Στη σελίδα μας "Προτάσεις για ESC με την ΕΛΙΞ" παρουσιάζουμε τις προτάσεις μας σχετικά με τα προγράμματα Ευρωπαϊκό Σώμα Αλληλεγγύης - European Solidarity Corps (ESC), τα οποία προτείνει η ΕΛΙΞ για τους εθελοντές της.
Η ΕΛΙΞ είναι πιστoποιημένος φορέας με το Σήμα Ποιότητας το οπoίο διασφαλίσει το αναγκαίο πλαίσιο συνθηκών για τη συμμετοχή των νέων σε δραστηριότητες αλληλεγγύης σε συμμόρφωση με τις αρχές και τους στόχους του Ευρωπαϊκού Σώματος Αλληλεγγύης.
Η ΕΛΙΞ σας προτείνει ένα πρόγραμμα EVS (με δύο θέσεις) στην Βαρκελώνη της Ισπανία για την περίοδο Φεβρουαρίου 2016 έως Δεκεμβρίου 2016.
Η προθεσμία για τις αιτήσεις είναι η 23 Αυγούστου 2015.
Η ΕΛΙΞ σας προτείνει 1 πρόγραμμα EVS (με δύο θέσεις) στο Βερολίνο της Γερμανίας για την περίοδο Απρίλιος 2016 έως Σεπτέμβριος 2016.
Η προθεσμία για τις αιτήσεις είναι η 10 Αυγούστου 2015.
H ΕΛΙΞ σε συνεργασία με την μη κυβερνητική οργάνωση Concordia της Γαλλίας έχει εξασφαλίσει και σας προτείνει ένα πρόγραμμα EVS μικρής διάρκειας για νέους με λιγότερες ευκαιρίες να ζήσουν μια πρώτη εθελοντική εμπειρία.
(μάθε τι είναι ένα πρόγραμμα EVS)
H ΕΛΙΞ σε συνεργασία με την μη κυβερνητική οργάνωση De Amicitia της Ισπανίας έχει εξασφαλίσει και σας προτείνει ένα πρόγραμμα EVS μικρής διάρκειας (2 μηνών) αυτό το καλοκαίρι που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στην Ισπανία. Το πρόγραμμα αφορά νέους ηλικίας 18 με 30 χρονών.
(μάθε τι είναι ένα πρόγραμμα EVS)
H ΕΛΙΞ σε συνεργασία με την μη κυβερνητική οργάνωση Etudes et Chantiers της Γαλλίας σας προτείνει το 1 από τα 2 προγράμματα EVS μεσαίας διάρκειας αυτό το καλοκαίρι που είναι ακόμη ελεύθερη η θέση και θα πραγματοποιηθούν στην Γαλλία. Τα προγράμματα αφορούν νέους ηλικίας 18 με 30 χρονών.
1. από 01/07 έως 30/09/2015 (3 μήνες), στην Region of Brittany
Our organization aims to raise people awareness about our heritage which also vehicles social connections. Built heritage is a great medium to share and federate people on the history of a territory and its people. Heritage also reflects the cultural diversity of our European communities. The main goal of this conservation project is to make the ‘heritage’ topic more accessible to young people in order to develop the participation of everyone to its conservation.
The team of volunteers will take part to several kind of activities:
a. Technical activities: Conservation work of built heritage on different supports and using different techniques.
The activities will be supervised by the technical leaders of the organization.
b. Educational activities: Raising awareness on built heritage conservation and local heritage (with schools, local population, visitors …), link with the local actors. Enhancement of European culture and exchanges.
(μάθε περισσότερα) και δείτε τι έκαναν οι εθελοντές πέρσι.
2. από Ιούνιο έως τέλη Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 (01/06 έως 30/09/2015 4 μήνες) στο Paimpont - Brittany
To help the creation of the center of scientific culture in rural areas of the Châtenay Mill by the implementation of volunteers' European team for the environment.
