Hebron YDRC International Internship

Hebron YDRC International Internship

2013 - 2014

The Hebron Youth Development Resource Center (YDRC) is a space for Palestinian youth to develop their skills in different areas, engage with their peers, and become active members of their communities. Located in Hebron-Palestine, the YDRC offers a diverse range of youth programming, designed to empower youth and help them realize their leadership potential.

The Hebron YDRC was established in the Palestinian Child’s Home Club (PCHC), a sports and cultural organization that has worked to build a culture of peace and respect for human rights since 1996. The YDRC model has helped expand programming at the club, and today the center has grown into an indispensable resource platform for youth. The programming offered through the YDRC, coupled with continued sports and cultural opportunities, is helping to create a foundation of leaders to build a stronger community in the Hebron area. The YDRC serves as a hub for youth throughout the southern West Bank, as it is also linked with a network of eight affiliated youth clubs in the area.

Internship description

Hebron YDRC has internships available in various departments throughout the year that provide interns with experience through working in a real work space. Hebron YDRC will provide Interns with Lodging, please click here to view our premises and venues.

We are currently looking for different interns to assist in PR, Fundraising and Reporting, English teaching and Media and Photography.

Duties may include:

PR, Fundraising and Reporting:

• Editing of all English-language reporting and communication material, to ensure accuracy and consistency with quality standards.
• Assist in organizing events and oversee logistics, fundraising, and PR events, including invites, venue, materials, presentations and press coverage.
• Work closely with the different YDRC departments to help craft and implement communications and fundraising strategy, coordinate publicity and maintain consistency in organizational messaging.
• Responsible for proposal management, including researching funding opportunities, and writing proposals for timely submission.
• Prepare and update a database of potential donors, including requirements and funding opportunities; register with available donors, apply for available pre-qualifications opportunities.
• Establish guidelines for best practices in grant applications / proposal submission to be used by management for reference.

Media & Photography:

• Assist the Media Department in preparing English press releases, pitch letters, feature stories and other press materials as needed.
• Assist the Media and Management team in developing and preparing content for periodic reports, monthly newsletters and quarterly staff newsletters.
• Assist in designing advertisements, brochures, flyers and additional marketing materials as needed.
• Assist in managing all website content.
• Develop email campaigns and E-newsletters to enhance awareness of organization activities.
• Establish guidelines for best practices in communication and reporting to be used by management for reference.
• Assist in designing advertisements, brochures, flyers and additional marketing materials as needed.

English Language Teaching

• A native English speaker is needed to conduct classes in English to students.
• Candidate must be able to prepare class work, plan classes and mark and correct work handed in.
• Arranging extra-curricular activities for students and getting involved in social and cultural activities such as sports competition, dinners and excursions.

Internship duration:

The Hebron YDRC is very flexible to work with interns depending on their schedule and free time. However, the minimum internship period is two months. The next cycle of accepted interns are set to begin in November 2013.

Application procedures:

Interested candidates are requested to contact us at: info@ydrc.ps to begin working on the application form. Please attach your up-to-date resume and a cover letter in your email.

Further information:

Hebron YDRC website: www.ydrc.ps

Telephone: +97222224554

Email: info@ydrc.ps

Mobile: +972597933071

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ydrc.pchc

Τree planting activity at "Antonis Tritsis" park!

Last February, the seminar for ex-EVS volunteers took place in Athens. The seminar coincided with the program "Στο βάθος...ΚΗΠΟΣ!" ΜΚΟ "ΕΔΡΑ", where I'm working. I informed our trainer about the program and he happily accepted the proposal and he with the rest of the volunteers participated in it. So for half a day the seminar moved from the centre of Athens and Omonoia Square to the metropolitan park "Antonis Tritsis", where volunteers helped in a tree planting activity in the  forest area of the park. In the activity volunteers from "Φίλοι του Πάρκου" group also took part as well as children from the Greek Red Cross with some volunteers from NGO "EDRA". 

Katerina, an ex-EVS volunteer, writes:

Once a volunteer, always a volunteer.

Meeting other volunteers is always a fantastic experience which always fills you with energy and new ideas. But once you come again face to face with your volunteer self it is impossible not to proceed in a new voluntary action. So, when Stella informed the participants of the EVS annual event reunion about the “Parko Tritsi Project” it was sure that we would participate. And it was awesome! We, kids and other volunteers of EDRA managed in no time to plant many trees, take care of others and learn things about gardening that we had never heard before. Such actions, beyond their social impact, fill you with energy and positive feelings. Keep going EDRA!

