Short-term (2 to 4 weeks) "work with children/teenagers" projects in Estonia

Activating teenage participants in the city camp and providing them with cross-cultural learning experience. Volunteers will do it through informal methods of teaching and working in small group techniques. Among the activities to be held by team of volunteers are playing games and music popular in the countries volunteers represent, drama, sports, preparing festivals, common discussions, excursions, actions for peace and nature protection, leading and supporting teens in their work on the team projects.; preparing and leading the teen teams presentations on the countries the camp participants and volunteers are from. Each day of the camp will have a country presentation, a subject to learn or discuss and a related activity. Volunteers are responsible for the day activities in the camp. The work can be pretty hard, involving long working hours, requiring high level of commitment and responsibility for the camp program and the young participants. You will stay with teens 10.00 i 17.00 and spend another hour to prepare next day activities. In the course of camp there is at least one day of travel outside Tallinn together with teens. Before activities start there is training in the Language School In Down-Town camp methodology and preparation. Most of local teens in the camp are Russian-speaking youngsters from minority group of Tallinn. Besides local teens 6 teenage participants from abroad are expected to join this camp. The total number of participants is 12-15. The camp ac

On mattresses in the class rooms of the Language School In Down- Town in centre of Tallinn. Toilets and showers are available. You will have breakfasts and dinners at the place of accommodation; lunches will be organized for whole camp in the city centre.

LocationCamp takes place in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.You can get a lot of information on www.tallinn.eeLEISUREThere are many possibilities for leisure time activities as the camp will take place in the Estonian capital Tallinn where one can find attractions for any taste: sightseeing, museums, festivals, concerts, pubs, etc.

Special requirementsYou have to be really motivated to work with teens. Please provide a motivation letter along with application form. Experience in work with youth is an advantage. Your ideas and actual preparation to do the activities for teens are essential. We ask you to bring some materials like postcards, posters, symbols of your country, music or popular national games etc typical for your country or region which can be used during your country presentation. We expect active volunteers with a good knowledge of history and culture of their country with ability and wish to present it to others in a creative way. Very good level of French or German or Spanish is required.PARTICIPATION FEEWe ask participants to contribute 20 Euro each towards the costs of general administration. This fee has to be paid by bank transfer before the beginning of the camp. If you cannot make bank transfer please contact your sending organization for solution.

20-28

Tallinn

French, German

TLL: Tallinn (Tallinn-ulemiste International, Estonia)

Each day of the camp will have a program completed by local coordinators and volunteers will be helping to realize it. The main activities will be intercultural learning through finding differences and similarities between Estonia and countries, where volunteers come from (history, traditions, language, singing, dancing, etc). It will be done through art, games, drama, sport, discussions. We expect active volunteers with the good knowledge of history and culture of their country and ability to present it. Volunteers would lead workshops connected with their cultural expression during 5 days of the camp, which may culminate with small performance on the last day of the project. The duration of each workshop is 2 hours. You do not have to be professional, the most important that it is enjoyable and fun Besides, each volunteer has to run one cultural night to present own country and culture to others. After placement volunteers will be contacted by organizers to be involved in the preparation of the program before arrival to Estonia. Volunteer will work in partnership with professional local educators and youth workers - 25 staff members.

In the separate house with other staff members in 4-6-bedded rooms. Volunteers will eat together with children and staff in the canteen. Showers, dry toilets and Wi-Fi are available.

LocationVihasoo is tiny village in the picturesque Lahemaa National Park 70km from Tallinn. Surrounded by forest, near to the sea, it is the ideal place for summer vacations. The nearest town (7km) is Vosu, spa town with about 1000 inhabitants.TerminalAirport, harbour, bus and train stations in Tallinn, specially arranged car to Vihasoo. We will organise transfer for the volunteers on 08.08 - one day children arrive to the camp that is to get to know each other and prepare things.LEISUREHiking, swimming, sunbathing, sports, games, excursions to the places of interest in the Lahemaa National Park.

Special requirementsYou have to love kids and be really motivated to work with them. The work demands 24-hours commitment and it can be pretty hard sometimes. Weekend is not free Experience in work with children is an advantage. We expect active volunteers with the good knowledge of history and culture of their country and ability to present it. Moreover, volunteer should be strong enough in some art to be able to lead a workshop for kids. All exciting ideas of activities for kids, games etc are welcome. English and Russian are the camp languages.PARTICIPATION FEEWe ask participants to contribute 20 Euro each towards the costs of general administration. This fee has to be paid by bank transfer before the beginning of the camp. If you cannot make bank transfer please contact your organization.

19-38

Loksa

English, Russian

TLL: Tallinn (Tallinn-ulemiste International, Estonia)

The general camp program (themes, actions, social activities, fun games, excursions) is worked out by the supervisor of the camp. Volunteers together with a local project coordinator are responsible for the day activities in the camp. The volunteers task is to provide children with live communication, activate their vocabulary and encourage them to speak English, to perform language activities and games (the vocabulary depends on the topic of the day and level of children knowledge), carrying out the planned activities, taking part in excursions (which are free for volunteers), assisting the teacher. The topics will vary from day to day. Volunteers together with a local project coordinator are responsible for the day activities in the camp. The work can be hard, requiring high level of commitment and responsibility for the camp program and the young participants. The last day of the camp is so called Parents day , when children will make a performance in English which was prepared together with teacher and the volunteers in advance. Volunteers will stay with children from 09.30 until 15.30 and they have to spend some hours for preparing the next day activities. The total number of camp participants is about 20 kids aged 9-13. The volunteers will work in a smaller group of 10 children in each. In addition to the volunteers there are 1-2 main teachers. Most of the local children are Russian-Estonian-speaking youngsters. Camp activities will take place in a learning centre si

On mattresses in the class rooms of the Optimum Semper school in the centre of Tallinn. Toilets are available, sauna and laundry is near to the accommodation place. Please bring a sleeping bag. Lunches will be organized for whole camp in the city center, dinners will be arranged for volunteers by the school. Breakfast is easy to make in the school premises as it has some simple cooking facilities.

LocationCamp will take place in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. More information on www.tallinn.ee LEISUREThere are a lot of possibilities for leisure time activities as camp will take place in the Estonian capital Tallinn where one can find attractions for any taste. Summer period is especially reach with cultural events of all kinds.

Special requirementsYou have to be really motivated to work with children. Please provide a motivation letter along with application form. Experience in work with youth is an advantage. Your ideas and actual preparation to do the activities for children are essential. A good level of English is required. The min age of volunteers is 20.PARTICIPATION FEEWe ask participants to contribute 20 Euro towards the costs of general administration. This fee has to be paid by bank transfer before the beginning of the camp. If you cannot make bank transfer please contact your organization

20-38

Tallinn

English

TLL: Tallinn (Tallinn-ulemiste International, Estonia)