Project environment

As a coordinating organisation, we offer the volunteers our hospitality, as this is a small town where all inhabitants happily welcome young people who "live" with us their experience.
Volunteers participate actively in the community and provide new, enriching ideas and experiences. They bring cultures near.
They will receive language and culture training; we will enable their integration and show them the needed tools to carry out their tasks.

Their useful, solidarity activity will allow them to acquire social, personal and language aptitudes and abilities.

They may participate in the socio-educational, cultural, sport and leisure activities in town with the final aim of his/her integration in our local community. We will put them in touch with other European volunteers of nearby towns and ex-volunteers living here.

ACTIVITIES THEY MAY PARTICIPATE IN

The activities that volunteers can provide, are included within the section: "Dissemination of European Culture" and are:

- Informative talks at the school, home for elderly and Culture on traditions, geographical location, culture, education, food, etc. of their country.

-They also have the opportunity to write articles for magazines and brochures and be interviewed on local radio.

-- Teach or develop dishes from their country in gastronomic meetings with young people and children or when they go to the winery.

-Language talks, depending on the origin of the volunteers, and once adapted and mastering the language, volunteers may perform tasks supporting language learning.

- Creating a Personal Journal and updating BLOG, in which the volunteer will be writing daily anecdotes, experiences and learning, providing photos. This will help them with their personal development and to disseminate their experience among other young people.


Detail of activities:

A) IN THE PIJ YOUTH HOUSE:

1. Information activities: learn how the PIJ works supporting tasks together with the youth reporter.

· 2. Cultural activities: together with the social educator, learn planning activities and collaborate with some of them: courses, talks, intercultural workshops, reading encouragement, recovery of folk games, video-forum, etc.

3. Sport activities, collaboration to carry out and develop sport competitions, together with the leaders. For example: canooing, badmington, tennis, swimming, table-tennis, etc.

4. Leisure activities, together with the socio-cultural animator, social educator and other animators hired for the occasion, activities for youth and children: summer school, summer library, trips, etc.

Profile of the volunteer(s) and selection process:

Our preference if for young people motivated to live this experience and who like the rural environment, in a small town. Willing to participate, learn and offer what they know. Social skills with children, young people and elderly are desirable. Awareness with these collectives is also necessary.

Ways to give the information about the vacancies to EVS organisations in other countries: E-mail to our contacts or to those provided by the regional government. For sending projects: same channels as for hosting.


Number of volunteers hosted:
7