The team will aim to:
a. Assist in the development, preservation and maintenance of spaces in the area of the Châtenay Mill and around the Châtenay pond.
- Participate to the creation of new facilities around the Châteany pound, such as a wooden bridge.
b.Promote environmental actions on the territory (in particular developing biodiversity measurement with participatory sciences protocols).
c. Develop relationship between the territory and its inhabitants, in order to open the Biological Station to more visitors.
(μάθε περισσότερα) και δείτε τι έκαναν οι εθελοντές πέρσι.
Volunteer's profile:
- Interested in the various topics of the project: heritage conservation, environment, European citizenship, social inclusion
- Willingness to live and work as part of a European voluntary team (it’s few months project, that means the volunteer is an integrated part of the group, she/he will have to take part in all the collective tasks (cooking, cleaning, etc)).
- Interest in intercultural experiences, curiosity
- Willingness to develop links with the local population, to meet new people…
- Willingness to work and live both in urban and rural areas
- Willingness to discover the culture and the French language
- Very important :
- EVS is not cheap holidays but volunteering
- Physical ability and interest to do outside work
- The volunteer has to know that she/he will sleep in tent during half of the project and Brittany where it is not always sunny, even in summer.
Για να κάνετε αίτηση πρέπει να στείλετε το CV + ΜΟΤΙVATION LETTER + την φόρμα EVS της ΕΛΙΞ στα Αγγλικά στο Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε. ΑΜΕΣΑ.
Προσοχή: το e-mail πρέπει να έχει θέμα"EVS - Etudes et Chantiers" και πρέπει να διευκρινίσετε για ποιο από τα 2 προγράμματα κάνετε την αίτηση
Η ΕΛΙΞ σας προτείνει ένα πρόγραμμα EVS στην Ιταλία στην οργάνωση Legambiente διάρκειας δώδεκα μηνών, από 06/11/2015 έως 06/11/2016, για 2 εθελοντές.
Η προθεσμία για τις αιτήσεις είναι 28/05/2015 12/8/2015.
Λίγα λόγια για το πρόγραμμα:
ACTIVITIES:
- Environmental Education: EVS volunteers will support the staff of educators of Legambiente Prato in specific tasks: preparing equipment for schools seminars, preparing pictures & presentations, support staff during the lessons, support students during activities and games on energy. EVS volunteers according to their knowledge of Italian language may lead also the seminars with support of educators.
During the year, Legambiente Prato is also involved in other educational projects for schools. In case of activation of the following projects, EVS volunteers will be involved with the same tasks described above, including all the aspects related to promotion - advertisement (social network-mailing list- local press) of the environmental education activities that schools and groups may join in.
Laboratories for young students on Animal and Biodiversity contents: Nesting and Homing of Animals, Animal's footprints, Water and Energy Experiments. This action of environmental education is in collaboration with the local natural sciences center/museum of Prato
Outdoor activities: Hiking in the natural protected areas of Prato. Our province has one of the largest extension of green areas in Italy. Legambiente Prato wants to promote the culture of environment by involving students and citizenship to visit these heritages that are under their eyes.
Projects on WATER-CLIMATE CHANGE-MOBILITY
Environmental Education in the provincial Natural Reserve of Acquerino Cantagallo where Legambiente Prato manage the Mountain Hut Rifugio Le Cave
- European and International Volunteering: Legambiente Prato promotes among youngsters the opportunity of the new ERASMUS+ programme as well as those ones related to international environmental workcamps ran out by Legambiente national department of Volunteerism.
EVS volunteers will be involved in the action related to:
1) Organization of at least 3-4 info-days/seminars during the year, on Erasmus+ opportunities for young people of Prato. These events will be organized in several contexts: local youth centers, high schools, local center for youth employment and in collaboration with other local realities that are engaged in volunteering and social inclusion.
