Advit-01: Small Groups Home
1. Project-host: Small Groups Home
Place: Chisinau
2. Number of volunteers: 1
Starting-date: September 08
3. Description of the local project:
Small Groups Home (SGH) aims to provide a temporary home to vulnerable children to those leaving large-scale residential units to family reunification or to be placed with Foster Carers. The placement lasts until the children's reintegration with their biological or extended families. If this is not possible an alternative placement is identified. The main objective is to offer a temporary home to children who are to be reintegrated into their birth family or to be placed in a foster care family. The centre provides a temporary family type facility for 20 children, who are assessed and placed here from institutions. The youngest age group is 3-12 years. One group is designed for children with disabilities. The categories of children - beneficiaries of the SGH- are very different and depend on complexity of their problems. The SGH provides a family type environment where these children are helped to get ready for family life with either parents or foster cares. They are encouraged to participate in the day to day routine of the household, as well as in other activities. The Small Groups Home in Chisinau has been open since 1999 and represents the first alternative of this kind in the Republic of Moldova. We would like to teach the children in our “Small Groups Home” about tolerance and dealing with other people and other cultures.
4. Field of work: Education
5.Special qualifications recommended:
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
The volunteers will work mainly with the age group 6-14. Their main tasks will consist in:
The volunteers will organize leisure time for children together with the pedagogues.
- playing with the children, using his /her creativity and games he/she knows
- read stories and songs in easy language
- help to organize outings and to lead excursions with children groups
- participate in painting and crafts workshops
- participate in theatre and music groups
- assisting the children with their daily needs and responsibilities
They will try to help children with the home tasks for school.
The volunteers will be also asked to assist in language classes in an informal way. The project should develop an intercultural bridge for the children and support their ability of the communication and positive thinking.
7. Project language: rumänisch
8. Accommodation and food:
Advit-03: Integration of handicapped people through vocational training
1. Project-host: Association Motivation
Place: Yerevan
2. Number of volunteers: 1
Starting-date: September
3. Description of the local project:
Association Motivation is a non-governmental, independent organization dealing with social integration of the mobility of disabled young people. The main activities are:
- Teaching the people with disabilities professional skills;
- Development of the necessary skills of self-service in day-to-day life;
- Integrating the persons with disabilities in their families and the Moldovan society,
- Running recreation activities (sport, handicrafts, leisure);
- Helping the parents care about the children;
- Running rehabilitation centre for disabled persons in Vadu lui Voda village (25 km from Chisinau).
4. Field of work: work with handicapped people, Education
5. Special qualifications recommended:
Volunteer have to be patient, empathic but not regretful. They should be able to handle the apprentices as equal. He/she should be motivated to work with handicapped people to be part of the team and to learn a lot of new things. The project is open for any skill and abilities which could be useful for the work (playing instrument, art, sport and handicraft). The volunteer should be mature, open, communicative and active.
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
* Artistic workshop.( Apprentices create handcrafts. When it’s possible, the benificiares organise temporary expositions open to the public).
* Sports and leisure workshop (Eurythmics, sports (foot-race, shot, etc), relaxation, social abilities (parties, lunch, table games, participation games etc);
* Ocassionally, the volunteer will escort the young people to short visits and excursions (sports events, expositions, day trips).
* With the supervision of the project supervisor, the volunteer will have the possibility of proposing and developing educative activities depending on his/her interests, like music therapy, puppet-show etc.
* From the other hand, the volunteer will collaborate with the host-coordinating organization and the local institutions in their projects;
7. Project language: Rumanian, the volunteer should speak English by arrival
8. Accommodation and food: In host families or an apartment for volunteers. Money for food is paid by the host organization
Advit-o4: People that care:
1. Project-host: Association “people that care”
Place: Chisinau
2. Number of volunteers:
starting-date: September
3. Description of the local project:
The weltwärts project „people that care“ will take place in Chisinau in a centre for handicapped children. Its aim is to provide them with good treatment, education and help to get the children new friends through the day-care center “Renastere”. This on the long run will help to lessen the dependence of the handicapped children for help by raising their awareness for independent life.
The main idea is to create a day –care centre where handicapped children during the day can get treatment, will be educated and hopefully get new friends and where parents will be in contact with other parents living with the same challenges in life.
