Noored Ühiskonna Heaks (NYH) is promoting calls for participants for European Solidarity Corps (ESC) short-term team volunteering project which means working in schools, foster homes, immigrant organizations, youth centers, or senior daily centers, in Lisbon, Portugal
DATES: 1 st October 2024 until 20th September 2025 (flexible dates, 10-12 months)
About the project:
ProAtlântico works in partnership with several organizations from the community: schools, foster homes, immigrant organizations, youth centers, Senior daily centers, institutions for people with disabilities, So, the volunteer will collaborate directly with the target groups of the partner organizations. In the frame of these activities, volunteer can be involved as following:
VACANCY 1 – CENTER FOR REFUGEES
• Accompaniment of clients to medical services and official services, always with a technician
• Accompaniment of users in cultural activities and knowledge of the country / region (eg. visits to museums, participation in cultural events, etc.);
• Development of entertainment and leisure time actions (theatre, sports, sociocultural animation);
• Logistical and administrative support;
• Analysis and studies in the field of migration;
• Support in food bank;
• Participation in communitarian events.
VACANCY 2 – KINDERGARTEN/SCHOOL
• Playground activities
• Canteen support
• Development of recreational and sports activities with children and adolescents
• Development of activities in the field of music, theater and dance
• Support for teachers
• Support Conflict Management Group
• Support for CAF activities
VACANCY 3 – SENIOR DAILY CENTRES
• Handicrafts, dance, games, gymnastics, etc.
• Help in meals time
• Activities during holidays related to special events (ex: Christmas theatre play, build Carnival masks, games with Easter eggs, Summer camps, birthday parties, religious events, etc.)
• Support in the reception/division of food donated
• Support in the distribution of food to poor families
• Organization of workshops to empower the families supported by the food bank
VACANCY 4 – COMMUNITY CENTER
• Volunteers can cooperate in all activities offered by the center, such as:
• Participating in the support to the study and playful activities with the children and summer camps;
• Dynamizing and to accompanying the activities with the seniors and helping in the daycare;
• Providing logistics support to the grocery store as well as in the service to the users;
• Supporting in the bar;
• Supporting the project Re-coopera (reception and sorting of donations, support to the fair and store).
VACANCY 5 – OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITIES CENTRE & RESIDENCE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
• Collaborate in adapted workshops (ceramics, painting, decorating, etc.)
• Feeding & hygiene routines (help to give meals to residents)
• Therapeutic and leisure time activities (traditional games, newspaper, playroom, etc.)
• Sports activities (boccia, water adapted activities, etc.)
• Recreational activities (tours, walkings, parties, etc.)
VACANCY 6 – FOSTER HOME
• Animate and implement leisure time activities (ex: sports, music, singing, dance, theatre, handicrafts, watching movies, thematic conversations, etc.)
• Accompany children in outside activities of the foster home (ex: go to the doctor, take children to/from school/playground/cultural places, etc.)
• Motivate children/youngsters to study (ex: English language tutoring, Maths …) and to complete their objectives (ex: with creative methods like games, music, quiz, etc.) and assist them in computers (ex: internet search, Word, Excel, Power point, etc.)
• Propose and implement specific activities related to the period of the holidays/ weekends (ex: Christmas theatre play, build Carnival masks, games with Easter eggs, Summer camps, birthdays, etc.)
• Help with the meals
• Help with events of fundraising (fairs, concerts, etc)
• Help children and youngsters to organize the house and the rooms
• Help to improve the facilities of the house
• Organisation of offers from the community
VANCANCY 7 – CENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND PEOPLE
• Help the users to move inside and outside the organisation’s facilities;
• support the daily activities inside the workrooms (visual expressions, recycling and weaving);
• support in tasks of feeding and personal hygiene;
• create a friendly, funny and home environment.