2) Organization of 2 monthly meetings on Erasmus+ Volunteering opportunities in the office of Legambiente Prato where young participants can ask to our EVS volunteers suggestions and useful details about EVS abroad, how to prepare a good candidacy, how to find hosting organizations. These informal meeting will favor also the local integration of evs volunteers with people from Prato. This integration process can be enhanced by coupling these meetings to recreational activities which are available in our office: Table Tennis - Tea point – Language exchange (tandem) or any other recreational activities proposed by EVS volunteers!
Before the organization and general planning of the above mentioned activities EVS volunteers will be involved in the preparation of leaflets, advertisement on social network, mailing lists, website, local press and so on.
- International Workcamps: Legambiente Prato is one of the local groups that hosts international workcamps in several structures of the Province of Prato. The workcamps are set-up thanks to the collaboration with local municipalities of Prato (Vaiano - Montemurlo -Carmignano ect..) During the summer in the last decade, Legambiente Prato hosted several international workcamps where youngsters coming from all over the world joined local communities of the Province of Prato for 2 weeks. The main objectives of a workcamp consist in recovering natural areas or green urban places (public gardens-cycling pathways ect..) while living in a local community favoring integration, cultural exchange and knowledge of cultural heritage of less-known places of Italy. The concrete tasks of working usually consists in cleaning pathways or naturalistic areas, wood collecting, grass cutting. During afternoon and evenings there will be the opportunity to visit places in the surroundings, organizing dinners, games and happenings with the local community. EVS volunteers, after having gained experience of Italian culture and the local communities of Prato will act as camp leader during these workcamps and they will be supervised by the Legambiente Prato's coordinator of workcamps. 2-3 EVS volunteers will attend a workcamp (usually 3 workcamps every summer) with the following task:
-working in natural areas and organize the work shifts of the participants,
-organize the shifts and the work related to clean and cook in the hosting structure.
-Planning free-time activities inside the local community or in the close town
- Rifugio “Cascina Le Cave” Rifugio Le Cave is a mountain hut in the middle of natural reserve Acquerino Cantagallo in the Province of Prato. From April to November Rifugio Cave hosts tourists and trekkers as well as families, students groups who want to eat or sleep inside a wonderful green area. Evs volunteers are involved in hostelling and housekeeping activities giving their support to Legambiente Prato's staff. Main activities of the Rifugio are:
- cleaning rooms
- preparing and washing linens
- help in the kitchen (managing simple food items, clean & wash dishes, clean the kitchen)
- preparing tables and deliver meals to hosts
- preparing and collecting wood from the surrounding woods
- maintain the temperature of the heater
- help customers with their needs
The activities related to hosting tourist inside Rifugio will be mainly during the week-ends from April to mid November according to meteorological conditions that has to be evaluated case by case
Rifugio “Cascina Le Cave” hosts also these activities where EVS volunteers will be involved:
1) Environmental Education projects: Young students of Prato together with their teachers can spend their stay in Rifugio Le Cave and adding also some environmental education activities: hiking – workshops on: Gardening, Honeybees, Deer's love call, animals of the reserve and so on
EVS Volunteers' tasks is to support Legambiente's trainers in the group working, in the preparation for didactical supports and games, advertisement and promotion of environmental education activities through social network – local press – website and creation of leaflets and brochures.
2) Hiking in Natural reserve: Natural reserve of Acquerino Cantagallo (where the Rifugio Le Cave is displaced) is a popular destination for hikers and tourists of Prato. Legambiente Prato' thanks to its environmental guides can arrange day or night hiking to gather people and showing them the importance of this natural heritage. EVS volunteers tasks' is to support local guide during the hiking, monitoring the group of people while they are walking and support for any needs. Before the excursions, EVS volunteers will support all the advertisement actions to promote these initiatives and increasing the numbers of visitors.
