Monday 29 September 2014

Seminar: «Civic Help for Anti-Racism Measures in youth work – CHARM II»



For «EDRA» , reporting Laura and Matleena, EVS volunteers

As EVS volunteers in EDRA, we participated in the Seminar: «Civic Help for Anti-Racism Measures in youth work – CHARM II», which took place 19th September 2014, in Ilion, Athens. Our trainers were: Katerina and Argyris. In the seminar participated about 20 workers and volunteers from NGO EDRA (coordinators, psychologists, mentors, and us, the EVS volunteers).
The day started with a fun warm up game "I am special because..." where we got to know each other better. After that there was a short movie about human rights, the history and development. "What are human rights?" and "Is it utopic to believe that one day everybody can have equal human rights?" These questions and many more were discussed in the conversation. "Is being homeless matter of personal choice?"-this was a topic that many people disagreed over. Also there was a discussion that water and food are human rights, but many people don't have it, because they don't the have money for it and if people with disabilities have the same rights like everybody else.
The workers of EDRA enjoying the fun warm-up game


After a short coffee break people was divided into different 3-people groups. It was time for an outdoor activity. The game was that one person in the group had to be blind and other two couldn't speak. Each team was given a task. For example they had to go to grammar school, social pharmacy, church and ask there  questions or take a picture. The blind person was the one who had to speak and the other two had to escort him to the right place. In the exercise people used a lot of body language and body signals. The purpose of the task was to make people more conscious of the difficulties blind people face in every day life and to make them more tolerant about it.
outdoor activity
The last activity was role play game. Each group had to make a small play related to the topic about disabilities in EVS. For example, how prepared are organisations to host a volunteer with a disability, what volunteers think about it and how ready they are to help the person in need in everyday life. In conclusion people agreed on that Greece doesn't have the best conditions for people with physical dissability - all the houses dont have lifts and escalators, too narrow pedestrian streets, accessibility for all the buildings, even to the public institutions. 
role-playing exercise


One of the trainers was Argyris. His everyday job is in Kalamata where he is EVS coordinator and soon also a mentor. He has given the seminars for 1,5 years and explains that the main pont of the seminars is to see if the youth organisations respect human rights. In the seminars they also focus on volunteering and EVS. He says that they have visited very different organisations like breast cancer organisation, what was a very memorable visit. Argyris adds that usually organisations are happy to  have them but there have also  been the ones who have declined the offer.
EDRA’s daily care center’s supervisor, Anna, comments that she enjoyed the seminar very much. Especially she liked the outdoor activity because it was practical and interesting. Anna added that because she has been professional for many years she enjoys more active exercises than theory part of it.
EVS mentor of the volunteers, Stella, says that she enjoyed the seminar, she liked the trainers and that it is important to meet all the workers at Edra who work with EVS volunteers, Stella adds that there are so many workers and sometimes it is not easy to meet them. Mostly she enjoyed the outdoor activity, the meeting game and the video. She says that the seminar is important because it reminds us the basic human rights what we sometimes forget and don't appreciate enough.
The seminar ended with evaluating the day. The people got to express their opinion about the activities and the trainers. In conclusion it seemed that everybody enjoyed this fun day and it was a nice change to the usual daily routine.

Friday 26 September 2014

One day to make a difference!

12η ΓΙΟΡΤΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΕΘΕΛΟΝΤΙΣΜΟ

Κυριακή, 28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014,  10.00 - 19.00
Θησείο, Πεζόδρομος Απ. Παύλου (κοντά στο σταθμό ΗΣΑΠ)



«One day to make a difference!», με το μήνυμα αυτό, 40 εθελοντικοί οργανισμοί με τους εκατοντάδες εθελοντές τους μας προσκαλούν για 12η συνεχή χρονιά σε μια ανοιχτή γιορτή για τον Εθελοντισμό και την ανιδιοτελή προσφορά, τη Κυριακή 28 Σεπτεμβρίου, από τις 10.00 π.μ. έως τις 19.00 μ.μ., στον πεζόδρομο Αποστόλου Παύλου, στο Θησείο. Οι ιδέες του Εθελοντισμού και της Αλληλεγγύης αποδεικνύονται, πλέον, ως απαραίτητο στοιχείο για µία κοινωνία ζωντανή, υγιή και εξελισσόμενη.
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Thursday 11 September 2014

EVS in Portugal!!!


Activating Youth 5 is here to come… Join us!

