Noored Ühiskonna Heaks (NYH) is promoting a call for volunteer for European Voluntary
Service placements called “MediArt” for 9 months, which will take place from 5th April 2017 to 5th
January 2018 in Serres, Greece.
Hosting Organisations is
PRAXIS: Inspires youngsters to participate and enjoy
their work as volunteers in our activities and in the program of E.V.S. and
youth exchange projects. PRAXIS offer opportunities to young people to express
their creativities, spreading all interesting information for them and for
their future life and employment. It also owns a non-profit making programme at
the radio station ( www.rodonfm.net ) and
its broadcasts raise several issues that concern young people. On the
e-magazine “MEDIART”, volunteers write articles, comments, opinions and the
layout. http://evs-mediart.weebly.com/
PRAXIS aims to create international
opportunities for youth development - to strengthen dialogue between
authorities and youth groups, including disadvantaged groups - to run local
youth radio station structure- association activities: - creation of youth
audition for the youth voice to be heard - arranging international
intercultural educational experiences for youth.
PRAXIS aims to improve the job
opportunities of young people from North Greece and to provide support in order
for them to find their place within the European system
PRAXIS works as a sending and a hosting
EVS organization since 1998.
-PRAXIS co-operates with the municipal
cultural center of Serres, several Greek universities, local University, UNESCO
and other institutions.
The Profile of the volunteer: proactive, motivated to work
in a foster home environment, with sense of responsibility, like to work in a
team, flexible, with handwork skills, and communication ability. We are looking
for volunteers who can work with all social media, promoting social messages
and the “international days” campaigns (via Facebook, writing articles in blogs,
creating Youtube).
The volunteer’s tasks are the following:
Promotion
and support of national and international campaigns (mostly connected to United
Nations and their sub-organisations): Radio station (spots, broadcasts and
technical support, sound system control); Management of the organisations various
social network channels; Creation of videos related to Human Rights and related
campaigns; Coverage of events (videos, photos, articles, interviews, radio
reportages) ; International web- campaign promoting social
and human values; Cooperation with schools; Leisure time using computers in
Info-center of PRAXIS with the young refugees from the local refugee’s camp.
1) Radio Station (30%). The Volunteer will gain
valuable experience working with media. Volunteer’s tasks are in control sound
system during the journalistic radio-broadcast on the Master Sound control.
Every day the volunteer has his/her personal radio broadcast. Every volunteer
creates and records a personal radio spot to promote and advertise his/her broadcast.
2) International web- campaign
promoting social and human values.(40%)
For the theme of every
campaign, the volunteer receives all this information some weeks earlier. When
the volunteer receives all data links about “THE INTERNATIONAL DAY” he/she has
to inform about the subject and then works together with the professionals in
order to have brain-storming discussion.
Tasks for every campaign:
a) PRAXIS cooperates with most of
the international organizations , volunteers within the frame of ERASMUS+
programme, will participate in this campaign.
b) PRAXIS cooperates with all
local authorities and all local NGOs. PRAXIS's volunteer takes pictures, video
interviews and finally all this documentation is shown on YouTube, local
newspapers and media.
c) For each campaign the
volunteer:
- makes a radio spot to promote
a social message
- radio broadcasts
- writes a personal article on
the volunteers' blog
- uploads information on the
facebook of PRAXIS
- creates posters, leaflets and
flyers.
4) Cooperation with schools
(5%). The
activities mainly take place within the school, with the idea of creating links
between schools and the organisation. But also many school classes are visiting
the Radio station by many occasions (i.e. International Radio day, promoting
their school projects).
The volunteer transmit his
experience of mobility and youth participation:
- organization of a job
orientation fair
- dissemination of information
5) “Coming
together-Bringing down barriers” is
targeted at youth (Locals -European -Refugees) who live in the Serres community
and are active in youth initiatives. It includes Creative workshops with young
refugees in youth info-center of PRAXIS.
In specific, the proposed project
brings together youths who are using social and traditional media internet and
computers in order to share common interests and activities such as a radio
broadcast and promotional radio-spots, information material aimed at raising
community awareness to cultural integration, teaching English,
"Personalities Marketplace" activities, cinema nights, group games,
stories and also personal life experiences exchange.
Volunteer time would
be of 07 hours per day, 05 days per week, two consecutive days off per week and
2 days holiday per month for the duration of the project.
Accommodation: We
will provide
accommodation in an apartment with double bedroom with fully equipped kitchen,
toilet, laundry facilities and living room. The costs with electricity, water,
gas, TV and Internet are covered by the Coordinating Organization. The volunteers
will have towels and bed clothes for the entire period of the project.
Food
and Pocket Money:
We will provide €220 (every month) to cover costs of food and extra expenses during
non-working time.
The Erasmus + Programme will reimburse
100% of the travel costs for the participants (up to 360 euros). Volunteer will have full insurance and training and language support!
All the interested people
should fill send the CV and Motivation Letter in English to marco@nyh.ee.
Application deadline: 21st February 2017