3) Summer Camps and Youth Exchange: During the summer period Legambiente Prato hosts 5 children summer camps in Rifugio Le Cave. Every camp lasts 1 week and hosts 20-25 children (8-14 y.o). EVS volunteers are actively involved in the 2 main tasks of the summer camp: support for housekeeping (see up for description) of Rifugio le Cave and support to environmental education – outdoor and hiking activities that has to be run out every day for the group of children. Together with EVS volunteers there will be 2-3 responsible of camps. EVS volunteers may be involved also in the administrative tasks: such as collection of Inscription to summer camps, activation of Legambiente's cards for children.
During summer period some Youth Exchanges may take place in Rifugio Le Cave. Youth exchanges will involve 20-25 participants all over Europe (age 16-25) focused on specific topics. EVS volunteers will be involved in the general organization of Youth Exchange including some collateral administrative tasks (gathering inscriptions of participants and so on) as well as all the above mentioned tasks of the Rifugio Le Cave.
- Legambiente Campaigns and Festivals: “Clean up the world”- “Energy Festival”- “Volunteering Festival”- “Festa dell'albero”. These are local happenings lasting 2 or 3 days in different period of the year, directed to citizens, students, families and youngsters in order to actively participate and follow common environmental/social values.
EVS volunteers will support local staff of Legambiente in all the promotion, advertisement, and development of the campaigns
- The Garden in the theatre: Prato has had a very strong tradition in textile industry. In a small ex-industrial district close to city center raises “Fabbrichino” a theater that was born by an old industry. In the last 2 years “Fabbrichino” saw its second transformation...In fact this theater is now connected to a renewed garden where children, families and students can enjoy environmental workshop such as “Bamboo … the changing Garden”. “Bamboo” is a theater show followed by a workshop in the outside garden where old shoes boxes will gain a “second life” thanks to humus and paper flower that children can build from re-used items! The garden boxes will enrich the biodiversity of the little outside garden. EVS volunteers will be involved in the environmental workshop supporting little children in building their own “garden box”. This is one of the first up-cycling experiment involving theater and environment in town!
- At any time of the year EVS volunteers are encouraged to create new events, recreational activities (for example: photo/video exhibition, vernissage, photo marathon, seminars and so on ) to carry out in Legambiente's Prato office and/or Rifugio Le Cave and/or in collaboration with other local associations that cooperate with Legambiente Prato.
VOLUNTEER'S PROFILE
- Motivation and interest in environmental/educational/youth topics
- Willing to live together and share with other 4 – 5 evs volunteers
- Good proficiency in English language (both written and spoken)
- Good command of Microsoft Office (PowerPoint-excel-word) -Internet - Social network
- Knowledge of Italian language (basic level is ok)
- Knowledge of specific software (Adobe InDesign or Photoshop, Wordpress for Websites, GIS-GPS software)
- Video/Photo editing
PRACTICAL ARRAGEMENTS
- Working time: The mean number of working time is 5-6 hours per day. During summer, several engagements like summer camps for children, international workcamps, Rifugio Le cave hostelling will require a permanent stay up to 14 days in the place where those activities will occur.
- Accommodation: The volunteers will live together in shared accommodation (apartment) in the historical center of Prato, close to the main kind of facilities and amusements. The apartment has 3 independent double beds - rooms with shared cooking, washing, laundry and bathroom. Every volunteer is expected to live together with other 4-5 volunteers. Cleaning, basic hygienic conditions, energy saving strategies (gas, electricity and water) of the apartment are expected to accomplished by volunteers trough a well defined plan of “living together” rules.
- Monthly Allowance and Food Budget: Pocket money is 115 euro every month + 145 euro monthly to spend in 2 supermarket of Prato with a credit card that will be provided by the association.
- Local transport: Every volunteer will receive a urban carnet for bus transportation (every 3 months bus carnet has to be renovated) + 2 bikes.
-Training and support of volunteers
- Language support
- Travel costs: Travel costs will be calculated in accordance with the European Calculator available at this webpage http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm
Για να κάνετε αίτηση πρέπει να στείλετε το CV + ΜΟΤΙVATION LETTER + την φόρμα EVS της ΕΛΙΞ στα Αγγλικά στο Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε. έως τις 29/05 12/08. Σαν θέμα του e-mail πρέπει να βάλετε: ΕVS - Legambiente Prato - όνομα σας
6 προγράμματα EVS με προορισμό την Γαλλία σε περιμένουν να κάνεις αίτηση!
