Voluntariado europeo en Ostrava (República Checa)

SERVICIO VOLUNTARIADO EUROPEO CON GITANOS con todos los gastos pagados por Erasmus+ de viaje, alojamiento, comida, seguro, idiomas y manutención.

EVS IN THE THIRD BIGGEST CITY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC- OSTRAVA!!!!!!
ONLY FOR EU COUNTRIES!!!

Dear future volunteers,
I am the coordinator of volunteers in organisation called Diocesan Caritas Ostrava-Opava and recently we look for the participant from A total of 48 week(s) during the period 02/09/2019 to 31/07/2020

Deadline to send applications: Application deadline: 17/01/2019

Project: Project will take place in Ostrava which is the third biggest city of the Czech Republic. The volunteer will do his/her service in our two low threshold facilities in which he/she will work with children and youth (3-19), mainly Roma origin, who live in socially excluded areas of Ostrava. The volunteer will prepare workshops and leisure time activities for children. The volunteer will also participate in trips held by the centers and events organized by the charity and daily activities of the centers. 

Diocesan Caritas has a long tradition in cooperation with local volunteers as far as help for Ukraine is concerned. Thanks to EVS we want to offer opportunity our local volunteers and clients and other young people interested in volunteering to travel abroad, meet new culture and people, to learn something new and gained new experience.

As hosting organisation

The motivation to host volunteers through European voluntary service in our organization comes from previous experience with German volunteers. This experience was very valuable for our staff but mainly for our clients, especially for children and youth from Roma communities who are our major clients. It was extraordinary fun for them to meet somebody who does not speak Czech and who comes with new activities and behaviour. To our clients, the volunteers mean something new in their daily routine since most of them do not have previous experience with people from abroad. It is also a positive change for them to meet a new people in their familiar environment.

It is a benefit for our workers to work with foreign volunteers too. They can obtain new inspiration and learn new approaches at work with clients. The volunteers´ presence brings motivation and eliminates everyday stereotype.

I would like to mention that we find volunteer for one year (start on November 2016), secondly the volunteer will work mainly with Roma children and youth, aged 3- 19, in socially excluded areas. It is not easy work, as children have different behaviour as we have, but on the other hand they are very grateful for your interest because they are not used to it, therefore when they get to know you better, it is very nice to work with them.

The volunteer helps six hours a day and he/she can join to trip once a month. We expect from the volunteer that he/she will be active, open and friendly, on the other side we help him/her with everything we can. The work is focused on leisure time of children: help with preparation of activities, help with daily preparations of clubs, participation in trips of the centers and events of the charity. We also expect that the volunteer will prepare his/her own activities through workshops. We are open to volunteer´s idea and we can adjust project according it.

Each year we accept only two volunteers because in EVS we prefer quality before quantity and we want to give the volunteer as much as possible. The volunteers have reconstructed flat directly in charity headquarter so they are almost in daily contact with coordinator and they can meet each other immediately when solving something. The flat is fully equiped (fridge,microwave, beds, wifi…) and contains 2 rooms (one for each volunteer), kachen and bathroom. The flat is situated in the city center, 5-10 minutes by trolleybus to our centers where volunteers work.

On our website you will find the presentation about our organisation and information about the Czech Republic and Ostrava, you will also find there the activities of the volunteer. I think these information may help you to decide if you really want to spend a year in the Czech Republic, Ostrava. Please, read the documents carefuly. I also ask you to fill in EVS questionnaire which may help us to choose the volunteer.