EVS volunteers learn to work with young people with disabilities in Poland
EVS volunteers learn to work with young people with disabilities in Poland
Main theme of the project is equal opportunities and working with Romani communities. Project is aimed at developing solidarity, promoting active citizenship and mutual understanding among young people. Volunteers will work in community centers for children, including the one integrating for Polish and Romani children, in "You are not alone" a club for people with mental disorder and their families, and some time in the office.
Who we help:
The Foundation chose as its main goal the help for the most needful people,
integration and activation of different environments, including social groups
discriminated against, marginalized and those endangered by the risk of
social exclusion.
The beneficiaries of our actions are children and young people from large
families, families endangered by unemployment and threatened by pathologies,
national minorities (particularly Romani people), the unemployed and the poorest urban inhabitants, disabled persons, including mentally ill.
Profile of volunteer(s)
We would like to invite all the people to take part in the project who are:
- interested in psychology,educational science studies, social work in a big
city,
- interested in Roma culture, history and current problems of Roma community,
- creative,
-optimistic, outgoing and honest,
-flexible, friendly and helpful,
- independent, with ability to show initiative,
- responsible and trustworthy,
- interested and experienced in work with children, youth, people with mental
problems and minorities,
-interested and experienced in working in NGO’s office, helping with
international projects.
Volunteers are not required to have qualifications necessary to work with
children, young people or people with mental problems, but some experience in
working with this group is essential. They might have also interesting skills
and hobby: sport, painting, dancing – very popular with our beneficiaries. Good
computer skills will help in work by the projects in the Foundation office.
Tasks and Activities of the Volunteer
- participation and help in the activities for children and persons with mental
problems,
- participation and help in the activities for persons with mental problems,
- participation in educational projects organised by the foundation
- helping in organization of important events exe. Christmas Eve with Prom
Foundation,
-preparation of volunteers´ own activities under the supervision of Prom’s
educational workers,
-organization of meetings with the representatives of other community centres
and non-governmental
- organizations from Wroclaw promoting volunteering within the Roma Association
-Romani Bacht,
-meetings promoting volunteers’ cultural background,
-organization of international meetings and conferences within Governmental
Programme for the Roma community in Poland,
- searching for potential partners interested in project with Roma communities,
creating data bases,
- searching for recent information about Roma communities in volunteers
country,
-making contacts with foreign publishing houses willing to published pictures
story about Romani History or other publications made by Foundation Prom,
- helping by food distribution for Roma community and the poorest families from
our beneficiaries,
- organization and participation in winter or summer holidays for children from
community centres,
- promotion of the European Voluntarism within the young people from the
community centres contributing to the increase of knowledge about different
countries and their cultural, tradition,
Volunteers will have a chance to observe different specialist at work:
teachers, psychologists, dance teachers, language teachers, music therapy and
art therapy teachers.
Are you volunteer send your CV and motivation letter.
Poland
Long term
10 month starting October 2011


