Alt-02: Wiederstrahl
1. Project-host: German Cultural Center “Wiederstrahl”
Place: Kiev City
2. Number of volunteers: 2
Starting-date: September
3. Description of the local project:
“Wiederstrahl” is a German cultural centre in Kiev. It was established in 1002 by people of German origin, who live in Kiev. The Centre promotes German culture through providing opportunities to study language and traditions and about the history of Germany. They are organizing tours to museums, celebrating German traditional holidays, taking part in activities organized by other organisations in Kiev. Up to 15 people are working in “Wiederstrahl”
4. Field of work: Promoting democracy
5. Special qualifications recommended:
Good motivation to promote German Culture and getting pedagogical experience
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
The volunteer will supporting the project by:
1. Videoclub (watching German films, duscuss them in the groupe)
2. Taking part in classes, providing information about Germany, its traditions, everyday life
3. Taking part in preparing, carrying out literature, subjectevenings
4. Taking part in center activities
5 Prepaire subject excursions around Kiev in German language for pupiels
7. Project language: russisch / ukrainian
8. Accommodation and food:
Living in a host family. 3 times meals will be provided in the host family.
Alt-05: Boarding school “Real German Word”
1. Project-host: Kirovograd boarding-school
Place: Kirovograd
2. Number of volunteers: 1
Starting-date: September
3. Description of the local project:
The Kirovograd boarding school was founded in 1960. At school there are specialized language classes and classes with the fundemental history studying. The boarding school is a specific educational establishment, where orfans and underprivileged children has been studying. There are many educational activities and opportunities for pupils to reveal their natural abilities: computer labs, theatre club, foreigh language club, dancing club, art club. The school is collaborating with regional higher educational establishments, the scientific-research school "MAN" which gives it's graduates more benefits in order to enter any institute or college. Now the school authoritis support a lot of innovative educational ways of studying, trying to follow new directions in studying subjects, and the whole lifestyle of the pupils.
4. Field of work: Education, work with children and youth
5. Special qualifications recommended: Requested knowledge of language: English, German, Russian
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
The volunteer will be advised to participate in the following activities:
* Weekend club (entertainment activities and educational contests);
* Work in the specialized language clubs (German language club, English club);
* Participating in the theatre performances (to act or to help with the performance in general);
* Social work with the orphans;
* Working with the teachers during lessons to improve children’s language skills to the fullest extent.
7. Project language: Russisch / Ukranisch
8. Accommodation and food:
Alt-06: Ecoclub's energy program
1. Project-host: NGO Ecoclub
Place: Rivne
2. Number of volunteers: 1
Starting-date: September
3. Description of the local project:
Ecoclub is a non-profit ecological NGO based in the city of Rivne, Ukraine, and registered in 1998. The organization's mission is to protect and improve the environment through means of energy efficiency (EE), nature protection, public outreach and practical activities on environmental issues. The main goals of the organization are teaching the public about energy efficiency, educating citizens about environmental issues, assisting with nature preservation projects and increasing public awareness and involvement in environmental processes.
Since the beginning, Ecoclub has run the Ukrainian Energy Brigades (UEB), insulating the homes of disadvantaged people and educating the public about simple EE methods. Community volunteers are mobilized for insulation actions which prevent heat loss, reduce energy consumption and alleviate the existing Ukrainian energy crisis. UEB gives special attention to increasing public awareness about energy-related problems and the necessity of more environmentally-friendly behaviours.
Besides its practical work, Ecoclub is also quite active in policy work (like the first national wide public hearing on energy policy held last year, which promoted positive policy work to counteract anti-environmental actions and decisions by the government).
Considering Ukraine’s history with the issue, Ecoclub is an obvious voice in the fight to curb the unchecked spread of nuclear power in Europe. It is very active in this regard leading campaigns (like Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving Will Stop Nuclear Forever) and distributing a bulletin (Nuclear Monitor) on nuclear issues to institutions all over Ukraine. Meanwhile it co-sponsored the international conference "Chernobyl +20: Remembrance for the Future" to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the disaster and bring together a forum of scientists, environmentalists, NGOs and experts to debate nuclear energy and highlight the problems its industry tries to cover up.
Ecoclub’s activities place it as a clear frontrunner for building up a functional civil society and positive energy/environmental conscience in Ukraine.