VACANCY 8 – OCUPATIONAL CENTER FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
• Help in rehabiltative activities, such as crafts, basic skills training,
• Teaching clients the use pf public services and/or public transport;
• Conduct social and recreational activities, (eg. : indoor and outdoor games and group activities, visits to places of interest (museums, cultural activities, art galleries);
• Spend time with clientes, keeping them company, talk, take a walk ot just listen them;
• Accompany clientes to medical appointments;
• Participate in meetings and training sessions;
• Collaborate in administrative tasks such as filling, answering phones;
• to plan, organize or participate in ad hoc client activities.
VACANCY 9 – AFTER SCHOOL CENTER
• supervising children in school works,
• monitor the activities outside the school grounds,
• Stimulate and promote games and playful and fun moments.
• Organisation and planning of activities, games, study visits, workshops.
• Implementation of activities with children and young people: games, school support, promotion of cultures, habits, customs and traditions.
• Participation in summer camps
• Assist in special celebrations (ex: decoration for Christmas, Carnival, Easter)
VACANCY 10 – DESIGN, COMUNICATION & MULTIMEDIA
• Support in the elaboration of promotional materials for the management of social networks;
• Support in the elaboration of promotional materials for events;
• Support in the elaboration of publicity materials, namely posters or other images;
• Photography of parts;
• Image processing;
• Customer Service;
• Elaboration and search for drawings, images alluding to naval daily life and other annual events;
• Support in the definition, execution and control of the graphic quality of the navy magazine;
• Collaborate in the study to define the appearance and pagination format of the navy magazine (colors, formats, sizes and fonts, etc.);
• Support in organizing the spaces of the navy magazine;
• Collaborate in the creation of dissemination and promotion materials for the navy magazine.
VACANCY 11 – LIBRARY, DOCUMENTATION & ARCHIVING
• Elaboration of digital and physical file;
• Preparation of notes or letters of correspondence with entities internal or external to the Navy;
• Support for data recording;
• Support to libraries and documentary archives;
• Support for document scanning.
• Support for the Library and Documentation Center: documentation handling and reorganization;
• Support for the Photographic Archive: organization and storage of photographs and plans and support in preparing their Inventory;
• Support to the Historical Archive: Cleaning and storage of documentation; Preventive preservation of spines (waxing leather spines); Labeling with quotas, on the spine and inside the books with nastro.
VACANCY 12 – SPACE AND SEA SCIENCES
• Aquatic organisms maintenance activities;
• Control of water quality;
• Astronomical observation activities;
• Translation of astronomy content for the sessions;
• Support for educational activities.
VACANCY 13 – TOURISM & HISTORY
• Support for Research in Maritime History;
• Production of content for exhibitions and digital channels;
• Support in the preparation of Inventory;
• Hygienization and packaging of parts;
• Support to exhibitions;
• Support in the preparation of visiting circuits.
VACANCY 14 – CARPENTRY, JOINERY & ELECTRICIANS
• Support in the various maintenance works
• Support to exhibitions;
• Support in the preparation of visiting circuits.
VACANCY 15 – MUSEUM
• Support in the preparation of parts inventory;
• Hygiene and packaging of parts in the Reserves;
• Support for exhibitions.
VACANCY 16 – PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL
• ArtStudio: collaborate in activities/events that are requested during the school year and also in some activities that we propose such as competitions; crafts workshops and/or digital learning workshops, among others.
• IdiomStudio: collaborate in activities that may involve exchanging experiences about culture and possible exchanges with schools in their countries of origin and promoting activities that train speaking. Volunteers could be present in the classroom, if the teacher so wishes, or streamline activities at IdiomStudio, in partnership with mentors.
• Circular Project: Collaborating in multiple activities in the area of sustainability: certifying Zero Waste school, Pedagogical vegetable garden; recycling and reuse of waste, with partnerships with public entities.
Participant profile:
18-30 years old
All the volunteers are provided with insurance, accommodation, pocket and food money. Travel expenses: according to the calculated distance.
How to apply for the project:
To apply for the project, candidates have to send their CV & MOTIVATION LETTER to marco@nyh.ee.
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