Εάν θέλεις να βρεθείς στην Γαλλία και να προσφέρεις εθελοντική εργασία, μέσα από το Ευρωπαϊκή εθελοντική υπηρεσία και το ERASMUS+, για 6 έως 12 μήνες μην καθυστερείς και κάνε αίτηση τώρα!
Τα προγράμματα συντονίζονται από την γαλλική οργάνωση Concordia και η ΕΛΙΞ είναι η οργάνωση αποστολής σου.
Προθεσμία υποβολής αιτήσεων: 7 Απριλίου 2015
Για να κάνεις αίτηση:
Για να εξεταστεί η αίτησή σου από την οργάνωση πρέπει να αποστείλεις την αίτηση και το βιογραφικό σου στα αγγλικά στο Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε. με θέμα τον τίτλο του προγράμματος για το οποίο αιτήστε μέχρι τις 7 Απριλίου 2015. Μην ξεχάσετε να αναφέρετε στο email ότι η ΕΛΙΞ είναι η οργάνωσης αποστολής σας.
ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ !!! μην ξεχάσετε το παραπάνω email να το κοινοποιήσετε (Cc:) στην ΕΛΙΞ στο email μας Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε. ώστε να μπορέσουμε να παρακολουθήσουμε την αίτησή σας.
1. The CCAS of Issoire
Duration: September 2015 - August 2016 (11 months)
The Community Centre for Social Action (CCAS) of Issoire is a local public establishment in charge from the city hall to implement the social politics for the inhabitants of Issoire.
Tasks:
The volunteer will get involved in the CCAS activities, and particularly:
- The Home of Youth workers
- The Home “l’Escapade”: it is a free place where retired can meet
The volunteer will have the opportunity to discover all the services managed by the CCAS:
- The Home for the elderly
- The emergency welcome by day and by night
- The social gardening
Volunteer's profile:
- Adaptation, open-mindedness and motivation for working with people facing various difficulties and for setup a new intergenerational project.
- Strong motivation for the animation (cultural and sport) and social fields, and for team work.
- Speak correct English and/or French, or to be motivated to learn French.
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες μπορείς να βρεις εδώ.
2. The high school "George Sand" in Yssingeaux
Duration: October 2015 - March 2016 (6 months)
"George Sand" is a public agricultural school which offers training courses for around 500 students from the age of 14 years old up to university foundation course level.
Tasks:
The volunteer will be able to undertake the following tasks:
- Youth awareness on health risks
- Fight against discriminations and promoting equality
- Awareness of mobility and international solidarity
- Youth awareness on environmental issues
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες μπορείς να βρεις εδώ.
3. The high school "Jean Monnet" in Yzeure
Duration: October 2015 - March 2016 (6 months)
Jean Monnet high school welcomes 1,320 young people doing initial training courses (1060 school students and 260 university-level students) and several hundred interns doing training courses in further education.
Tasks:
- Youth awareness of health risks
- Fight against discrimination and promote equality
- Youth awareness of environmental issues
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες μπορείς να βρεις εδώ.
4. The high school "Jean Monnet-Mermoz" in Aurillac
Duration: October 2015 - March 2016 (6 months)
"Monnet-Mermoz" high school is a vocational and academic school. It is located in a rural, mountainous area where many students come from less-favored backgrounds and have limited international mobility.
Tasks:
- Youth awareness of health risks
- Fight against discriminations and promote equality
- Awareness of mobility and international solidarity
- Youth awareness of environmental issues
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες μπορείς να βρεις εδώ.
5. The high school "Pierre-Joël Bonté" in Riom
Duration: October 2015 - March 2016 (6 months)
"Pierre-Joël Bonté" is an academic and vocational high school that opened in 2009. It welcomes many types of learners (school-age, apprentices and adults) and offers a large selection of qualifications.
