Short term EVS project in Bulgaria!

Location: Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Name of project: Volunteering 4 Strategic development

Hosting Organization – Sdruzhenie Alternativi International

Sending organization: “Common Sense” Youth Organization

Purpose of the project: In response to these problems and the needs of young people, our team developed an alternative youth space- cultural and educational center to be a platform for local youth to express their ideas,to provide cultural and social activities,access to advice and quality youth information, a place for sport, culture, dance, music, craft and a youth library and develop a volunteer culture.The role of the EVS volunteers will be to support the Center’s activities and to help organize social, cultural, educational events as well as promoting the youth activism and encourage the interest in volunteering: – Creating an effective and sustainable model for engaging young people and offering a range of services and information -Changing the cultural model – engaging more young people with useful extra-curricular activities, promoting reading, civic activism and volunteering -Implementing young people’s access to alternative activities for organizing their leisure time.

Number of volunteers: 1 volunteer between 18-30 years old (Only Azerbaijani citizenship)

Project period  -15/07/2019-11/09/2019 (2 months)

Deadline: 23 May 2019

How to apply? –  Please fill the APPLICATION FORM and send your CV to evs@alternativibg.org and evs@csyo-az.org

All costs are covered by Erasmus+

No participation fee!

Language: English

Accommodation, food and financement arrangements:

The volunteers will be accommodated for free with full utility bills paid in fully furnished apartment in double room with another person from the same gender. There will be free wifi connection for the whole duration of the service. Food and pocket money:Volunteers will receive 100 euros for food and 90 euro for pocket money per month.

Application conditions and requirements for volunteering:

We are looking for young people who are open-minded and communicative. Who are creative, self-motivated and proactive. It is desired to have handwork skills or other talents (dancing, cooking, music, sport). The volunteer should like to work with adults with special needs.

Volunteer requirements:

All participants must be over 18 years old. All participants must be currently residing in the country they will represent and be able to prove it if needed with documents – Open minded , willing to volunteer and motivated to be part of our team