Travel, board and lodging expenses are covered by the European Solidarity Corps programme.

Volunteers will receive a pocke money to be managed autonomously.

Volunteers will be enrolled in the CIGNA insurance system.

All the activities foresee a first short period to introduce volunteers to the new context, and a final period dedicated to the evaluation and elaboration of the acquired competencies. Each volunteers is entitled to receive the YouthPass certificate, created by the European Commission to certify the knowledge and skills acquired in non-formal learning setting.

Associazione InformaGiovani is a no-profit organisation active since 2001 in the field of youth by promoting the right to information, local and international volunteering and youth mobility with a focus to young people with fewer opportunities. In the frame of European Programmes we have been implementing training, seminars, youth exchange, etc about interculturalism, inclusion, volunteerism, active participation and media literacy through non-formal education. We regularly involve young people in volunteering projects as coordinating and supporting organisation for Erasmus+/ESC projects. Also we run local international workcamps for promoting tolerance, diversity and cultural understanding. Since 2014, we coordinate the EU-informal network supported by Erasmus+, which count nowadays 16 organisations in 14 European countries.

motivation to undertake a volunteer experience abroad

Attitude to team work, open- mindedness and flexibility

creativity and interest in the specific topics of each activity

basic knowledge of English or Italian

Each participant will contribute to promoting the volunteering experience:

by writing blog article on InformaGiovani website

by crating small videos/photo collection to publish on social media

by participating in public events organised by InformaGiovani or host/supporting organisation

aged 18-30 years

strong motivation for working with children and young people

ability to team working, open-minded, sociable, creative, interest in multiculturalism

artistic skills (e.g. juggling, drawing, playing musical instruments) and digital skills are welcome (i.e. Photoshop or other graphic software, video-editing, MS Office Word, Excel, Power Point)

flexibility on moving in different places for the activities and, if needed, possibility to change accommodation (periodically or for some days) in order to respect the activity plans

ready to live in small village far from main cities (i.e. distance from Palermo, 200km – from Catania, 150 km)

drive licence (optional)

be enrolled in ESC database https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en

support for after-school activities (home-work, recreational activities) for young people in the centre for unaccompanied minors;

support in the implementation of the ludo-bus project for making small artistic events (theatre performance, juggling, other...) on the themes of multiculturalism and inclusion;

support in recreational activities aimed at the children of young mothers or migrant couples;

support in the management of volunteering initiatives run by the NGO in cooperation with local partners, and institutions;

support in communication activities: promotional posts on social media, making videos and photos.

participating in promotional events on EU programmes organised by the hosting organisation (or by the supporting organisation after the end of ESC activity).

Volunteers will use their own ideas, creativity and experience to develop a personal

project/activity related to the work of the Receiving Organisation.

The service will be approximatively 35 hours per week, including language

preparation.