Tasks:
- Youth awareness of health risks
- Fight against discrimination and promote equality
- Youth awareness of environmental issues
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες μπορείς να βρεις εδώ.
6. The Youth Service of St Pourçain
Duration: September 2015 - September 2016 (12 months)
The association of local authorities of St Pourçain is a public organization grouping together 28 municipalities. It manages various departments and policies for the whole territory, including the youth sector.
Volunteer's Role:
The main roles of the volunteer will be directly linked to running activities, raising awareness and mobilizing the young people of the district concerning specific topics (mobility, European and active citizenship, interculturality, etc.), and federative projects (in particular youth workcamps, EVS, exchanges).
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες μπορείς να βρεις εδώ.
H ΕΛΙΞ λόγω ακύρωσης σας προσφέρει μια 1 θέση σε πρόγραμμα EVS στην Ισλανδία!
Μια μοναδική ευκαιρία για όποιον επιθυμεί να βρεθεί για 5 μήνες στην Ισλανδία, να γίνει μέλος του προσωπικού της οργάνωσης SEEDS και να συμμετέχει σε όλες τις δράσεις της!
Η προθεσμία είναι ΆΜΕΣΑ!!!
Όλες οι πληροφορίες για το πρόγραμμα
EVS in SEEDS!
Project title: International Workcamps Leaders / Environmental Messengers
Dates: 01/05/2015 - 30/09/2015 (5 months)
Pocket money: 135€ per month.
Role and tasks of the volunteer:
The scope of activities for the volunteers will change during their stay in Iceland and can be chronologically clearly divided in the already mentioned four (4) different stages:
1. EVS Volunteers arrival. SEEDS will organise an on-arrival project-specific & language orientation training. During this time volunteers will be given enough tools and theoretical knowledge combined with practical tasks in order to prepare them for the stay and the activities on the field. Volunteers will be introduced to four main topics, the hosting organisation, Iceland, environment and leadership. Intercultural, recreational and integration activities will be organised with the active involvement of the volunteers.
During the first two stages volunteers will have weekends free and work will be carried out within usual week-working-days, Monday to Friday.
2. Before going to lead the workcamps, volunteers have a “pilot project” where experienced leaders & few EVS volunteers participate; the conditions are similar to those of the regular camps. This aims at building confidence within a comfortable environment (with few short-term volunteers, if any), to experience “in real” how a workcamp is run, to face possible challenging situations and to try out the tools given in stage 1.
3. On field work takes place when the camps are implemented. Workcamps are the most common form of short-term volunteering and are projects where a group of volunteers live and work together on a project which has been identified by a local partner. They generally last for 2 weeks.
There are different types of projects depending on the needs of our hosting partners and they can be:
- Nature conservation or environment protection: Ecological research, removing invasive growth, building of walking paths or hiking trails, cleaning of the coastline, reforestation and erosion control works, etc.
- Renovation and restoration. Construction or renovation of a building, monument or community building, etc.
- Cultural and sports events: Support of festivals, celebrations, gatherings or happenings.
- Agricultural projects: Organic farming, tree-nurseries.
- Awareness Campaigns and global education projects.
- Artistic projects
- Projects focused on environmental education
International workcamps bring together volunteers from different backgrounds aiming at building up understanding & encouraging peace while working for an identified need, groups range from 5 to 30 volunteers.
International Workcamp leader – roles and responsibilities:
The responsibilities and role of an EVS work camp leader will vary according to the hosting community and the type of project, but the following list gives an idea of what they could normally be responsible for:
* Helping the volunteers feel comfortable with the project, welcoming and talking to them, to establish a good relationship and to ensure they do not have avoidable problems, and that they remain happy with the project.
* Acting as the link between the volunteers, the hosting project and SEEDS, trying to ensure that the aims, needs and desires of all three can be compromised to provide the best possible result.
