Organisation of digital and printed material, Mini-libraries Alonso Quijano, Online resources about reading, Support with the regular update of the Foundation's web site.

Project environment:

Malaga is located in the province of the same name, in Andalucia, at the West of the Mediterranean, at the South of the Iberian Peninsule, about 100 kms. away from the Strait of Gibraltar.
Population: 566,447 inhabitants (the 6th biggest city in Spain and the biggest city which is not a capital of an Autonomous Community). Its urban area has the highest population rate of the Costa del Sol (140 kms.).
The city is located on a Bay surrounded by mountains (Montes de Malaga). It is crossed by 2 rivers: Guadalmedina and Guadalhorce.
It is candidate to be European Cultural Capital in 2016.

We carry out our volunteering activities at the Mother-Child Hospital of Malaga and at the Foundation Alonso Quijano, both in the city of Malaga.
The volunteering activities will mainly centre on 2 projects:
-The volunteering programme "Get better with books" is carried out in the hospital, in the Plaza Hospital Civil, s/n. It consists on lending books to children in the hospital, so they can read something appropriate for their age and concerns and count with the assistance of volunteers who encourage them to read, answer their questions and guide them choosing books.

Activities carried out in the Foundation, calle Donoso Cortés, 6-Bajo, in a central, accessible area of Malaga:

-Spanish for immigrants. Private Spanish classes for adult immigrants in Malaga.
-International cooperation "Books for the World", sending of books to different countries of Latin America, in collaboration with libraries of developing countries.

-Mini-libraries Alonso Quijano, in entities, services of public places.

-Online resources about reading. Resources online about reading, of free availability, with texts and images and a selection of books, magazines, virtual libraries, blogs and comments.




Proposed activities for EVS volunteers


We offer volunteers the following:
-Free Spanish language classes (Language and Culture), 1 ½ hours twice a week, given by a qualified volunteer, at an agreed time.
-Gain experience in useful skills for their professional future. The EVS provides skills and experiences, increases job possibilities and gives the chance of doing different works, so a choice is possible.
-Learn new skills. The EVS enables new challenges, know new people, new perspectives and ways of living which may encourage volunteers to reconsider their world perspectives.
-Secure and comfortable working environment, both in the hospital as in the Foundation; they both have all needed resources and both are secure.

We expect volunteers to participate in:
-Volunteering in the Mother and Child Hospital of Malaga, in the project "Get better with books", Mondays and Thursdays, from 16:15 to 18:30. It consists in going to the rooms of the children and read them a story. Volunteers will be accompanied and guided by the responsible for volunteering.
-Support and collaboration in the programme "Spanish for immigrants". This takes place throughout the week. we need to have all material in order and support with all needs which may arise (of teachers or students).
-Organisation of digital and printed material (books, magazines, encyclopaedias and varied documents which need classification (alphabetic or by subjects).
-In the project "Books for the World" we need to organize, classify and repair the books sent, as well as help with the packing and transport. We constantly receive donations and we have to select them according to their usage and organise them and classify them.

-Support with the regular update of the Foundation's web site: management of e-mail, revision of texts and images of web-site, introduction of new contents and update of details.

-Collaboration with the project "Mini libraries Alonso Quijano": selectton and classification of donated books; elaboration of packs for the different libraries; setting up of mini-libraries; coordination, with the responsible people from the organisation, to carry out monitoring of the use of the different mini-libraries.

Volunteers will constantly be accompanied by some staff member and receive guidance and support for the activities carried out.

There are 5 people in charge of supervising the different EVS activities.


Model time-table:

MONDAY
10-11:00: Up-date of web site
11-11:30: Breakfast
11:30-12:30: Organisation of books
12:30-13:30: Organisation of documents
16:30-18:30: Spanish language classes
TUESDAY
10-11:00: Organisation of documents
11-11:30: Breakfast
11:30-12:30: Meeting with the responsible for the project of mini-libraries
12:30-13:30: Meeting with the responsible for the project of mini-libraries
16:30-18:30: "Get better with books"
WEDNESDAY
10-11:00: Support with the material of "Spanish for immigrants"
11-11:30: Breakfast
11:30-12:30: Organisation of documents
12:30-13:30: Organisation of documents
16:30-18:30: Spanish language classes
THURSDAY
10-11:00: Organisation and classification of books
11-11:30: Breakfast
11:30-12:30: Repairing books
12:30-13:30: Repairing books
16:30-18:30: "Get better with books"
FRIDAY
10-11:00: Up-date of web site
11-11:30: Breakfast
11:30-12:30: Organisation and classification of books
12:30-13:30: Organisation of documents


Volunteer profiles and recruitment process:

Recruitment will be done taking into account the needs of the Foundation and the profile of the candidates.

Requirements:

" Be legal resident in one of the EU countries
" Have, at least, 6 months for the EVS.
" Working abilities with immigrants and children.
" Working team skills and ability to be with other people.