LT EVS under Erasmus + in Spain

Period : 5 months ( June 2017 until the end of October 2017)

Place: Alcorisa (Teruel), Spain

Organisation: Kalathos Foundation

Kalathos foundation:

Kalathos foundation is a nonprofit organization that contribute since 2002 from its ethical commitment, with support and opportunities to every people with intellectualdisability or development, and their families can develop their life project quality, as well as promote inclusion as a citizen of the society with full of justice and solidarity. It is located in Alcorisa (Teruel).

Kalathos foundation works with 40 adult people with intellectual disability. Among the services and programs developed by Kalathos include: housing services, occupational center, day center, family, health care, physical therapy, psychology, social work, training, occupational therapy, transportation and dining, sports, leisure and recreation, volunteer, holidays, etc.We manage activities with local volunteering, encouraging young people of Alcorisa village who want to live the experience of helping people with intellectual disability. Also, international volunteering have participated in Kalathos foundation through work camps granted by INJUVE and with”Youth in Action” program, the European Voluntary Service.

The aim of this project is that young volunteers discover adults with intellectual disability, their interests, tastes, worries, hobbies… and, at the same time, they are going to discover themselves, changing their minds about people with disabilities and enjoying their company.

Accommodation: a shared flat in Alcorisa (Teruel);

Food: it will be provided by Kalathos foundation’s cooker staff;

Volunteer travel cost will be paid by Kalathos Foundation;

Language courses: will be provided spanish lessons during the EVS programme;

Pocket money: the volunteer will receive monthly a fixed amount of money.

Profile of Volunteer:

• Having interest in intercultural learning;

• The age between 18-30 years;

• Basic level of spanish;

• Do not have any criminal file.

How to apply? 

To apply for this EVS vacancy send your CV and Motivation letter to: advit_team@yahoo.com with the subject: “Kalathos Project”. Potential candidates will be invited for an interview.

Deadline for volunteers’ applications: the 28th of May 2017.

LT EVS under Erasmus + in Sweden

Project: “Staffansgården”

Period : 12 months ( autumn 2017 – summer 2018)

Organizational Information “Staffansgården”

Staffansgården was founded in1975, as part of the international Camphill Movement, and is situated about 300 km north of Stockholm, in Delsbo, Hälsingland. Staffansgården consists of a village where about 30 mentally challenged adults live together in smaller units, each in their own, self-contained, flat. The aim of Staffansgården is to give mentally challenged adults support in their daily life and offer them a meaningful existence. With the help of employed staff, our villagers (as the residents in need of special care are called), live and work in four different places: Staffansgården and Backvägen in Delsbo; Dellengården 13 km away near the North Dellen and Mickelsgården, a farm just two kilometers outside Delsbo. There are several daytime activities and some of the villagers work with things such as gardening, farming (there is a small farm in the village) and in different art workshops, in a bakery, weavery and carpentry/wood workshop. They have also access to several forms of therapy.

The volunteer will work with a few main areas:

• support the co-workers and villagers in baking and working in the bakery.
• support the villagers in their work in the wood workshop and the weaver.
• support the co-workers and villagers in the work at the farm (cultivating, taking care of animals etc.).
• take care of general tasks in the running of the home unit where they live (contribute to cooking food for the housemates, cleaning common areas etc.).
• take part in and support activities and projects at Staffansgården (e.g. sports activities, cultural events etc.).
• give support to villagers depending on their needs.
• optional and if possible: run own projects, depending on interest and background, such as a volunteer-café or improving the communicational performance of Staffansgården (homepage, web shop etc.).

Day	Activities
Monday	support in the bakery workshop (e. g. preparing the cakes, breads and cookies along with staff and villagers); support in the farm (e. g. growing, maintaining the crops and harvesting from the farm, taking care of the animals).
Tuesday	support in the wood workshop (e. g. helping the villagers in their daily production of wood work, painting and developing new handicraft for sale in fairs); Swedish class.
Wednesday	support in the bakery workshop (see above); taking part in sport and cultural activities with the villagers (e. g. football tournaments).
Thursday	working with household chores in the common areas in the house; helping to prepare dinner for the other people who live in the house.
Friday	support in the weaving workshop (e. g. creating rugs and scarfs as well as helping the staff with the villagers and their production); participating (free) or helping out to organise the weekly cultural afternoon.

If the volunteer has previous experience, interest or ideas and would like to organise activities or do projects in Staffansgården, the ideas are welcome and (if feasible) will be supported and the volunteer will be able to work on this.

All the costs for accommodation and transport are covered by the project as well for pocket money.

Profile of Volunteer

• Having interest in intercultural exchange;

• The age between 18-30 years;

• Do not have any criminal file.

Further information you can find at the following link: Project information Staffansgården Camphill/

How to apply

To apply for EVS vacancy send your CV and Motivation letter to:  advit_team@yahoo.com With the subject: “Staffansgården”. Potential candidates will be invited for an interview.

Deadline for volunteers’ applications: the 20th of May 2017.