We are very glad to share, we are applying for the 5th version of our EVS project “Activating Youth”, expecting the results around December. Please read the general information that sets the basis of the hosting project and you can also visit our Facebook Page to check out what we have been doing so far at: https://www.facebook.com/activatingyouthfaro
This call regards 7 EVS volunteers for 3 Organizations in Faro (Algarve – Portugal). All projects start in March 2015 and will last 12 months (unfortunately, we cannot change dates and/or duration).
4 Volunteers for ECOS – Cooperative of Education Cooperation and Development, CRL(Youth participation, mobility & youth initiates)
2 Volunteers for ADS – South Designers Association (Art, handicraft & graphic design)
1 Volunteers for FASL – António Silva Leal Foundation(Roma community, inclusion, youth activities

If you are still motivated to be part of this EVS project, you should express your interest until the 15thof September by email to: Sofia Martins EVS Project Coordinatorevs@ecos.pt Also, please include your CV, motivation letter, recent photo (in case you haven’t done this before) and express to each of the projects you are motivated to participate. Use the above email also if you have any kind of questions or queries. The Call and info about different projects follows attached but you can also download them from dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/azw4ngfzknvxh05/AAACVx8SqSKosqWjl-RfYY_va?dl=0

http://activatingyouthfaro.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/activating-youth-5-is-here-to-come-join-us/

EVS in Sweden!!!

“Adventure, Dreams & Hopes”


Name HO The Organization for Poverty Alleviation & Development (OPAD)

Name SO YouNet

Dates of activities 01-12-2014 / 01-12-2015

Title of the project Adventure, Dreams & Hopes

Number of volunteers and gender 1 Female

Contest and environment The EVS volunteers will be hosted in Botkyrka municipality, Botkyrka is part of Greater Stockholm and is one of Sweden’s most international municipalities with people from about eighty different countries speaking more than hundred languages. Botkyrka is famous municipality for its diversity dimension with 80% of immigrants That helps make Botkyrka Municipality a vibrant cultural and intercultural forge. Botkyrka municipality is very open to youths and it offers a lot in term of personal growth and cultural activities. The social context of Botkyrka municipality is particularly receptive to volunteering activities, hence they find a perfect incubator that creates the ideal conditions for the growth and the informal learning of the EVS volunteers involved in volunteering activities in this area. The volunteers will stay in multi ethnic and stimulating environment by taking advantage of operations and contacts in OPAD. This enables volunteers to approach this context and act as main characters, hence making the most of the unique opportunity of the EVS. This close contact with the local community and active participation in voluntary work, and other activities carry out by OPAD generally reinforce the growing opportunity for the volunteers. Furthermore this will have a positive effect in the process of learning the Swedish language which will be accelerated and facilitated by the close contact with the local community.

Accommodation description OPAD organization will provide the best possible living conditions for the volunteers with all necessary facilities. Furnitured apartment, full equipped kitchen, microwave, wireless internet. TV set, Home Cinema, DVD player. Vacuum Cleaner, Iron, Blankets and Pillows etc. Volunteers will be living in a Single room in an apartment shared with other volunteers in Botkyrka municipality, either at a close proximity to the projects sites.

Volunteer Profile • Ability to work in teams and also individually according to the task at hand,

• Interested in our activity areas: education, youth and art,


• Motivated to meet new people and cultures,


• Interested in sustainable projects,


• Open to learn and share knowledge,


• Basic knowledge of English is essential to have a more efficient volunteer work,


• The ones that have former voluntary Work experience and youngster with limited opportunity will be given priority.


Food allowance Volunteer will have a monthly allocation 100€ per month, to buy food and basic necessities, they will be given a choice to cook their own meals.

Local Transport The costs will be covered by the organization (90€ per month)

Pocket money 115€

Travel cost and travel direction (best airport, airline…) 100% up to 275 €

Emergency number Frank Kanu (+46–700412714) or Quinta Sone (+46 739604757)

Visa information

Country Currency Swedish krona to Euro 1.00 SEK = 0,108107 EUR

Activities/Agenda:


ACTIVITIES FOR THE VOLUNTEERS OPAD organize bigger events such as cultural festivals, entrepreneur fellowship. Conferences, trainings, Youth’s exchanges and seminars etc. The volunteer can be part of a group responsible for making the Programme, contact with media or Support reporting (Media, documentation) organizing housing and food, Organizing transport, organizing the cultural part of an event (such as getting artists there) or being the one giving a lecture or workshop, Support the planning, preparation and organization of international projects or Conferences, Co-operation with other volunteers and Support the implementation of international projects.


For more information about the hosting organisation:




In case you are interested in taking part on this EVS please send us your motivation letter and CV in English to evs@you-net.eu before 15th of October 2014. The hosting organisation will take care of the selection.


http://youthfacingcrisis.com/2014/09/11/evs-in-sweden/
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