4. Field of work: Environment
5. Special qualifications recommended:
We would like to receive a volunteer who will be: preferably over 21 years; good in English, especially on writing; environment friendly consciousness
It will be good if volunteer will be: interested in energy and climate issue (especially in policy); interested in nuclear energy and anti-nuclear movement; good in web-publication
Knowledge of Russian language does not necessary but would be an asset.
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
NGO "Ecoclub" is situated in the city of Rivne, the centre of Rivne oblast, Western Ukraine. The population of Rivne is 250 thousand people. It is a typical city for Ukraine.
We have two-room office. There are small (not separate) kitchen with refrigerator, microwave oven and electric kettle with sufficient set of cooking dishes.
Every person has his own workplace (computer and so on). We have two persons who work full-time in Ecoclub, and there are two computers for our volunteers.
Biggest part of our job-time we work on the computer but occasionally we are organizing or taking part in different kind of peaceful street actions. In addition, we have many business trips in other places in Ukraine. Ecoclub is taking part or organizing seminars and meetings with officials. Usually it happens 1-2 times a month.
There are 1 or 2 practical events in a year - windows insulation projects. During these events we do physical activity - windows insulation in schools or orphanages. Usually one insulation project is organized in a frame of international work camp.
For better understanding of our practical activity and working camps, please, see: picasaweb.google.ru/ecoclub.rivne/
Volunteer will have possibility to get knowledge about:
- current energy policy of Ukraine;
- nowadays world tendencies in energy using and energy efficiency;
- ways of using different kinds of energy and resources on everyday life of average Ukrainians;
- how to make energy policy and everyday life greener;
- work of Ukrainian non-governmental organizations.
Volunteer will work together with other Ecoclub's staff and will carry out the same tasks as the others.
A volunteer will be directly involved in the Ecoclub daily activity. Volunteer will be provided by all possible support and assistance in his (her) work.
List of typical activities: participation in the preparation of position papers of Ecoclub and other similar documents; searching for possibilities and writing project proposals; communication with the foreign partners of Ecoclub; translation and editing of "Nuclear Monitor" (Informational bulletin about nuclear energy. Publish 6 time per year) – if possible; web-site update.
7. Project language: Russisch, Englisch
8. Accommodation and food:
Alt-08: Alternativ V
1. Project-host: Ukrainian Association for youth Cooperation “Alternativ V”
Place: Kiev
2. Number of volunteers: 1
Starting-date: September
3. Description of the local project:
Ukrainian Association for youth Co-operation “Alternative-V” - is a non-political, non-profit non-governmental organisation, founded in 1992. Alternative-V was created to facilitate co-operation between youth organisations,to involve Ukrainian young people into programmes on the national and international level in the fields of education, culture, ecology, historical heredity protection and helping disadvantaged people. Alternative-V wants to contribute to development of more peaceful society, to the decrease of social injustice. The Association obtained all-Ukrainian status in 1999.
The main activities of the organisation include short-term voluntary projects - international youth voluntary workcamps in different regions of Ukraine, long-term voluntary projects, seminars, conferences and trainings on both national and international level, youth exchanges and educational programmes.
4. field of work: work with children and youth
5. Special qualifications recommended: We would like to prefer a volunteer who is over 21 years old and good in English. It would be good if the volunteer would be interested in interested in developing volunteer projects for young people, interested in non-formal education methodology and good in web-publication.
Knowledge of Russian and/or Ukrainian language is not necessary but would be an asset.
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
Disseminating information about the volunteering opportunities with Alternative-V and
promoting volunteerism among the students of Kyiv city;
- Providing visitors of the office with information about the activities of Alternative-V and volunteering opportunities;
- Updating English version of the web-site of the organization;
- Helping programme and project co-ordinators with their work;
- Assisting in preparation and running of the special events/activities for the International Volunteers Day, December 5th;
- Taking part/assisting in running of the volunteer working group(s) at Alternative-V;
- Assisting with preparation for the season of the international youth volunteer workcamps: visiting potential hosts together with the programme co-ordinator, preparing fundraising applications;
- Together with Ukrainian volunteers assisting in the preparation and taking part in the activities aiming at helping inmates of the children homes and specialized centres for underprivileged kids;
- Preparation and running of the human rights event (at volunteers discretion – which event): can be a seminar, or an education module to be utilized in the volunteer workcamps of Alternative-V, mass event etc.;
- Taking part in the National Campleaders’ training;
- Co-leading one or two international youth volunteer workcamps on the territory of Ukraine during summer 2011;
- Assisting in developing activities with the rural youth centres in the frame of the common project with UNDP in Ukraine;
- Assisting with annual report preparation (in English).