Giota, an ex-EVS volunteer, writes:
Athens, February 2013 
With only just a few days back to Greece, having fresh in my mind my 8-month EVS experience in Spain and trying to get used to the old reality, I got together with other ex EVS volunteers in Athens for the Ex EVS Annual Event. All the team members appreciated and responded to the great idea that Stella had for our group to join the tree planting activity to the Environmental Awareness Park “Antonis Tritsis”. So we transferred the seminar activities from the typical hotel conference room to this amazing urban -unlike others- park. We enjoyed the wonderful Sunday morning, got to know new and cool things about trees and plants, took positive action for the environment and made new and interesting friends with the other volunteers. “The garden in the background” surely did fill me with positive energy!

Anastasia, an ex-EVS volunteer, writes: 
I’m being a volunteer for many years! There are many reasons to be a volunteer; I don’t remember why I started but I’m happy that I did it! There are a lot of projects: for one day or more, for some hours or even months! You can start from something that doesn't take a lot of time, so I thought EDRA was the perfect place to start as it has many projects!!! I took part in a small project for few hours in the park "Antonis Tritsis". The project was about planting trees and takes care of others. If you are a volunteer you can surely learn many things! Thank you EDRA for that experience as I learned a lot about trees and I’m happy that I helped and participated in this activity.

Eirini, an ex-EVS volunteer, writes:
We had our annual meeting in Athens. We are Greek volunteers who worked voluntarily in different European countries (European Voluntary Service). In this meeting we discussed about our experiences abroad and the opportunities that non typical learning gave us. The meeting became much more creative and interesting, when we visited Stella (former EVS volunteer) in the environmental park 'Antonis Tritsis', where she was working. Stella was working there as an agricultural scientist until this day.Visiting the park was part of our training. Stella is working with little children, in order to create a vegetable garden and to make a plantation (pine trees e.t.c.). So did we!! We all gathered there in a great sunny Sunday! We met the children and some other volunteers, who were taking care of the park and participated in this wonderful activity. With some guidance by Stella, we started using the planting tools and we digged our first hole in the ground! We then planted our roots and covered them with soil. It was so much fun!
We were sweating, but it was worth it! Thanks to Stella's suggestion of visiting the park, we got to know some basic ways of planting trees, we met other people and we enjoyed the company of the children involved. This was a great experience and I wish we could repeat it soon. This activity promoted the importance of human cooperation, the need for environmental awareness and the ideals of volunteering.

Stella Ioannou

Βοτάνισμα στο πάρκο Τρίτσης, Κυριακή 20 Οκτωβρίου

Η ΜΚΟ "ΕΔΡΑ" συμμετέχει σε δράση βοτανίσματος την Κυριακή 20/10/2013 στο πάρκο "Αντώνης Τρίτσης". Η δράση θα υλοποιηθεί στα πλαίσια του προγράμματος "Στο βάθος...ΚΗΠΟΣ!". Θα πραγματοποιηθεί περιποίηση των νεοφυτεμένων δένδρων στο δασικό τμήμα του πάρκου. Η δράση θα καταλήξει στο δίκτυο εθελοντών (Natura) για κρασάκι και μουσική! 

H δράση διοργανώνεται σε συνεργασία των: Δίκτυο εθελοντών του Πάρκου, Κ.Σ.Δ.Ε.Ο. ΕΔΡΑ, ΚΕΑΝ, Ελληνική Ορνιθολογική Εταιρεία, Φίλοι του Πάρκου.

Τόπος και ώρα συνάντησης: Κτίριο Natura στο Πάρκο Τρίτση*, στις 10.00 το πρωί. Η δράση θα διαρκέσει περίπου μια ώρα. 

Όσοι επιθυμούν να συμμετάσχουν παρακαλώ να δηλώσουν συμμετοχή απαντώντας στο email: vathoskipos@gmail.com ή στο τηλ: 6947895751

*Οδηγίες για το πώς έρχεστε στο Πάρκο Τρίτση θα βρείτε εδώ: http://www.parkotritsi.gr/prosvasi-autokinito.htm

Vacancy for EVS Volunteer in Bulgaria!

• Contact person: Infinite Opportunities Association
• Organisation: Infinite Opportunities Association
• Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
• Deadline: 15/10/2013
• Start: 06/12/2013
• End: 05/12/2014
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  Love&Hate: Youth for On-line Tolerance is a project in protection of human rights and European values in the web space. It will last twelve months. Within the activities young people will seek answers to the hate speech manifestations in the Internet, due to racism, xenophobia, and all other differences stemming form gender, ethno-social, religious and cultural character.
  
