Yayın tarihi : 26.07.2016
Son başvuru tarihi: 05.08.2016
7-21 yaş grubu çocukları ve gençleri barındıran bir
yetimhanenin çalışanlarına günlük işlerde yardımcı olmak , çocuklar ve gençler
için çeşitli etkinlikler düzenlemek için gönüllüler aranıyor. Erkek tercih edilmekle
birlikte kadın gönüllülerin başvuruları da kabul edilebilir.
Başlangıç tarihi : 15.09.2016
Süre : 12 ay
Proje hakkında ayrıntılı İngilizce bilgiyi aşağıda
bulabilirsiniz.
Proje Estonya Ulusal Ajansı tarafından onaylanmış
olup, seçilen gönüllünün son anda iptal etmesi nedeniyle acil gönüllü
aramaktadır.
Bu projeye başvurmak isteyenler en geç 05.08.2016 ‘ya kadar özgeçmiş, projeye yönelik
yazılmış bir motivasyon mektubu ve GENÇTUR’dan alınmış Gönderen Kuruluş destek
belgesini, evs@estyes.ee Diana Paade ‘ye yollamaları
gerekmektedir.
NGO
Vahtramägi
About the
Receiving Organisation
Our organization
is an orphanage in Tartu, Estonia. Currently we have 23 children and young
people in total, ages from 7-21. We have a family system where each “family”
has about 7 children. At the second floor there is a "family" from
youngest children, then we have the "family" where children are
mostly 12-16 years old and the "youth family" is located on the first
floor and most of them are 17 years old.
Children are taken
from their real families mostly because of their parents’ drinking problems or
drug addictions due to the fact that they are unable to care for their
offspring.
Kids are under
constant supervision - there is always at least one orphanage care worker in
every family. Every "family" has their own certain orphanage care
workers, whose schedule is rotating with others. This way kids feel more safely
and are more stable to cultivate trust with adults. Also, every kid has their
own support care worker or mentor, who takes care of child’s medical needs,
goes to school when needed, buys clothes etc.
Staff helps
children in regular everyday tasks and needs - studies, medical care, food,
clothes, hygiene etc. Some children have mental but not physical disability and
they go to special schools, but most of the children are healthy, stable, bright
and active, as it should be. One 16 years old boy goes to a soccer training
three times a week, two kids go to BMX training, one takes dancing lessons, one
17 year old boy takes guitar lessons and one just started karate training.
Kids with more
difficult background are influenced by it and have more issues with controlling
their emotions. But with proper care, love and attention they are sweet and
wonderful kids.
Context
Estonia is located
in Eastern Europe. Our organization is in country’s second largest town in
Southern Estonia with almost 100 000 inhabitants. Tartu is a beautiful town,
running along the banks of the river Emajõgi (Mother River). We have the
country’s oldest university and many local and international students come to
study here. It is a quiet place but with enough possible activities to do. Our
building is 15 minutes walking distance from the city centre. House is on top
of the hill and is surrounded with yard. Right beside us we have a nice little
park that belongs to a museum. Orphanage is surrounded with residential houses,
there are grocery stores in the neighbourhood.
Proposed
Activities for the Volunteer
Since educators
have many responsibilities, then mostly we would like the volunteer to spend
time with our children. They like to spend too much time with TV, phones and
computers. Of course, as normal children, they need to spend time in physical
activities which they also enjoy. We would like the volunteer to play ball
games with kids, to help the educators to take the kids for a swim and to help
the staff to take kids outside of the house to different events. Indoors it
would be great if the volunteer can take time to play table games with kids and
help them with school lessons (English). On some weekends we would like the
volunteer to organize dancing events. Once every week a volunteer should
organize artistic or creative lessons for kids. At Christmas time we take part
from fairs and kids will sell their self-made Christmas cards, jewelry and
other goods. Sometimes we may need help with cleaning and running errands. At
weekends we make food ourselves and it would be nice if the volunteer could
cook and teach the children his or her own native food. We need a friend for
our kids, somebody who kids can rely on and who is free to play and help out.
Definitely,
volunteer would learn here to be very tolerant and see, that even when children
have their issues, everybody needs love and attention for healing from past
traumas. Every human being, even mentally disabled children can have very
bright moments. Those moments multiply when someone is not judging and putting
them down.
Profile of the
Volunteer
We are looking for
somebody very active and creative and who is not too shy around some unstable
children. Active male volunteer would be great, but female volunteers are also
welcome. Volunteer should not be too sensitive and scared of outspoken children
and youth.
We will be pleased
to get applications from anyone who are:
- ready to work
with children and have enough patience;
- willing to be
involved in youth work and youth activities;
- ready to
understand and accept that the children/youngsters often come from difficult
family and social background;
- friendly and
open-minded;
- aged between 18
and 30 years;
- optimistic and cheerful.
