Project dates and location
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Deadline: 15/03/2017
- Start: 01/09/2017
- End: 31/08/2018
About hosting organisation
The worldhouse is a community center for information, counseling, education and culture for undocumented migrants. The worldhouse is one of the projects developed by the Protestantde Diaconie Amsterdam.
In the worldhouse migrants do not have to depend on others for a while. Central to our work is the participation and empowerment of migrants. In the worldhouse migrants get the space to organize or to participate in different social/cultural-activities; like music, art, cooking, discussion groups or spiritual groups. It is also possible to follow language courses and computer classes.
We stimulate young people to share their talents and ideas. Most of the activities in the worldhouse are organized by young undocumented migrants themselves. At present we have 450 weekly visitors.
Besides our activities, we also give space for undocumented migrants to organize themselves and speak up for their rights. Several migrant organizations meet at the worldhouse.
The worldhouse project has 3 main objectives. First: to create a house where migrants find a welcome home where they can learn new skills, empower themselves, become active and organize themselves. Second: to create visibility to the life of undocumented migrants in Amsterdam for the larger public by creative projects. Third: to be a lively community of migrants and people that want to offer their support.
Central to the worldhouse are our ‘’empowerment activities’’ for migrants without documents.
In the worldhouse migrants get the space to organize or participate in different social/cultural-activities (sport, music, art, discussion groups, spiritual groups), to follow courses and classes (language classes, computer classes e.o.), and to share their talents and ideas.
Our working methodology is based on stimulating the sharing of knowledge and developing talents. Every person has talents and skills. By sharing these with each other, we can learn.
Tasks
We offer the possibility to learn new skills within our diverse team, according to the personal interest and wishes of the volunteer. The volunteer can join staff members working together in many different fields of work, applying diverse skills and knowledge in their daily work. In the hosting organisation the following fields of work come together: – social work; – activity development and coordination; – logistics; – organization and management; – advocacy skills in the field of human rights Examples of activities the volunteer can undertake:
Criteria
-motivation to work with migrants -cooperative character -interested in learning from other cultures -interested in working in multicultural setting
How to apply
Building Bridges users and/or long term unemployed (proved by scanned document) will have preference to this volunteer service.
We will study carefully all application and selected candidates will be invite for Skype interview. The selection of volunteers will take place in the coming weeks.
For the selection of the volunteers we will need:
– CV with picture (made in the last month) with skype name included
– Motivational letter, writing that your sending organisation will be “Building Bridges”. We ask all candidates to send a specific letter of motivation – why they want to volunteer with us rather than just a general EVS one. The volunteer is chosen according to his/her motivation and interest to the project and to the activities. It will be paid special attention to cover letters.
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All documents written in English you can attach below with subject: “EVS Holland Mulder. YOUR NAME. YOUR SURNAME” to asociacionbbARROBAgmail.com
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