  The project will be part of the large-scale international campaign “Young people against hate speech in the Internet” and will include three main aspects – youth online activity, creation of informational and awareness rising interactive materials and conduction of presentations and conversations with students and youth, which will enhance the attention towards the dangers of the hate speech in the online space.
  To ensure the teaching process of the volunteers we will use the methods of non-formal education, through which to increase the knowledge and skills in prevention of and dealing with the negative effects from the use of hate massages in the online environment.
  
  The activities will be held on the territory of Sofia and its surroundings and in the case of trainings and seminars in the coutryside, the participants in the project will travel with the team of the association, and will be part of the campaign in the whole country.

Tasks

The main responsibilities of the volunteers will include monitoring of the online social media, design of on-line brochures and materials, as well as research and organization of presentation in local schools. The set of non-formal educational activities will boost their intercultural confidence and ability to recognize and act against xenophobia, racism. The volunteers will be part of our day to day initiatives and youth projects and will have the chance to meet and work with lots of Bulgarian youth as well as other young people coming for our different EU projects.

Criteria

Only candidates willing to take action against online hate speech practices and interested in human rights protection will be invited to take part in the project. Basic knowledge in English as well as knowledge of online social media is required. Interest in web design and journalism will be taken as advantage in the application process.

Procedure

1.Fill in personal CV and send it to office@infopass.eu before 15th October 2013. IMPORTANT: When applying, please include the name and reference number of your Sending organization! 2. All applicants will receive feedback on their applications until 15th October 2013! 3. Approved applicants will be invited to sent the official partnership letters from their sending organizations!

Library:

• volunteers_application form.docx 
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Vacancy for EVS Volunteer in India!

• Contact person: Ravi Sebastian
• Organisation: NewBeginnings Charitable Trust
• Location: Vijayawada, India
• Deadline: 30/10/2013
• Start: 30/10/2013
• End: 30/09/2014
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  This gives us great happiness to introduce NewBeginnings Charitable Trust (NCT) to you. NewBeginnings was formed with a coming together of five professional social workers who have been in this field for more than 10 years. The Vision of the Organisation is "Together for a better world”. This is our spirit behind making everything possible and gives meaning and the purpose to our existence.
  
  Volunteering and NCT (Hosting Organisation): It has been one of the persistent requests from the partner organizations to have volunteers to assist them in their works. We have been receiving volunteers from various European countries for the last 5 years and as of now, there are 19 volunteers working in 14 partner ngos across India. Since we work with a large number of partner ngos locally, the need for placing volunteers with our partner ngos is also at increase. Though we place volunteers with our local partner ngos, NCT remains the primary hosting organisation for the volunteers.
  
  Our networking programmes in India covers almost any part of the country except Jammu and Kashmir. If a volunteer wants to work with any voluntary Organisation on any particular issues, we have our partner ngos to suit the need of the volunteer. The volunteer programme is so flexible that the visiting volunteer plan such a way that makes his/her stay a memorable and exciting one. The volunteer can choose to work in cities, in small towns or remote villages, or even with tribal communities on the hilly areas.
  
  Programmes are available year round and start dates are entirely flexible. The volunteers are provided with accommodation and meals within the organisation. However, if the volunteer or Sending Organisation wishes to the accommodation to be outside the project, NCT will be happy to provide.
  
  NCT provides volunteering opportunities every youth irrespective of nationalities/ gender/ religions etc. We provide volunteering opportunities within the evs or outside the evs, however, we strongly recommend the volunteers to be part of evs programme so that he/she may avoid the huge expenses. However, if any volunteer wants to volunteer outside the evs, you are always welcome to contact us. We will provide you the best possible opportunities.
  
  NCT gives top priority to the safety and privacy to our volunteers and all our partners are carefully chosen after screening them for safety.

Tasks

I. Rescued Children from Child Labour: 1.Help them learn basic education 2.Teach them games/crafts 3.Counsel the children on the importance of education 4.Participation in Surveys on child labourers 5. Assistance in conducting trainings /workshops / seminars etc to stake holders 6. Be a companion to every child II. Girl Children rescued from Human Trafficking and Preventing Second Generations (Children of sex workers) 1. A Councillor/ listener to the children and help them live a respected life 2. Teach them basic education and help them in their education 3. Assistance in workshops/ seminars to stake holders 4. Play with them, teach them crafts, games, sports etc or any other skills III. Teaching English 1. Teaching English to children from rural areas 2. Help children in children's home 3. Teaching/assisting in rural schools 4.Preparing a specialised syllabus to children in homes IV. Working with Sex Workers 1. Being a Councillor 2. Help and listen to the target groups 3. participation in surveys, condom distributions 4. Assistance/ presenting seminars and workshops on sexual rights

Criteria

At the time of application, the volunteer should be at least 18years of age - a must(because, according to the Indian law, anyone below 18 yrs is considered a child and a child is not allowed to become a volunteer and work) We might ask for a reference letter from your university/School, etc, if you are outside evs project where a Sending Organisation is not involved

Procedure

Selection is made on the basis of vacancy. Since Newbeginngs works with a large number of partners, you always have vacancy to volunteer with us

Details:

Themes: Art and culture, Environment, Rural development, Health, Social exclusion (in general), Youth leisure, European awareness

Targets: Youth and children, Homeless, Local Community

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European Youth Card

You’re young, right?