The Volunteer's presence will enable the Centre's intercultural education programme to become real and tangible. By being exposed to a foreign volunteer, the local young people learn about living in a multicultural society, about the harmful effects of intolerance, xenophobia and prejudice and finally about the good effects of getting to know other cultures and languages. On the other hand, the Volunteer gains invaluable experience connected with working with young people and learns about the local ways of spending free time. It is a great chance for the Volunteer to develop his own talents and skills which can be used in different workshops.
The Volunteer will take part in series of excursion about Moldova, will get to know Moldovan culture, traditions and language that can have a big impact on creation of the positive image of Moldova in Europe and will promote and multiply knowledge of Moldovan heritage.
4. field of work:
5. Special qualifications recommended:
There are no gender requirements, the age is only important in terms of experience, the volunteer will be chosed on the basis of their application, motivation and maturity.
The project is open to any skills and abilities, which could be useful for the work - playing instrument, art, sport, handwork, etc. With the time the volunteer should be able to prepare programm for group of 3 - 4 disabled children.
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
-organizing different educational courses such as ceramics, drawing, singing, knitting /sewing etc
- simply communicating with children
- assisting during speech therapist and kinetics services
-computer courses
-organizing outdoor and thematically activities.
These are some of the proposed activities that the volunteer will assist :
- Artistic workshop.( Apprentices create handcrafts. When its possible, the benificiares organise temporary expositions open to the public);
- Sports and leisure workshop ( Eurythmics, sports (foot-race, shot, etc), relaxation, social abilities (parties, lunch, table games, participation games etc);
- Helping during meals/
- Ocassionally, the volunteer will escort to the short visits and excursions (sports events, expositions, day trips);
- With the supervision of the project supervisor, the volunteer will have the possibility of proposing and developing educative activities depending on his/her interests, like music therapy, puppet-show etc;
- From the other hand, the volunteer will collaborate with the host organization ADVIT/ICYE Moldova and the local institutions in their projects;
The volunteer will have extra 2 days of holidays per month which can be accumulated and taken, upon previous agreement with the project supervisor
7. project language: rumänisch, russisch
8. Accommodation and food:
The volunteer will probably live with other volunteers.
Advit-05: Casa Aschiuta
1. Project-host: Casa Aschiuta / Helping the needy Ones
Place: Chisinau
2. Number of volunteers:
Starting-date: September
3. Description of the local project:
The Volunteer's presence will enable the Centre's intercultural education programme become real and tangible. By being exposed to a foreign volunteer, the local young people learn about living in a multicultural society, about the harmful effects of intolerance, xenophobia and prejudice and finally about the good effects of getting to know other cultures and languages. On the other hand, the Volunteer gains invaluable experience connected with working with young people and learns about the local ways of spending free time. It is a great chance for the Volunteer to develop his own talents and skills which can be used in different workshops
Volunteer will take part in series of excursion about Moldova, will get to know Moldovan culture, traditions and language that can have a big impact on creation of the positive image of Moldova in Europe and will promote and multiply knowledge of Moldovan heritage.
:The volunteer will organize leisure time for children together with the pedagogues. They will play different games, go for walks together and work in the interest clubs after school. Together they will perform the art and cultural projects. The volunteer will be given an opportunity to bring her own ideas to the project. She will try to help children with the home tasks for school. The volunteer will be also asked to assist in language classes in an informal way. The project should develop an intercultural bridge for the children and support their ability of the communication and positive thinking. It is a great chance for the children to learn more about other countries and different cultures and traditions. During the project the children will have a possibility to open and express themselves and develop their skills and talents. Through constant communication with Moldovan children and the staff, playing national games, singing songs, telling tales etc., the volunteers will receive a unique opportunity to get to know Moldovan culture and probably to discover something new in their own culture by looking at it from another perspective. Dealing with children in the centre, the volunteers will improve their social and communication skills, develop knowledge, hobbies and interests in variety of fields (like handcrafts, dancing, singing etc.) and finally will receive a valuable experience in social work
4. field of work:
5. Special qualifications recommended:
There are no gender requirements, the age is only important in terms of experience, the volunteer will be chosed on the basis of their application, motivation and maturity.
