian volunteers for working in our organisation. So most of these seminars will be available for EVS volunteers as well.

It is expected that the volunteer will be the active member helper in the organisation, with the time will be able to bring to the local community intercultural dimension.

The volunteer's role in the projects:

1.To participate in different group activities (arts, crafts, theatre, film making, sports and hikes);

2. Individual work with disadvantaged children and young people (helping to make homework, learning foreign language, giving personal support, etc.);

3. To help organize different events for young people (camps, hikes, concerts, etc.);

4. Assist disabled individuals in their activities.

5. Helping staff in administrative work.

In the project "THE OPEN COMMUNITY" main tasks for volunteer:

EVS volunteers would closely work and plan activities with young Lithuanian volunteers, who are helping to work with disable clients in day care center. Here are the tasks for volunteers:

1. To help to organise with young Lithuanian volunteers cultural events in the city and community, with the aim to give people opportunity to accept disable person

2. With professionals create drama peaces and show them for local community

3.To show example and teach ways of self occupations for clients of day care center organising for them free time occupation activities

4. To organise various handicraft workshops for clients of day care center (candles, postcards, drawings, work with tone, making things from wood, ecological workshops...)

5. To work with Lithuanian volunteers in local community social initiative by sharing things and second hand clothes from charity for pour people

6. To take care of garden

7. To assist in making exhibitions of disable people in local community

8. With Lithuanian volunteers organize Sundays' communities' café's activities and Sundays' market of handicrafts of disable people

9. To organise with Lithuanian volunteers weekends trips for disable children and clients of day care center.

The volunteer participates in all activities with disabled, helps individually, goes together to shop, assists in cooking, helps in a work sessions. After disabled people leave the volunteer has a day evaluation together with worker. Volunteers participate in a city events, retreats, summer camps, work camps, are leading person for disabled when they go to basketball match, concerts, theatres, cafe in the city.

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