You are in Europe, right?

Did you get the European Youth Card?

The General Secretariat for Youth and the Foundation for Youth and Lifelong Learning in cooperation with the European Youth Card Association (EYCA), promotes a unique tool of information, communication and entertainment, the European Youth Card.

European Youth Card: strictly for young people!

The European Youth Card is available for all young people aged between 13 and 30. It is valid for one year, it costs 10 euros and you can renew it every year until you become 30. This is not a credit nor debit card; It is a discount card.

Discover Europe with the European Youth Card

With the European Youth Card you can enjoy special benefits and services in Greece, and in 37 other countries! (Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom)

Catalog sales

The list is big in Greece and the European Union countries. Just show the European Youth Card and get special discounts on products, tickets and services such as:

Culture: movies, theaters, museums, cultural events and concerts ...

Shopping: Clothes, optical, hairdressers, beauty salons, gyms, jewelers, bookstores, bikes, household items / gift ...

Entertainment / Dining: Restaurants, bars, cafes, club ...

Education: language schools, secondary education, vocational training institutes, seminars, computer ...

Tourism: travel agencies, hotels, apartments, camping, car rental ...

List of contracting companies in Greece can be found by clicking on the Discount Catalogue (the green button on the left) or here.

For discounts abroad you can get informed in www.europeanyouthcard.org

How to obtain the card:

• Submit the online application.
• Send the application along with a small sized passport/identity photo at the following address:

FOR THE EUROPEAN YOUTH CARD:

Foundation for Youth and Lifelong Learning

ACHARNON 417

11 143 Athens

Greece

For the above two ways:

1) The card shall be delivered on the spot (by paying 10 euro) if the person is present in the stated shipping address when the clerk of the Geniki Taxydromiki delivers the card.

2) In the absence of the recipient, the applicant receives notice (either printed or by SMS or phone) and receives the card from the nearest branch of Geniki Taxydromiki by paying 10 euros. If the card is not received our organization will not be proceeding to dispatch the card except for exceptional cases.

• Come to the Foundation for Youth and Lifelong Learning offices and acquire the card.

For more information, please contact us at

+30 210 2599444, +30 210 2599422

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EVS project in Italy!

EVS project in Italy starting in 2014…Go for it!

Want to discover more of Italy and you’d like to participate to a social project? This European Voluntary Project might be the one for you…

General information

Host Organisation: Misericordia di Firenze

Location: Florence, Italy
Deadline: 15/09/2013
Start: 01/03/2014
End: 28/02/2015

Context

The Mosaici Project 2014 will take place for the 2nd time in Florence in the Head Office of Misericordia di Firenze and in its branches, ambulatories, rest homes and disability centers. All the structures are situated in different areas of the city except for Villa Alessandro, a ‘Disabled Center’ ina suburban area between Florence and Prato.
It will run from March 2014 to February 2015, there will be six Volunteers from European countries.
Volunteers will be closely followed by our staff although they will be free to contribute with their personality, ideas and personal competence.

Tasks

The volunteers will be involved in the following tasks: Health and social transport, welcoming services: Activities: Escort service of sick, elderly and disabled people; Drawing up documentation; Assistance and reassuring of the user’s relatives At the consulting rooms, volunteers will welcome the users giving information and helping the staff in their daily work, these structures are situated inside the branches of the Association. Personal care: Reading books or newspapers for some hours a day; Little errands, shopping, small payments in public offices, etc.; Phone assistance; Escort service for walks, company to overcome loneliness and social isolation. Activities in Disability Centers and Rest Homes: Company and animation during the day and for vacations, holidays and recreational events; Staging of performances, assistance/teaching at the computer labs; Listening and communication with the guests and especially with their families; Cooking Labs, Craft Labs, Drawing, Photography, etc.;Volunteers will follow a course on how to interact with disabled people; Solidarity markets organized at Christmas and Easter and sometimes for special events during the year and Food Aid. Besides the volunteers are welcome on activities regarding Volunteering Promotion and European Awareness such as Design of information and illustrative materials, brochures, in English or in the language of the volunteers; the main topics will be: Voluntary Service, European awareness and young people; Drafting of the history of our Museum and promotion of it; the welcoming of groups who want to visit Misericordia and the Museum, in English or in their own language. Contacting Schools, Volunteer Organizations, in Italy and abroad, for affiliations and to promote free visits to our Museum; Promotion of the Volunteering World as a way to spend time with and for other people, especially for young people. Involving the young Volunteers of the Association in new activities. Each of these activities will be documented by written/audio/video materials; these will remain in the Association for the realization of “A Mosaic of Lore, Customs and Testimonies from Europe” for subsequent EVS volunteers, for our volunteers, Florentine citizens and for the many tourists who visit Florence. For more information please have a look on EVS data base, Ei reference 2011-IT-150.

