Project environment:

Narva city is located in the north-eastern part of Estonia on the border with Russia, lying 212 kilometers from Tallinn an 150 kilometers from St. Petersburg. The city stands on the left bank of the River Narova, 14 kilometers before it flows into the Gulf of Finland. At the estuary of the River Narova lies a resort town Narva-Jõesuu. In terms of population Narva city is the third biggest city in Estonia. Economically our city is unfortunately in a weaker position than the rest of the cities in Estonia.
Our kindergarten is not far from the city center. There are 2 shops and one park close to us. In any kindergarten there are commomn rules and our is not an exception. Smoking is forbidden on the territory of the kindergarten, all the worker must pass medical examination.
What do we offer our volunteer? First of all the age of children that the Volunteer will deal with is 5-7 years old. We expect him to conduct English classes with children. A lot depends on the Volunteer's skills and wish. He can make the whole lesson himself or to be an assistant. Beside this we offer drowing classes and the classes where children learn how to create a handmade things. It's obviuos that we expect a person that is creative and initiate in order to feel comfortable at our place working with children. We also wait volunteer who is ready to bring with him/her own culture and share with us.

Proposed activities for EVS volunteers:

Our kindergarten regularly holds different traditional events and activities, that let children and parents spend spare time together and unite the team. These are:
" Children's drawing exhebition "The world through children's eyes" (mothly)
" Theme exhebitions "Estonia-my mother land", "Handmade", "Folk arts", "A bit of fantasy and...", "Nature's gifts", "Animal exhibition"
" Contests: poetry readung performance, music festival, sport competition
The Volunteer will be involved in all these activities and could also initiate his/her own ones. Thanks to it the Volunteer will have a chance to develop his/her skills in the field of creativity, event arrangement and management. He/she will experience different kinds of work: independent one and team work as well.

Activities Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Days off
Breakfast in the kindergarten + + + + +
Classes with children + + + + +
Games with children + + + + +
Lunch in the kindergarten + + + + +
Team work - - - + -
Week report - - - - +
Russian language classes for the Volunteer + - + -

In our kindergarten we would like to host the following Volunteer that:
" Could help children learning English. Here he/she needs to be a good english language user, know some English nursery rhymes and be able to create contact with children.
" Could give our children handcraft lessons (textile-, paper craftworks). Here he/she needs to be creative, to be a good explainer and could also need a bit of the Russian language skills (but not obligatory).
" Could assist in holding some activities, performances with children and their parents inside the building or outside it. Here it could be useful to know some nursery rhymes, be active and initiative, be communicative and open-minded.

Volunteer profiles and recruitment process:

There is no difference for us what is the nationality and age of theVolunteer. We are open for co-operation and communication with any person that shows interest in our activities and is ready to assist.
We consider a SO is the one, who is responsible for the Volunteer's decency and is in a very close contact with the Volunteer not only before the participation in the project but also within it.

Risk prevention, protection and safety:
We guarantee to provide the Volunteer with safe living and working environment. His/her psychological equilibrium will be provided by Mentor. This person will be always available for the Volunteer and will accompany him/her in everything that demands support or assistance. Within the first week the Volunteer will have an orientation on accident prevention in the kindergarten and will be supplied with the list of emergency phone numbers. This information should secure the Volunteer's life in Narva and work in the kindergarten. In case the Volunteer needs first medical aid or suddenly gets sick, then we have a nurse, who could assist him/her. During a day there will be always people around and the Volunteer could turn to any of them.