The project is open to any skills and abilities, which could be useful for the work - playing instrument, art, sport, handwork, etc. With the time the volunteer should be able to prepare programm for group of 3 - 4 disabled children.
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
.The volunteer will work mainly with the age group 6-12. Her main tasks will consist in:
- playing with the children, using her creativity and games he/she knows
- assisting the children with their daily needs and responsibilities
- picking up children from the school
- read stories and songs in easy language
- help to organize outings and to lead excursions with children groups
- participate in painting and crafts workshops
- participate in theatre and music groups
- helping centre’s staff in cleaning, laundering and cooking for children
The volunteer will work from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 5 days per week. She/he will have 2 days off each week. Sometimes the volunteers will be asked to work on weekends and to have days off on working days, because there might be some events and activities on weekends, like trips to other cities or some celebrations. The volunteer will have extra 2 days of holidays per month which can be accumulated and taken, upon previous agreement with the project supervisor
7. project language: rumänisch, russisch
8. Accommodation and food:
The volunteer will probably live with other volunteers.
Advit-06: Animation Centre for Youth and Children
1.Project-host: Animation Centre for Youth and Children
Place: Chisinau
2. Number of volunteers:
starting-date: September
3. Description of the local project:
Animation Centre for Youth and Children (ACYC) – that aims to offer everyone (children, young people and adults) in the 7 Communes of Chisinau the capital of Moldova – Chisinau and the opportunity to raise awareness of their own competencies and achieve personal development in the friendly centres with social, cultural, sporting and educational activities. The Centres are an innovative and reactive intervention resource for young people in every commune of Chisinau.
These principal objectives are achieved through the work of volunteers with a strong commitment to the association's aims and through co-ordinators working in the different activity sectors:
- Children: with an activity centre and out-of-school club open all year.
- Young people: with two facilities for young people and pre-teenage clubs.
- Parents: informative workshop on the methods of the children’s education.
- Leisure for all: with different activities (dance, drama, fun gymnastics, etc.) offered to the whole population based on demand and needs. Other associations use the premises to offer activities (karate, fitness sessions, etc.).
4. field of work:
5. Special qualifications recommended:
The project is open to any skills and abilities, which could be useful for the work - playing instrument, art, sport, handwork, etc. With the time the volunteer should be able to prepare programm for group of 3 - 4 youngsters.
The volunteer should have good language knowledge in English.
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
The volunteer will work in the Centre as a person who co-organises the ideas which the young people and instructors realize during the workshops. The Volunteer will initially be the instructors' assistant, but gradually her contribution to the content of the workshops will grow. Because there are many different workshops, the volunteer will work in various teams during the volunteering period. The Centre is a leisure time institution, so the workshops offered usually take place starting 12:00 and Saturdays.
Exact times of the Volunteer's activity, as well as breaks, meal times etc. will be arranged on her arrival so that they suit the Volunteer, the participants and the co-ordinators. The volunteer's involvement throughout the volunteer service might look as follows: The first two months: the volunteer takes part in all kinds of activities according to personal interests, in order to see what area of activity would suit him best. At the end of this period, the volunteer chooses 3-5 workshops which she would like to take part in the next quarter of the volunteering period. The choice depends onvolunteer's interests and abilities. The following three months: the volunteer can take part in particular workshops or can co-operate with the co-ordinators. The volunteer's own ideas may also be carried out. He also takes part in all cultural events connected with particular activities (e.g. if he is involved in the singing class, he will also be involved in the organization of Christmas Songs Festival).
The following three months: the volunteer continues his participation in the classes from previous months or chooses new ones. In this period, the emphases will be put on his own ideas, innovations and projects which will be realised within the framework of the Centre activities. The volunteer will be a partner of the teacher. To sum up, the Volunteer's role progresses from the role of an observer, through participant to creator. The volunteer will not be responsible for the participants of a given class: this is the task of the teacher. The volunteer will help to develop new ideas. She will be supported by the co-ordinators at every stage of his work.
The volunteers are encouraged to propose the activities for and with the children according to their own background and ideas. The volunteers’ part in caring for the children would for the most part entail spending time with them, playing and eating with them, possibly teaching them some language in a playful way, sports, or art.
7. Project language: rumänisch, russisch