Criteria

Positive, passionate and creative young person ready to offer his/her time for learning a lot in cooperation with the other volunteers and offer his/her time in Social and cultural project. It is important that you are open minded, show initiative, communicate easy with very different people and are flexible, so you can adapt to different circumstances. You also find it a challenge to work with people with limitations, socially, emotionally or physically elderly people. You don’t mind working outside.

Procedure

CV and a specific motivation letter sent to evs@misericordia.firenze.it and a filled Questionaire sent back by the Hosting Organization. After a pre-selection, it will follow a skype interview with various candidates.

Good luck!

European Youth Card Photo Competition!

Mobility in the Mind!

European Youth Card Association (EYCA) wants your photos!

EYCA’s Mobility In the Mind photo competition invites European Youth Card holders to show off images of youth mobility in Europe today.

Prizes

Five prizes of a €100 Hostelbookers travel vouchers will be awarded for the best photo and comment.

Youth mobility

EYCA believes that youth mobility is about being open to new experiences, people or ideas, taking an adventure to discover life. EYCA encourages all European Youth Card holders to share a photo with a comment relating to their own mobility experiences or mobility plans and dreams.

How?

Competition is open on EYCA.org/galleries where you can submit your photo and a comment by filling in your contact details and accepting the terms and conditions of the contest.

An EYCA jury will decide on the best photos submitted by 31. October.

Winners will be contacted by e-mail and their names published on EYCA.org website by 8. November.

Show Europe your Mobility in the Mind ideas!

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EVS experience in Spain!

Γεια σας!

Με λένε Έρη και είμαι εθελόντρια EVS στην οργάνωση νέων Asociación Juvenil Intercambia, στην Μάλαγα στον τομέα της ενημέρωσης νέων/επικοινωνίας και μέσων μαζικής ενημέρωσης. Η οργάνωσή μου είναι πολύ δραστήρια: οργανώνουμε πολλές ανταλλαγές νέων και προγράμματα ευρωπαϊκής εθελοντικής υπηρεσίας στα πλαίσια του προγράμματος, τόσο ως οργανισμός υποδοχής όσο και ως οργανισμός αποστολής. Επίσης διοργανώνουμε διαπολιτισμικά events, στα οποία οι EVS εθελοντές μοιραζόμαστε τον πολιτισμό μας με τους νέους της τοπικής κοινωνίας.

Κάθε μέρα περνούν νέοι από το γραφείο μας και τους ενημερώνουμε για τις ευκαιρίες κινητικότητας στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση: εθελοντισμός, υποτροφίες, προγράμματα, εργασία… Είναι πολύ όμορφο να μοιράζεσαι πληροφορίες με νέους που θέλουν να ταξιδέψουν και να ζήσουν την όμορφη πλευρά της Ευρώπης.

Επίσης, βοηθώ με την ιστοσελίδα και τα κοινωνικά δίκτυα της οργάνωσης, europaerestu.eu, η οποία γίνεται όλο και πιο δημοφιλής και συγκεντρώνουμε φίλους από όλο τον κόσμο, δημοσιεύοντας ενδιαφέροντα νέα για τους νέους της Μάλαγα.

Αυτό που μου αρέσει περισσότερο στο project μου είναι ότι είμαι συνεχώς σε επαφή με πολλές πληροφορίες και νέα από όλες τις πλευρές της Ευρώπης, τις οποίες μπορώ να μοιραστώ με τους νέους στην Μάλαγα και με τους φίλους μας από όλον τον κόσμο μέσω της ιστοσελίδας μας.

Το EVS είναι μια πολύ όμορφη προσωπική εμπειρία που συνιστώ ανεπιφύλακτα σε όλους τους νέους και ευχαριστώ πολύ τη ΜΚΟ "ΕΔΡΑ" που με βοήθησε να το πραγματοποιήσω! 

Έρη