7. Project language: Russian, Ukrainian language
Alt-09: Planet XXI
1. Project-host: Youth Centre of European Cooperation „Planet XXI“
Place: Kharkov
2. Number of volunteers:
Starting-date: September
3. Description of the local project:
Youth Centre of European Cooperation “Planet XXI” is a non-political, non-profit youth organization founded on the basis of volunteerism in 2000. “Planet XXI” was created to involve Ukrainian youth people into youth programs in the fields of education, culture, ecology, historical heredity protection and helping disadvantaged people. “Planet XXI” wants to contribute to development of more peaceful society, to the decrease of social injustice.
The main aims of the Centre are:
1. Protection of Ukrainian youth, its social, economic, creative, spiritual and other legal common interests;
2. Creation of favourable conditions for self-realization of youth members of the Centre and involvement of youth and students in solving the general social problems;
3. the required assistance to public organization in development of cooperation, project realization in the fields of education, culture, ecology, preservation of historical legacy and assistance to disable;
4. Studying and application of the world experience in implementation of youth programs, charity and humanitarian projects having as a target the consolidation of humanistic ideas and general human values;
5. Development of mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation between youth people of various countries, staging of the events promoting development of youth and students’ movement in Ukraine and its integration into the international youth movement;
6. Assistance in organization of international youth programs, exchanges, programs of voluntary camps, arrangement of cooperation with the organization sharing purposes of the Centre, holding of charity events;
7. Involvement of Ukrainian youth and students in the programs organized by the Centre.
4. Field of work:
5. Special qualifications recommended:
We would like to receive a volunteer who will be:
- Good in English enough for communicating and providing documentation work;
- Enthusiastic, active and energetic in reaching our project goals.
We would be glad if volunteer is:
- Interested in child care programs;
- Conscious in making other young people to live active life;
- good in office administrative work.
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
For the administrative work we have all facilities available. There are two working places and we have at least one person always working on one of them. Most of our everyday work includes computer and administrative work, providing volunteer meetings, contacting partners, participation in Youth organization meetings and seminars, which is about 3-4 times a year.
We also organize annual meeting of the volunteers who have participated in the volunteer projects in other countries. On these meetings volunteers share their experience and feelings they had after completing their volunteer trip.
Our main goal is making International volunteer projects which usually take place in summer time in Kharkiv and on the Crimea Peninsula. We make about 3-5 such project every year in the next field of work: repairing and renovation of Kharkiv Zoo, painting and environmental work at Children House, making Amateur theatre Performance on the Ukrainian Festival, Archeological excavations in Chersonese (Crimea peninsula ) etc.
Volunteer will work together with “Planet XXI” staff and will carry out tasks on communicating with International organizations. He will get all assistance and support needed for his work.
List of typical activities:
- consultation of volunteers;
- Germany language lessons for the active volunteers learning German;
- updating of Planet XXI webpage;
- preparing for the meetings and participating in them;
- Preparing volunteer Work camps, writing finance report;
- Participation in group volunteer visiting of Orphan and Children houses;
- Preparing for local seminars on different social items.
7. Project language:
Alt-10: Djerela
1.Project-host: “Djerela” Charity Association for people with learning, emotional and behavioural disabilities
Place: Kiev
2. Number of volunteers: 1
Starting-date: September
3. Description of the local project:
"Djerela" was founded in 1994. Its mission is to develop and fulfill separate actions, projects and programs, designed to protect human rights of people with learning, emotional and behavioral disabilities as well as their families, provide their rehabilitation and social adaptation; to focus public attention on the problems of above mentioned people. "Djerela's" main activities include program of early intervention; respite care and fostering programmes; family support services (psychological and juristical cosulting); integrated education, etc. Currently, there are about 120 families member of the organization. The volunteer is supposed to take care of the children through participation, initiation and supervision of their every day activities.
4.field of work:
5: Special qualifications recommended:
6. Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
The volunteer will be supporting the project personnel in looking after kids and will assist in educational activities as: supervision children in their everyday activities; assisting children during the dinner and at leisure time; organizing work (reception, secretary work).
7. Project language: Russian, English
8. Accommodation:
Lunch will be provided in “Djerela”, living in a host family