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INCLUSION AMBASSADORSlong-term EVS project 2015
organized by Egyesek Youth Association
infoletter
This is an invitation for you to join our wonderful EVS project called Inclusion Ambassadors! As a volunteer, you have the chance to join us and contribute to reach our mission: to create equal opportunity to local children and youth in order to increase the quality of their lives with an international group!
DAteS
Application period 20 September – 31 October
Decision about volunteers 5 November
Volunteer agreement, visa, travel arrangements, 5 November – 31 Decemberpre-departure training
Advanced Planning Visit 16-19January (including travel days)
Activity starts 1-7 February
Activity ends 30 November
eVS GROUp
You are going to be a co-creator of a small community of 10 people from 10 different countries:• Czech Republic• Estonia• France• Georgia• Germany• Greece• Portugal• Russia• Slovakia• Ukraine.
ACtIVItIeS
We are a professional Youth NGO and our youth work is rapidly growingintheregionofNógrád.Wearemainlyworkingonthefieldwith real less-opportunity children and youth. We expect you also to joinonthefieldandput100%ofyourpotentialtodeliveranddevelopour activities.
Our mission is to create equal chances for all children and youth regardless their personal circumstances. We transform their passion into the way to make their own living.
Our aim is to enable local youth to discover their own potential and use it to increase the quality of their lives.
Methods we use are: volunteering, new media, movement and sport. We are very open to experiment with new methods; you are very welcome to share your expertise!
1. We put focus on bringing up local youth’s ideas and support them to make it happen. 2. We organize integrative projects where Roma and non-Roma children and youth are equally participating. 3. We send active local youngsters abroad to gain new skills and tools which support them to develop their own communities after they come back.
A regular working week consists of min. 30 max 38 working hours including language course and meetings, excluding travel time. Every week you are entitled for two consequent free days, every month you get two days extra.
ACtIVItIeS AReAS
1. Creative workshops
You are going to plan, prepare, realize, evaluate English speaking action-based creative workshops in 5 different villages (Rimóc, Nagylóc, Varsány, Endrefalva, Nógrádszakál).
Highlight of this activity area is a 21 days long International Voluntary Camp with 40-50 volunteers where we organize all-day workshops in all 5 locations for two weeks.
Target group6-14 aged children/youth in after school clubs, community centers
Main topicsmedia literacy, intercultural learning
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2. Triggering local youth
In high schools and the community center of Szécsény you are going to plan, prepare, realize, evaluate sessions for local students.
We build up a process for them:
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Main activitiesyouth information point, language club, logistical support in local events, workshops, informal events, expand local network
Target group14-30 aged high school students, unemployed youth from the region
help in acquiring resources (volunteering, training, scholarship, grants etc)
supporting them to creating their own idea/event/project
giving information involving them to an existing event
realizing local actions/projects with them
3. Support in Logistics
You have possibility to be involved in tasks which supports the quality running of Egyesek and its projects.
4. Your own initiative
You are welcome to create your own initiative as long as it involves local youth and it is connected to any of the activity areas or other actions of Egyesek.
Main activitiessupport in network coordination, create visual promotional materials, build databases, and increase visibility of Egyesek projects, daily running of a group accommodation, fundraising, and assistantship and so on.
Check out what our previous volunteers created!
pROjeCt tIMING
Start-up training. Discovering living and
working circumstances by participating in activities
from all activity areas.
International Voluntary Camp
Carrying out your service in the chosen activity area with your
working group. Mid-term evaluation.
Trainings (personal development) and/or
holiday.
Possibility to change activity area or continue what you were working on. Realizing your own
project.Closing of the project in each location and with the local community.
February-March
April-June
July
August
September - October
Novemeber
Afterthefirsttwomonths you decide
together your mentor and Egyesek youth workers what area
you want to focus on.
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CONtext/ BACkGROUND
Szécsény is a small town in the Northern part of Hungary. The town is situated in Nógrád county which is one of the poorest region of the country. Here the unemployment is high, and the youth has very limited opportunities to stay and work here. Hence, young people from the region tend to move abroad or to bigger cities in Hungary to start a new life.
Szécsényisahistoricaltown.Inthecenter,youcanfindhistoricalsitessuchasacastle,afire,towerandabastion.Inthetown,youcanfindnecessaryinstitutionssuchasbanks,schools,healthcenterandpharmacy. As well as there are restaurants, pubs, supermarkets, a library, a community center. The youngsters have no active social life in the town, they have very limited opportunities to spend their time with their friends or to go out.