* Budgeting food and other costs of the volunteers.
* Motivating the group of volunteers to ensure that they are able to carry out the agreed programme, such as organising the day-to-day working schedule and ensuring that everyone gets to work on time.
* Co-ordinating arrangements such as meals and cleaning to ensure that the needs of the volunteers are met.
* Ensuring sufficient balanced food and other health and safety considerations of the volunteers..
* Involving everyone so that no volunteer feels excluded from the group or alienated from the project and managing the group dynamics so that it does not split into sub-groups.
* Providing the time and space for ideas to develop from within the group, particularly in relation to the social programme, but also having ideas for activities that can be organised for the group in the evenings.
* Feeding back SEEDS regarding the outcome and evaluations of the single projects.
Volunteers need to take enough days free (in average 4) between workcamps to rest and be ready for the next one. The workcamps will be carried out one after each other in stage 3.
The work in the field is extremely demanding and volunteers will be highly active, which requires a great deal of energy, enthusiasm, self initiative and ability to work under extreme conditions, travelling and moving very often, meeting new people and leaving them after relatively short time.
During this stage EVS volunteers will be under personal supervision of the organisation, contact will be constant through telephone and visits to the sites by SEEDS staff.
In all of our projects with local hosts SEEDS has a local on-the-site project coordinator, who is running the specific project and who knows the local circumstances at its best. The local on-the-site project coordinator has been informed and trained by SEEDS in the different issues that entail working with international volunteers, as the safety and risk assessment for the project to ensure all quality, learning, and welfare standards of each volunteer.
SEEDS signs contracts and written agreements with all of our partners around the country to ensure the quality of the projects and the learning content for the volunteers participating.
After the camps’ season, volunteers will return to Reykjavík and a structured evaluation of their experience will be undertaken. The feedback and input will be used in order to plan the next years and to raise the quality of the service.
Volunteers will work a maximum five days a week, for a maximum of 38 hours a week (between 7 and 8 hours a day). Weekends are usually free but if requested by the hosting projects, volunteers might work during the weekend and get days off during the usual working days, Monday to Friday.
Volunteers are entitled to 2 days of holidays per every month of service at SEEDS; usually we are flexible on this especially when family or friends visit the volunteers while in Iceland.
Insurance and language
The participant shall be registered for the EVS insurance scheme.
The participant shall carry out an online assessment of linguistic competences before and at the end of the mobility period, with the exception of native speakers.
The participant shall follow the online English language course in order to prepare for the mobility activity abroad. The participant shall immediately inform the organisation if he/she is unable to carry out the online course.
Additionally an Icelandic language course will be offered to the volunteers during their stay. It will be optional for the volunteers to participate in this course during their project, as most communication during their project will be conducted in English.
Accommodation and Food
Volunteers will stay in a shared flat (with max. 4 people per room) in Reykjavík and will return there for the breaks between the workcamps. They will most likely stay at Miklabraut 40, a flat that SEEDS owns since 2013, located close to the center of Reykjavík. In this apartment they can relax during their free time between camps.
During the workcamps, accommodation is provided by the local hosts and as they will move from project to project, the situation will vary according to the facilities available. SEEDS ensures that hosting conditions meet quality standards, so that both EVS and camp volunteers enjoy a good and safe place to live in the workcamps.
Domestic transport to the workcamps and back to the accommodation in Reykjavík will be provided by SEEDS. In the accommodation in Reykjavík SEEDS provides them with bicycles for their free time and local transport.
During the workcamps in the countryside, volunteers stay there for periods of usually 2 weeks and no transport to Reykjavík is available (no matter if they are close to the city as in Mosfellsbaer or far away as Egilsstaðir).
Food will be either provided by SEEDS, while volunteers find themselves in the accommodation in Reykjavík, or in the hosting projects during the different workcamps. Food shopping will be done according to SEEDS standard shopping list, ensuring that every volunteer has a balanced diet.
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