localización

Kwidzyn is a capital of the powiat located in Pomeranian Voivodeship
on the river Liwa and even by Polish standards Kwidzyn is an old city,
and one with a rich and interesting history…Kwidzyn is a town with about 40. 000 inhabitants, with several additional thousand residing in the surrounding rural areas, located 100 km from the Baltic Sea to the south.
It is situated also about 100 km from Gdańsk, Sopot, and Gdynia, which are historical and cultural destinations in the Pomeranian region. There is a good bus connection between Kwidzyn and these cities.
The development of the town is based on a strong industrial structure – production of paper and electronic industry. Kwidzyn is surrounded by beautiful and rich forests, with nature reserves and lakes. Besides that, there are strong fields of non-governmental actions. We have organizations like scouts, ecological, cultural, musical, and the theater. Both adults and youth will find a place for spare time and hobby development.
Besides that, we have a cinema and theater and other cultural places like restaurants. There is also a big sports center with a football pitch, basketball and tennis courts and mini golf course.
The inhabitants of Kwidzyn are mostly middle class. People work in big factories in Kwidzyn or they run their small local businesses. There is no University in Kwidzyn, that is why you can find here mostly youth till 19 years old and adults over 25. Target group of the projects is citizens of Kwidzyn, students, and families with children and pensioners. We work in all the cities, directly working with different organizations.
The headquarters of our organization is situated in the center of the city. Next to the old town, shopping centers, parks, restaurants, and churches. The volunteer will be accommodated in the rented apartment, 10 – 30 min walk from the office. There will be a shared bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom for a volunteer.

Kindergarten with Integration classes– 2 spots

Kindergarten is functioning as a caring, educational and instructive centre. It’s a place where healthy and disabled kids have fun together. It provides every child the opportunity to have fun and learn in a safe, friendly place where everything is tailor-made for their needs and development. It shapes the emotional resilience in children with different physical and intellectual capabilities. Kindergarten is building children’s knowledge about the social world.
The volunteer will take part in the following activities:
• participating and helping in daily work: preparing activities and games for kids;
• helping during lunch, in daily hygiene, accompanying and watching after the kids during the walks
and while staying in public places(cinemas, museums, theatres etc.);
• helping kids get dressed for outside activities;
• helping the assistant during breakfast (setting and clearing the table, giving food to the children)
• Lead games and activities for children, music classes, -playing with the children;
• attend and conduct classes in English;
• assist in working with children with disabilities;
• decorate the school before any program;
• taking part in ESC promoting projects, workshops, presentations.

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Akwedukt Association – 2 spots

The organization was made by people who want to change their own local community and establishing it was meant for 3 reasons: the creation of a community centre, European Volunteer Service, and Volunteer’s Centre.
The main aim is increasing local activism of citizens by enabling them to act as volunteers, target groups of the organization are Kwidzyn’s citizens, people and institutions who want to work on the field of local activism, mainly volunteering and intercultural education, European awareness, and cultural diversity.
Suggested activities for the volunteers:
• Promoting non-formal education methods in cooperation with local kindergarten, schools and
hosting organisations; presentations.
• language clubs (usually English) for children and adults as well, 3 times week, at the evenings.
• organizing various forms of education, workshops, and lessons,
• presentation of culture where volunteers come from, running other activities: ice-breakers,
games etc., preparing and supporting presentations for local communities (skype of personal
performances, technical support, cleaning before and after;
• making videos, on-line promotion about ESC, social media management, keep an eye on new
social media trends, translating news, writing articles for web and development of social network
(Facebook/Instagram). Providing social networks with  appropriate photo, video, graphics and
animation;
• helping the staff in coordinating the parallel activities of ESC;

Volunteer profile:

-between 18-30 years old

-willing to work and learn

-ready to work within a small community

-creative, likes to take the initiative when it’s possible, independent and responsible

The volunteer will work full time with the team of the Hosting Organization from Monday to Friday, on a minimum 35-hour week basis. They might be asked to take part in evening gatherings with the students and locals. From time to time, the volunteer will have the opportunity to work in associated schools, kindergartens and local institutions with the other ESC volunteers in order to build a common projects and events.
We are looking for motivated candidates with a proactive, creative, and problem-solving attitude, at least basic knowledge of English and organizational skills. A creative person who enjoys speaking in front of a crowd and who is motivated to develop events and activities that strengthen the integration between polish and international students, kids, youngsters. Ready to work with people of different age, not scared of daily routine.
The volunteer must be mature, open-minded and able to work based on his/her own initiative, but also work in close cooperation with the staff at the project. The volunteer should be prepared to work also in the evenings and sometimes weekends – depends on events. Much of the work, a volunteer will be doing, is to encourage young people to participate in civic life as well as to develop their personality and European identity.
All volunteer’s task: providing workshops according to volunteers skills, experiences, interests (movie, handcraft, IT, acting, ecology, languages, others), organizing after school activities for youngsters – leading language group, intercultural learning activities – culture evenings, and summer and winter camps for children and so on.

Timing: the project duration will not exceed 12 months.
Travel budget: based on the travel distance per participant. Travel distances must be calculated using the distance calculator supported by the European Commission. From 180 – 360 EUR/ both sides or real cost till the limit from distance calculator.
Language training: The language course will be provided by Online Linguistic System, we will provide some books, CD, and materials to learn our language. We also expect from the volunteer studying Polish on her/his own, self-discipline and using possibilities to practice Polish language.
Training and support: you might get a mentor, who will be responsible for checking your progress in adaption to Polish culture and also will be helping if you have any problem. Except of trainings organized by Polish National Agency (on-arrival and mid-term), you will be given some trainings from us lice active
methods of work with children or IT Tools in youthwork.
Food allowance: You will get 430 PLN for food at the beginning of each month. The sum is enough for own cooking in the flat. During the weekdays you should bring some sandwiches with you from home to work
for lunch.
Pocket money: except of food money you will get 120 EUR for own expensive.
Communication: You will have a possibility to use WiFi Internet at home and at office.
Holidays: 2 days of holidays during each month of the project. The free days can be combined and used together. Holidays must be discussed and agreed with the project coordinator.
Working schedule: working hours Monday – Friday are between from 08.00 am till 10.00 pm. The working hours can be different, depend on the needs.
Accommodation
Every flat consists of 2-3 rooms; the kitchen and bathroom are shared.
Important – volunteers are sharing rooms (2 people in the room). Possible to share a flat with mixed gender.
Every flat has an internet connection, flats are free for volunteers, our organization is paying the rental and common costs like electricity, water, heating, garbage, internet.