YouNet (2010-it-93) as sending organisation and ADVIT Moldova are looking for the EVS volunteers for the following hosting projects starting any month in between February and July 2011 for from 6 up to 12 months. All the project are situated in the capital of Moldova – Chisinau.
1. The representation of the Austrian Public Association “Hilfswerk Austria” in the Republic of Moldova is a non-profit, non-political and non-governmental organization, which contributes to the improvement of life quality by providing sustainable support for the economic development and social protection in a non-bureaucratic, professional and directly onsite manner for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged from social point of view people in the Republic of Moldova.
The volunteer will have the opportunity to get involved in the various aspects of Hilfswerk Austria in Moldova activities:
• Taking part in project visits as well as in conferences and meetings:
• Developing her own idea or initiative and managing a clear-cut project in line with her skills, personal interests and goals: the volunteer will set up her/his own weblog which will accompany the civic education projects In this weblog, which will mainly be written in English, the volunteer is free to express her own experiences and point of view of the project and its implementation, as well as further experiences and impressions gained concerning both the activities and her/his work at Hilfswerk Austria in Moldova and her/his stay in Moldova in general. Through this weblog, the volunteer will give an important asset to the project and help reaching a broader public and therefore optimizing the outcome.
• Conducting internet researches about similar civic education projects and election practises in other countries.
• Helping in the preparation of project-related conferences and seminars.
• On-site project visits: Updating HWA’s and the summer school’s website and writing reports on projects where she was involved or which she visited.
• Supporting the HWA with English and German language skills (translations, writing applications, proof-reading etc.)
Priorities will be given to candidates from Austria.
2. The Rehabilitation Center of Torture Victims “Memoria”
Objectives:
• Providing medico-social and legal support to torture victims and their families;
• Improving the health status and quality of life of assisted persons, their social reintegration with re-establishing of their integrity, reputation and self-respect.
• Prevention of torture and safeguarding the rights of victims to medical services and compensation.
• Improving the staff knowledge about torture victims and creating a model of rehabilitation services for special categories of persons.
• Collaboration with other similar centers and persons involved in the rehabilitation of torture survivors.
Description of the tasks of the volunteer:
The volunteers will have the opportunity to get involved in various aspects of Memoria’s activities, such as:
- Trying to raise awareness of the organization by writing applications for possible funding opportunities.
- The volunteer will also manage there own personal project, such as arranging seminars, study visits and conferences, which focus on fighting of torture and developing democracy in Moldova and greater awareness of human rights issues.
- The volunteer will also follow European policy developments in the Moldovan youth sector and preparing European projects
- The volunteer will assist with research projects. In particular, they will help Memoria in finding partners and creating new projects in Europe and the rest of the world.
- The volunteer will manage a clear-cut project in line with their skills, personal interests and goals; This will also be an opportunity for them to develop their own ideas or initiative.
3. Dogs’ Shelter “Casa Katharina” is a shelter for around 120 dogs who are all waiting since a lesser or longer time for friendly people and a new home.
Volunteer will help to:
- Clean and take care of the places where the animals stay.
- Play with animals.
- Create the places where the animals stay (putting the attributes on the right places) and make this places ready for the animals.
- Do fortification and does behavior observation on the animals.
- Feed the animals.
- Help veterinary doctor.
- Register animals and prepare reports this
4.Animation Centre for Youth and Children that aims to offer everyone (children, young people and adults) in one of the Commune of Chisinau (capital of Moldova) and the opportunity to raise awareness of their own competencies and achieve personal development in a friendly centre with social, cultural, sporting and educational activities. The Centre is an innovative and reactive intervention resource for young people.
The centre runs the activities in the sectors:
- For children: in the activity centre and out-of-school club that are open all year.
- For young people: the pre-teenage clubs.
- Parents: informative workshop on the methods of the children’s education.
- Leisure for all: with different activities (dance, drama, gymnastics, sports etc.) offered to the whole population based on demand and needs. Other associations use the premises to offer activities (karate, fitness sessions, etc.).
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 in the place as the assistant, but gradually his/her contribution to the content of the workshops will grow.
5. Moldovan Institute for Human Rights (IDOM)is an independent, non-profit organization founded in 2007 by a group of lawyers and defenders of human rights. The members of IDOM are experienced in monitoring the respect for human rights and the honoring of obligations which the Republic of Moldova accepted before the OSCE, the United Nations and the Council of Europe.
The major aim of IDOM is to contribute to the education, promotion and defense of rights and liberties guaranteed by national and international legislation. The advocacy and litigation done by IDOM benefits not only certain specific groups, but the whole society. IDOM is concerned with the strongest violations of human rights, provoked by the ignorance of superior values such as individual liberty, social justice and equality and non-discrimination.
The volunteer will get the opportunity to get involved in the various aspects of IDOM’s activities:
1. Writing applications and managing projects: seminars, study visits, conferences;
2. Following European policy developments in the Moldovan youth sector; the compilation of the IDOMs newsletter and the updating of the IDOMs website;
3. Assisting in finding partners and creating new projects in the Europe and the rest of the world;
4. Assisting with research projects;
5. managing a clear-cut project in line with his/her skills, personal interests and goals;
6. Developing his/her own idea or initiative.
All selected volunteer will have the following practical arrangements during their service:
Accommodation: in room with shared kitchen, bathroom and toilet in the rented flat together with other EVS volunteers from different countries or single room with shared kitchen, bathroom and toilet in the host family.
Food: Food allowance will be received from ADVIT Moldova.
Local transport: Monthly transportation card will be provided.
Language courses: Intensive course upon arrival plus 30 hours of the language lessons with the private teacher is provided. Volunteers can choose what language to learn Romanian or Russian.
On-arrival training and midterm evaluation:
On-going mentoring and support
Through constant communication with Moldovan children and the staff, playing national games, signing songs, telling tales and etc., the volunteer will receive a unique opportunity to get to know Moldovan culture and probably to discover something new in his/her own culture by looking at it from another dimension.
All interested candidates must submit their CV and motivation letter indicating the project they are applying for, when you are able to start your project and for how many months you are available, contact details of your sending organization before October 15, 2010 to ADVIT Moldova by email advit_ewb@yahoo.com and evs@you-net.eu.
The selection of the candidates will be on-going.
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