Long-Term Volunteering Project in Poland!

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Project name: Schuman Volunteers – Special Kindergarten 213

Hosting organization: Special Kindergarten 213

Sending organization: “Common Sense” Youth Organization

Purpose of the project: | APPLICATION FORM & MORE INFORMATION HERE: | Special Kindergarten number 213 in Warsaw is an educational institution for children and youth with physical and intellectual disabilities. There are 47 children and adolescents (from 3 to 25 years old) divided into 8 groups. All participants are children with disabilities accompanied by other developmental disorders, e.g. autism, genetic diseases, behavioral disorders, and physical disabilities. Volunteers will: help two different groups of children – 1 group of children with autism between 4-6 years old and 1 group of children with physical and intellectual disabilities. Each group is up to 6 children; accompany teachers and experts with special activities like physiotherapy, sensory integration, fairytale integration, and language therapies; assist staff in their activities connected with daily routine; propose own ideas on how to develop existing activities or create new ones. 

Volunteers between 18-30 years old (Only Azerbaijani citizenship)

Project period A total of 39 week(s) during the period 07/10/2024 to 13/07/2025

Deadline: 21/06/2024

Please get a registration number, and apply through the European Youth Portal (click the link). 

ACCOMMODATION, FOOD AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS

The apartments will be rented for the entire time of volunteers’ mobilities and are equipped with all necessary utilities. In Warsaw volunteers will live in 2 apartments, each will be shared by up to 6-8 volunteers. Each volunteer will get the amount of 6 € per day, so about 180€ (in Polish currency) per month. Additionally, each volunteer will receive about 100 € for food per month (in PLN). Transport cards for Warsaw are provided. Travel to & from the mobility is covered by the program. The Schuman Foundation will reimburse the costs of the visa (if appears). 

TRAINING DURING THE ACTIVITY

Volunteers will take part in pre-departure training organized by the Supporting Organization, on-arrival and mid-term training organized by the Polish National Agency of the ESC program, and internal on-arrival organized by the Polish Robert Schuman Foundation which coordinates the project. The first days followed by the volunteers’ arrival to Warsaw will be spent all together, not in a particular hosting organization. Schuman Foundation will prepare integration activities & deal with the logistics. Hosting organizations will organize introduction days at the beginning of the mobility. 

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

We are looking for volunteers aged between 18 and 30 years, legally residing in one of the participating or partner countries. We seek a balance of varied ages, genders, and nationalities. We are not looking for experienced volunteers but those who are willing to learn during the mobility. Apart from personal motivation our requirement is volunteers’ strong will to learn the Polish language. Volunteers need to know a few crucial phrases since they will work with children and youth, who often don’t speak English. 

How to get a registration number? – If you don’t have an account on the European Youth Portal, please watch our instruction videos from this Link

All costs are covered by the European Solidarity Corps

No participation fee! 

Language: English

Sending Organization Information 

Name of the sending organization: “Common Sense” Youth Organisation 

OID number: E10200624

City and country of your sending organization: Sumgait, Azerbaijan

Person in charge (name and surname): Ramiz Aliyev

E-mail of the person in charge: evs@csyo-az.org