Endrefalva - The volunteers work with 15-20 kids with disadvantaged backgrounds. The aim is to raise engagement and participation, to develop team work and social skills, and to educate for health with active and cooperative exercises.
Nógrádmegyer - The volunteers work with 20-30 kids with fewer opportunities and different learning difficulties. They are providing different sports, cooking, dancing, and handcraft activities.
Karancsság - Depending on the season there are 11-20 kids participating. Majority of the kids face multiple disadvantages. The volunteers provide different sports, cooking, dancing, and handcraft activities to them, which are delivered in both the youth centers’ small indoor and big outdoor area.
Magyargéc - 15-20 kids are reached on a weekly basis. The youth center is very small and very poorly equipped. The volunteers and the kids play and do different sports, as well as cooking, dancing, and handcraft activities.
Ságújfalu - A well equipped and organized youth center, where the volunteers’ main activity is delivering a handcraft club to 10-15 kids once a week.
2) Schools
Endrefalva school - 154 students and 12-15 teachers, ranging from grade 1-8, with afternoon learning sessions (1-6 grades). The school is well-equipped, there are opportunities to hold sessions both indoors and outdoors. We provide afternoon sessions for the 3rd grade, and for the 5th and 6th grades in mixed groups (there are 20 students per group). Majority of them are students with learning disabilities. The main activity the volunteers provide for both groups is teaching English with non-formal methods.
Szécsény school - 300 students and 25-30 teachers, raging from grade 1-9. Our target group are students of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades (15-20 students once a week). Majority of the students are more privileged with a good family background. The main activity the volunteers provide is teaching English with non-formal methods.
Salgótarján high school - The volunteers teach English with non-formal methods, and deliver activities with the aim to improve the students’ social skills, raise awareness, and get them more open to the world. Always having lots of fun! The students are 13 to 19 years old.
Balassagyarmat high school - Twice a month the volunteers visit classes in a professional school, and teach English with non-formal methods and activities. Students are 13 to 18 years old.
Endrefalva school
Szécsény school
Salgótarján high school
Balassagyarmat high school
3) Elderly Home- Around 30 elderly people and 8 staff members. Sessions are once a week helping the elderly home in different ways: physical work, walking, handcraft, and cooking sessions, playing cards and chess.
Elderly Home
4) Nursery Home - In this child care home there are 8 kids between the age of 0-1, and 4 kids between the oge of 1-5. The volunteers help in the nuersery home once a week to help with physical work and play with the children.
Nursery Home
2. How will your week look like?
A regular working week is 30-38 working hours including a language course and meetings, excluding travel time.
The week starts with a weekly kick of meeting with your coordinator and the youth workers.
Preparation for sessions of the week.
Mostly the morning activities are in schools and in the youth centers in the afternoons.
You will have individual and group mentoring once a month, and a training/technical day once a month.
A typical weeks look like:
3. What are the main project milestones?
Explore: You will receive an onboarding training after arrival and in April and May you will explore the villages and get to know partners, participate in the first sessions with the Egyesek Youth Workers. It is important that all volunteers explore all the places and tries out all kind of activities.
Practice: During summer (June-August) you will participate in a lot of summer camps in the youth centers, villages and provide support for Egyesek other programs
Grow and Develop: In September the schools restart and you will focus more on youth centers daily support
Evaluation: In the last month of the project you will reflect on the achievement, say goodbye for children and partners, fill your YouthPass and prepare for handover.