Volunteer Anouncement - Finland Northern Lights  
Project:
Start date of Service: 4.11.2014
End date of Service: 5.12.2014
Length of project: 31 days    

Agree on following details:
1. Division of rights and responsibilities among organisations and volunteers

The hosting organisation (applicant) has the role of facilitating the implementation of the project by offering administrative and quality support to all project partners and enabling their networking. The Hosting organisation is also responsible of paying the pocket money monthly to the volunteer. The Hosting organisation has the right and responsibility to stay in contact with the partner organisations regularly.
The host organisation is responsible for provide adequate personal, linguistic and task-related support, including the identification of a mentor for the volunteer. The host organisation is also responsible of organising board and lodging during the project time.
The hosting organisation will organise group mentor meetings every week. Mentor is working in same place where volunteer is and they can have mentor meetings together whenever required. There are possibilities to have personal discussions with the mentor whenever needed.
The sending organisation is in charge of the preparation and support of the volunteer before, during and after the EVS activities. The sending organisation has the right and responsibility to stay in contact with the volunteer and partner organisations regularly.
The volunteer is entitled to get all the benefits as stated in the EVS programme: free board and lodging, pocket money, insurance and language training. The volunteer is also entitled to have a mentor and support person who will help her to settle into the project and working placement.
The volunteer has a responsibility towards the host organisation and should show willingness to adapt to her surroundings and to carry out agreed tasks. While the volunteer will be involved in interesting activities, some of the tasks could be routine but important to the running of the organisation. The volunteer is also responsible of following given safety instructions concerning work- and free time activities.

10 % of travel costs is to be covered by volunteer
The volunteer receives 120€ / month as pocket money. The pocket money will be paid in cash.
Support money for travel costs:
Turkey:  360€

3. Description of the role and tasks of the volunteer, the practical arrangements and expected learning outcomes

The EVS- volunteer is working together with the regular staff and team of young Finnish volunteers.

First week of the project will be on-arrival training in Youth Centre Villa Elba. During the 3 working weeks the participants will have a chance to try out different kind of work: Fforest work, cleaning tasks, working in Villa Elba’s nature school etc. The volunteers will help the staff of Villa Elba with Christmas preparations and organizing happenings for families.  

The volunteer must follow and respect all safety rules given by work leaders and staff of Villa Elba.

The volunteer will work 5 days a week, approximately 30 hours.  The working hours are from 9-15 including lunch break. The volunteer will have 2 days holiday which will be kept in the last week of the project.

Volunteers will live in cottages in together with other volunteers in shared rooms.  

During the project volunteers will learn not only new working methods, but also about the rules and expectations in working life and how to work together with different kind of people. Volunteers will learn about living in multicultural environment and also about daily living skills, as preparing food and taking care of their own living environment.

As the participants will work with children and young people, they must according to the Finnish legislation show their criminal record before arrival.


Please fill the form if you are ready to start EVS
S&G is Sending Organisation.(2008-TR-30)

If you are willing to be a volunteer at
Project name:  Northern Light
Project number:  2014-2-FI01-KA105-000758
Please fill in the application form not later than the 19th of September.
Every candidate will receive an answer whether they are selected or not after the selection process is over - it will be around the 20th of September.

Please try to answer at least in a few sentences to every question, so we can have enough information to choose the most capable people for the project – Show us in your answers that you are one of these people.


Sign in to Google to save your progress. Learn more
First Name *
Last name *
Date of birth *
Place of birth *
Gender *
Required
National ID Number *
Country of legal residence (if different)
Street adress *
Postcode *
Town *
Country *
E-mail *
Telephone (prefix & number) *
Emergency contact details (name, phone, e-mail) *
Highest level of education *
Required
If other, please specify
Level of Language *
(Englısh)
Required
Current situation *
Required
Previous activities (if participated) *
Required
Special needs *
(dietary needs, problems of mobility, health care, etc.)
Required
If yes, please specify
All expenditures related to Visa Application will be paid upon submission of all documents related to Visa Cost and copy of visa page of Passport after approval of Visa Requirement *
Required
Type of passport *
Please write 1.Passport Number 2.Date of Expiry
How do you plan to share your experiences and results of this EVS Project with others *
Do you have special competences *
Have you ever participated in EVS before *
I will submitt boarding pass of my flight(Departure&Return), other related costs of my travel *
Required
%10 of travel cost will be paid by Volunteer *
One way ticket will be bought by Sending Organization. Return ticket will be reimbursed after submission of Volunteer allowance form signed, Volunteer Report and Boarding Pass.
Required
Volunteer Report should be filled and submitted to S&G within 3 weeks after completion of EVS *
Required
YouthPass should be prepared with S&G after submission of Volunteer Report *
Required
Please write your Motivaton Letter *
 What do you find interesting in this project & How do you imagine the work to be like & what would you want to contribute
 Do you have any experiences in a similar work *
 Do you have a sense of humour *
 Do you smoke *
Have you ever been living alone *
 Have you ever been living abroad *
Are you self-reliant *
Have you ever participated in any of European Programme ( Erasmus, Leonardo, Socrates, Youth) *
 Have you ever had any serious health  problem *
Do you have any allergies *
Educational background and trainings (with dates) *
Employments and voluntary work experience  Please describe if you have any working experience and if you have ever been a volunteer before. *
Current situation  Please describe what are you doing now (working, studying etc.), and give us some background details about it. *
Other activities, skills, hobbies, sports, music.  You can list things that you like to do, anything that makes you exceptional  You can attach photos about you doing what you like too *
From which date are you available to start your EVS project in Kokkola? *
Is there a date before which you need to finish your project (because you have a job or you have to go back to university for example) ? *
Describe your motivation for participation in EVS, what do you hope to gain from it? *
Please explain why you decided to do your EVS in Finland *
What motivated you to choose this particular project? *
Why do you think we should choose you for this project? *
Have you ever lived together with other people (other than your family), and if yes, how was it? *
Have you ever been/lived in a Nordic country before? *
 If yes, please describe how it was, if not, please describe how you imagine it.
In Kokkola, the weather can be really challenging –it can rain for months or it can be very cold and windy for a long time. How do you imagine living in these conditions? *
Have you ever lived in a smaller town before? *
If yes, please describe your experience, if no, please describe how you imagine it.
Sending Organisation: Ssytem and Generation Association - S&G (2008-TR-30) *
Lütfen Onaylayınız.
Required
Submit
Clear form
Never submit passwords through Google Forms.
This content is neither created nor endorsed by Google. Report Abuse - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy
Google Forms