Since in the nearby villages there are no schools or only up until 4th grade, most of the children come to Szécsény on a daily basis to school. In the town there are three schools which provide classes from 1st grade until graduation, and beyond. Several artistic group works in the town. There are theater groups, a hip hop group and folklore groups as well.
• courtyside life• quiet and peaceful
atmosphere• closure of nature• traditions and cultural events• lot of youngsters all around
the town
What to expect in Szécsény:
What NOT to expect in Szécsény:• big citylife• fast phase of life• trafficjams• active night life
ACCOMODAtION
10 EVSers live together in one or two apartment(s). Basic furniture, washingmachine,cookingequipment,bicycles,wifi,bedsheetsareprovided. Volunteers share rooms and clean regularly by their own. The accommodation is in Szécsény which is a lively town with cc. 6000 inhabitants, moderated social life, basic institutions (bank, health center, supermarkets, coffee bars, high schools, community centers, gas station, and pharmacy). It is directly connected to all locations where you work and to Budapest as well.
On a daily basis youth workers may have separate room in your apartment and they occasionally sleep there.
The Hungarian website of the town
MONthLy ALLOwANCethe SUppORt AROUND yOU
5 mentor support the volunteers to integrate to the local community, help in everyday life arrangements (public transportation, shopping, social places etc.). They advise you opportunities during free time.
Mentor CoordinatorYour coordinator is in charge of:• administration, legal
arrangement,finances• creating your timetable,
organizing activities• facilitating the EVSers own
initiative• ensure about participation in
the on-arrival training, mid-term evaluation or any other event which supports EVSers’ learning goal
• support in case of emergency• arrangements with
accommodation, transportation, language course
Youth WorkersYou are going to work together with Egyesek youth workers. They check every day your schedule and the tasks you do. Support you in the preparations for the fieldwork.Helpyoufindingopportunities for your own initiative. They provide translationsonthefield.They link you to other local key actors: local Hungarian volunteers, social workers, neighbours.
AttheendoftheprojectyougetYouthPasswhichisanofficialdocument to recognize the non-formal learning process you went through during the project and the actual achievements you reached. It is commented and supervised by the coordinator, mentors, and youth workers.
YouthPass
Language teacherInthefirst3monthsHungarianlanguage course is provided by a private language teacher 2x2hours/week. After that you decide whether if you want to continue or not.
MONthLy ALLOwANCe You get 90 euros as pocket money + 120 euros for food. You receive it Hungarian forints to your personal bank account which we open for you in the beginning of the project.
tRANSpORtAtION There are bicycles which is available for you permanently. Sometimes there is also possibility to use our 9 person minivan for project purposes. In case you use bus or other means of transportation during the activities, thecoordinatorreimburse100%oftheexpenses.
INSURANCe EU volunteers: You are obliged to obtain the European Health Insurance Card and it has to be valid for the whole period of your staying. Besides, your sending organisation is responsible to create the EVS Insurance Plan for you which has wide range of coverage. Full details in the EVS Info Kit.
SUppORtING DOCUMeNtS
What toexpect from EVS?
Erasmus+ Programme Guide
EVS Info Kit
whAt DO we expeCt fROM yOU
We accept applications from all kind of social, economical, geographical, educational etc. background. We give priority forthosewhohavedifficultiesorchallengesinlife.
We address this unique project to less-opportunity youth.
Definitionweuseforless-opportunityyouthis:Youngpeoplewho have set of circumstances (fact or condition relevant to an event or action) that stop them from doing something that is beyond their present ability. If you do not comply with two or more less-opportunity criteria given in the application form you cannot participate.
We give priority to people working with youth or less-opportunity and people who has previous experiences in using camera or new media tools.
We expect from all of our volunteers to be pro-active, participate actively and take initiative.
More about the life as an EVSer at Egyesek
hOw tO AppLy?If you want to be the part of our project
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For furter information and in case of any question, feel free to contact us!
Marietta Balázscoordinator
Our Partners
THE APPLICATION FORM
send us your CV to [email protected]
latest by December 31, 2014
contact your sending organization
Country Organization Contact person EmailCzech Republic INEX - Sdruzeni
dobrovolnych aktivitJiri Kocourek [email protected]
Estonia EstYes Inga Malva [email protected] Concordia Monica Garcia
Georgia Student-Youth Council
Natia Gigiadze [email protected]
Germany VIA e.V. Mareike Quast [email protected] YMCA in Thessaloniki Kimon Dimitriou [email protected]
Portugal Agora Aveiro Natasa Golosin [email protected] SFERA Irina Nikulina [email protected] INEX Slovakia Miroslava Zlacova [email protected] Union Forum Inga Vorobyova [email protected]
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