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VOLUNTEER IN COORDINADORA BARRIOS
GENERAL INFORMATION
Start: 06.09.2024
End: 07.08.2025
The schedule of volunteer activities will be between 30 and 38 hours per week.
This project will be carried out mainly in a neighborhood of El Palmar called Los Rosales. This neighborhood has been characterized for decades by the process of socioeconomic decline, suffering major problems related to housing and social exclusion, as well as a general deterioration that affects many levels: urban, physical and social, and problems in the social and labor integration of the inhabitants.
The volunteers will participate mainly in:
1. Support with primary and secondary school reinforcement (afternoons): Generally, from 15:30 to 17:00 there is support with school reinforcement for primary school children, and from 17:00 to 17:30 there are leisure activities with an educational focus, including games and crafts. Then, from 17:30 to 19:00 there is school reinforcement with the secondary groups, and from 19:00 to 20:00 leisure activities are carried out, pre-established and discussed with the secondary groups, which also include games and handicrafts.
2. Support to families (mornings):
- Family support and supervision.
- Participation in workshops with women and child protection
- Support in workshops on gender equality and intercultural learning.
- Spanish classes two mornings a week, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (depending on the level of Spanish).
3. Promotion of European Projects and Programs: Ocassionally the volunteers will participate in workshops and presentations about the European Solidarity Corps program in youth organizations, high schools and the University of Murcia.
4. Summer School (June-July): The summer school consists of 4 weeks during which, from Monday to Thursday from 9:00 to 13:00, various activities are carried out around a main theme (e.g. travel, art, cooking) with groups of mainly primary school children (40 places), such as handicrafts with recycled material, excursions and games.
5. Community intervention in the neighborhood of Los Rosales: Together with other social entities, schools and the city council, quarterly activities are carried out at the community level where children and their families are the protagonists. The main activity is La Fuente de las Culturas, which takes place on a Saturday in May, with a morning of different activities.
Our volunteering project seeks to promote the values promoted by the EU and the ESC Programme, such as solidarity, equality, justice, respect, the fight against exclusion and xenophobia, etc.
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER´S LIVE
Practical arrangements: The schedule of the volunteer activities will be between 30 and 38 hours per week. The volunteer will work max. 38 hours on 5 days per week.
Holidays: According to the rules of ESC, volunteers must have 2 working days off per month.
Accommodation: The volunteers will live in a room in a shared flat located in the city of Murcia together with other volunteers. The room and the flat will be fully equipped, and electricity, water, gas and internet will be covered by the lead organization (till the amount of 30€ per volunteer).
Pocket money: The volunteer will receive the monthly rate foreseen by the Spanish NA, 186€ per month.
Food: The volunteer will receive 184€ for food every month.
Local transport: Every volunteer will have a chance to choose a bike or bus card provided by the hosting organization if it is needed.
Language support: The volunteer is entitled to receive language support with an online platform, as stated on the ESC programme guide.
Medical insurance: The volunteer will be covered by a private insurance that will cover all the expenses not covered by the public health system (health, accident and civil liability insurance).
Travel costs: The volunteer will receive financial support for travel from his/her country to Spain and from Spain to his/her country once the project is completed, up to a maximum amount established by the European Commission according to the distance band.
Visa and residence permit fees: The volunteer will receive financial support for visa arrangements (if required).
Deposit: The volunteer will have to make a 370€ deposit that will be reimbursed once the project is ended and the volunteer leaves tidy, clean, and with no damage in the private room and common areas, and if the volunteer doesn't leave the project without a justified reason before it ends.
HOW TO APPLY
Anyone interested after reading the info above, fill in the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM and attach their CV and motivation letter (in English or Spanish).
VOLUNTEER PROFILE
This project is aimed at young people between 18 and 30 years old who have not participated in any European volunteering project (EVS or ESC) before. We will give priority to the selection of young people with fewer opportunities.
The selection will be made based on the attitude, the willingness to participate, the motivation and the commitment to the values of the project rather than knowledge and skills of the candidates .
We value the responsibility, the spirit of initiative, the patience and the ability to step back from interpersonal conflicts in order to deal with them more effectively, and the enthusiasm and willingness to participate in the different activities offered.
No young person willing to participate in our project will be excluded for any reason (economic difficulties; social or geographical obstacles; cultural or ideological differences; sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, gender and gender identity, etc.).
ABOUT COORDINADORA DE BARRIOS EL PALMAR
Coordinadora de Barrios is a non-profit organization with more than 30 years of experience working with people at risk of marginalization and social exclusion. We have a long history of working with young people and their families in the framework of the prevention of social exclusion in some of the most marginalized areas of the city of Murcia.
The work is mainly focused on the quality of life and integration of children at risk of social exclusion in our area through different projects and activities, and supporting their families.
We have been working in different areas and municipalities of the Region of Murcia since 1986. The organization is made up of four groups (neighborhood collectives) that develop and implement different projects that work in specific areas, sadly famous for the high risk of social exclusion of their inhabitants: Barrio de Los Rosales in El Palmar, Barrio de Santa Rosa de Lima / San Pedro in Alcantarilla, Barrio Espíritu Santo in Espinardo and Barrio del Polígono de la Paz in Murcia.
Our work began in the 90s as a response to the needs of the boys and girls living in Los Rosales: family problems, poverty and economic struggle, lack of trust in the educational system, early school-leaving, lack of space for activities of leisure where to have fun and live together.
The objectives of the Coordinadora de Barrios are:
- Addressing the problems of dysfunctional children, young people and adults, in order to respond to these situations through direct interventions and support.
- Provide support and supervision where needed (urban areas, police stations, prisons, centers for drug addicts, etc.).
- To get close to the concerns and anxieties of families and individuals in general, and to get involved and help them look for possible solutions.
- Promote education and raise public awareness on these issues, developing critical analysis of situations that become an obstacle to the integration process.
- Coordinate the work in the different areas and cooperate with the many organizations or institutions that share the same objectives.
EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS PROGRAMME (ESC)
As a volunteer, the European Solidarity Corps lets you learn through non-formal experiences, improve existing skills or acquire new ones for your personal, educational or professional development.
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