EVS long term project in Cyprus!

EVS PLACEMENTS IN CYPRUS!

The hosting organization is Agros Youth Club, one of the biggest and most active youth organizations of the country. Our club is an accredited organization for sending and hosting EVS Volunteers.

Below you can find detail info about project:

The EU has designated 2013 as the "European Year of Citizens". In the European Union, almost 100 million citizens of all ages invest their time, talents and money to make a positive contribution to their community by volunteering in civil society organisations, youth clubs, hospitals, schools, in sport clubs, etc. Volunteering plays an important role in sectors as varied and diverse as education, youth, culture, sport, environment, health, social care, consumer protection, humanitarian aid, development policy, research, equal opportunities and external relations.

Our organization is looking for 4 volunteers, deadline 1^st October 2013, who should start on February  2014 for 8-12 months.

Criteria

Well, for this project we are looking for 4 motivated EVS girls and boys to work with youth and children, who would like to get a good insight into work with young and elderly persons in Agros, who want to bring in their culture/abilities/ideas and have a nice time in Cyprus !

This project is open to applications from any young person. The selection process is transparent, we have an open call through the e-mail, were we accept all applications. A multidisciplinary team integrated by the mentors, instructors, present volunteer and directive will asses the merits and motivations of each candidate, and will select the most appropriate one for the vacancy. We follow the rule that EVS should be a unique enriching experience for the volunteer and a contribution for the project

Our specific interest is based on offering European volunteers the possibility to make contact with youth programmes by a local entity, which involve learning and training for them, and at the same time helps them to develop their abilities and create their own projects. It is also based on enabling both volunteers and local youngsters a direct relationship on behalf of both parties, thus becoming a rich and intense intercultural experience.

The Youth Service has the major aim to approach Europe to the local youth, promote values like solidarity, engagement, intercultural relations understood as richness and strong concept in a society where citizens from different origins live together; promote leadership and enterprising attitudes among the youth, and understand that local community is a place where values develop and benefit the population. European volunteering is thus framed in our organisation and our general interest to host volunteer is inside our main goals.  By promoting knowledge on other European realities through direct contact with the volunteer, we will avoid prejudice and xenophobic and racist attitudes, as well as facilitate acceptance of the others and improvement of values like solidarity

The Youth Service has the major aim to approach Europe to the local youth, promote values like solidarity, engagement, intercultural relations understood as richness and strong concept in a society where citizens from different origins live together; promote leadership and enterprising attitudes among the youth, and understand that local community is a place where values develop and benefit the population. European volunteering is thus framed in our organisation and our general interest to host volunteer is inside our main goals. Our specific interest is based on offering European volunteers the possibility to make contact with youth programmes by a local entity, which involve learning and training for them, and at the same time helps them to develop their abilities and create their own projects. It is also based on enabling both volunteers and local youngsters a direct relationship on behalf of both parties, thus becoming a rich and intense intercultural experience. By promoting knowledge on other European realities through direct contact with the volunteer, we will avoid prejudice and xenophobic and racist attitudes, as well as facilitate acceptance of the others and improvement of values like solidarity.The Youth Service intends to offer service and learning opportunities to volunteers, mainly around the three major topics by the White Paper of European Youth: Information, Participation and Mobility. Volunteers would participate in the activities of the three main areas described above, that could be summarised in the following, in general terms:

• Provide information on interesting topics for the youth.
• Promote leadership and innovation abilities of the youth, especially regarding the youthful associations and major issues for the European Union. 
• Participation in the management of projects exchanging people and experience with other European countries where young people play the main role. 
• Facilitate and support performance and activities of the youthful groups, collectives and associations at the municipality. Promote training activities of the youth regarding associations, European programmes, etc.

The activities of the volunteers during project will be:

1. One of the main activities that volunteers will work on is to help in the kindergarten of the village. In the same building is the elderly floor where the host old people. The volunteers can also help in the kitchen of that floor. Furthermore they can work in the primary school of the village, helping the teachers.
2. Also the volunteers well help in the preparation, organization of the activities of Agros youth Club. They organizing creative workshops and team works for young people. EVS Volunteers will choose activities according to their personal interests and preference and they will lead some courses
3. To help in the realisation of international youth projects Volunteer will be working as an assistant to the different project coordinators. There are 3 project coordinators responsible for different kind of projects: training courses, seminars, international youth exchanges and study visits. EVS volunteer together with Cypriot volunteers will be working, according to the up-to-date need, with one or another project coordinator on planning, implementation and evaluation of these projects. 

How to apply?

Please send us until the 20th of September 2013 your CV to alatzias_13@hotmail.com, and the replies of the following questions:

1. What is your motivation to participate in our project?
2. Have you ever lived in a village? Are you prepared for it?
3. What is your experience related to the theme we are planning to have?
4. Do you have any special need?