Stowarzyszenie BONA FIDES i Associação Académica da UMa poszukują wolontariuszy na projekt EVS w Portugalii. Zgłoszenia (CV oraz list motywacyjny w języku angielskim) prosimy przesyłać na adres [email protected]

Termin nadsyłania zgłoszeń: 8 kwiecień 2015
Vacancies: 2 volunteers

Activitiy dates of Volunteers: 2 October 2015 – 1 August 2016
Project title: History Tellers, walk with real stories
Place: Madera Island, Portugal

Proposed activities:
The Student Union of the University of Madeira (AAUMa) annually develops various projects. The role of EVS volunteers is to support and create new projects for AAUMa considering the various target groups: children, youth, adults and the elderly. The projects in which volunteers will be encouraged to participate and support are:

– Jesuits College of Funchal – participate in daily activities undertaken by collaborators of AAUMa at the Jesuit College. These activities involve support in daily guided tours to areas of the College, supporting the conservation of the building, supporting interaction with foreign visitors, support and organization of musical events. It is a historical project with guided tours, assistance activities to the tourists and history investigation.

– Armazem do Mercado – daily guided tours around old town Funchal,supporting interaction with foreign visitors always with mentor assistance

In terms of service and learning opportunity, in both areas, the volunteers will be able to learn through experimentation in all activities where they will be involved. With its active participation in the projects of AAUMa, volunteers will be able to understand the relationship between the Student Union and Madeira Island.
Volunteers will also learn about planning, preparation and implementation of activities proposed by AAUMa, about how to evaluate the results of the activities and how to deal with people in an ultra-peripheral region. In addition, volunteers will gain a unique experience in working in a youth association and will collaborate in daily activities that will be very important for the development of associative work.
Volunteers will be constantly encouraged to contribute with their experience with new ideas and new methodologies in stimulating activities, following a perspective of sharing and exchanging developing creativity and initiative. Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn about themselves and about their own abilities and preferences.
The volunteer will develop daily voluntary activities requested by the tutor and the mentor. The volunteer will also learn the Portuguese language through classes that will be included in the weekly schedule of the volunteer. These activities will be carried out from Monday to Friday, between 10 am to 13:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 6 pm. The number of hours worked by the volunteer is 35 hours per week. The volunteer will rest on Saturday and Sunday. Most of the activities of the volunteers will be held at the University of Madeira and the Jesuit College of Funchal.

You can find more information here: 

and see movie:

MOVIE HISTORY TELLERS

Volunteers profile:
Whereas the purpose of the project is to find volunteers in the interest and motivation to develop the proposed activities and tasks. The dynamism and creativity are also very imporant characteristics in order to suggest , plan and develop activities with various audiences. The flexibility , positivity and willingness of volunteers to carry out tasks of all kinds of innovative ways. They hoped to find volunteers in a spirit of adaptation and flexibility , and the willingness to live in an ultra- peripheral region available to learn a new language and to comparir their knowledge , culture and customs . The estudiasmo and motivation are also required to participate in projects and undertake new ones.
It’s welcome that the candidates have some relation to cultural studies or history studies. It is good if they already have some experiance in guiding tours.
The projects carried out by the Union of Students of the University of Madeira are open to volunteers of both sexes between 17 and 30 years old.

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