📌 PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

We are offering young people the opportunity to volunteer in Leipzig, in general for a period of twelve months.

We offer a variety of placements in the social, cultural and educational sector. If you are interested in taking part in ESC (European Solidarity Corps), you should be between 18 and 30, live in an European or partner country and be willing to commit your time, energy and enthusiasm to volunteer for a longer period of time.

📌 PARTICIPANT PROFILE:

between 18 - 30 years old
willing to commit your time, energy and enthusiasm

📌 THE ORGANIZERS:

Our vision is that people in Leipzig participate equally, self-determined and committed in our society. To this end, we initiate, enable and support offers and projects in the fields of youth, culture and social affairs. We support people in developing their potential and realizing their ideas. We are the socio-cultural center in the heart of Leipzig! Our resources are open to encounter, communication, education and self-realization.

We show that with our motto: Your VILLA - your ideas - our community.

📌 LOGEMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT:

Full travel reimbursement (covered by the program up to the limit of 275€ for participants from Bulgaria).

📌 4 Different Projects:

1. After school care - Day nursery at neighbourhood school

DESCRIPTION & TASKS

The Initiative Neighbourhood School Leipzig e.V. is the founder of the Neighbourhood School (NaSch). Today, we - parents, teachers, educators and sponsors - continue to be an important and indispensable member of the NaSch family as a non-profit organization for the after school care centre and nursery. Since the beginning of 1999, the community of the neighbourhood school has been in free ownership of the initiative "Nachbarschaftsschule Leipzig e.V". The idea of a kindergarten was developed in 2002 with the decision of the association to take over Odermann houses and expand it for the after school care centre. A concept for the nursery was developed on the basis of the mission and the pedagogical concept of the NaSch and the after school care centre and the nursery was founded in August 2008. Since then, it has been located on the ground floor of the Odermann houses.

Teachers and parents founded the NaSch with the idea of creating a school, which opens up inside and outside. We support the individual strengths and talents of the pupils as well as possible. To realize this, we use approved reform-educational forms of organization and methods. Within the educational and educational mission, it is particularly important for us to develop values and to live them - values such as the joy of learning, democracy and conflict management, freedom from violence and a willingness to take responsibility for themselves and others. The NaSch community sees itself as a part and model of a democratic society. Our school is a place of social learning, firmly anchored in the Leipzig district of Lindenau. School, nursery, after school care centre and neighbourhood are partners who work together transparently and for mutual benefit. The volunteers will not work in the school, they are in the after school care / day nursery.

Volunteers will get involved in the day nursery (after school class 1 - 6). Tasks are:

- - Accompanying the children and help in regular offers in kindergarten and nursery in a fixed group
  - Playing games, doing handicrafts etc. with the kids
  - Participation in the free weekly group hour (nursers) or the morning circle (kindergarten), accompanying children at meals
  - Accompaniment and participation in excursions and holiday offers
  - Implementation of projects in which the children get an insight into the home country of the volunteers and/or on the subject of Europe, languages (we have a focus on French)
  - In addition, there will be several project days for all ESC volunteers.

2. BBW kindergarden Markkleeberg

DESCRIPTION AND TASKS

The day care centre for children is located in Markleeberg in the south of Leipzig, near beautiful lakes, parks and forests. The day care centre comprises a kindergarten and nursery for 78 children aged 1-6 years, including 6 integration places. The kindergarden will be the working place for the volunteer. On the 2nd and 3rd floor the children can choose their favourite places to play and learn – there are art and creative spaces for playing roles, singing, handicrafts, experiments and even a media space to introduce the children into the topic and realizing small media projects. Children play as well in the garden outside the building. Going into nature and doing some sports are as well part of the activities. Furthermore, there are special highlights during the year like a summer event. The institution works with a pedagogically open concept. That means f.i., children decide by themselves how they spend the day and choose their favourite activities. The concept is framed by some general roles for all children (like how to deal with conflicts etc.). The institution cooperates with primary school to prepare children for the time after kindergarten.

The volunteer supports the workers in their daily routines with the kids and shall set up own small or bigger projects in the kindergarten. He/she will get to know a pedagogic insight into the work of a kindergarten working with an open concept. The volunteer will work with children between 3 and 7 years. He/she will get to know and co-arrange the work with the parents, participate in important processes like preparing elder kids for school, attend creative projects that are carried through the different spaces of the kindergarten (handicrafts, theatre...). He/she shall actively enter aspects of his/her own culture into the daily life with the kids and create special projects around this. He/she shall carry through an own project in one of the creative fields.

3. BBW kindergarten Seumestraße

DESCRIPTION & TASKS

The day care centre for children is located in »Knauthain« in the south of Leipzig, near beautiful lakes and parks. The day care centre comprises a kindergarten for 69 children aged 3-6 years, including 3 integration places. This will be the working space for the volunteer. The institution has a nature education focus which will be developed in the next years. Actually there are three forest days half a year and in addition a children nature group in the kindergarten. Furthermore, the pedagogic work is open, that means, children decide by themselves how they spend the day and choose their favourite activities.
There are rooms for different interests and activities, like for playing roles and theatre or handicrafts and wood. Children play as well in the big and beautiful garden outside the building. Furthermore, there are special highlights during the year like church holidays that are celebrated. The kindergarten cooperates with the church for these activities.

The volunteer supports the workers in their daily routines with the kids and shall set up own small or bigger projects in the kindergarten. He/she will get to know a pedagogic insight into the work of a kindergarten working with an open concept. The volunteer will work with children between 3 and 7 years. He/she will get to know and co-arrange the work with the parents, participate in important processes like preparing elder kids for school, attend projects that are carried through the different spaces of the kindergarten (nature, handicrafts…) and events (church holidays). He/she shall actively enter aspects of his/her own culture into the daily life with the kids and create special projects around this. He/she shall carry through an own project in one of the fields.

4. BBW kindergarten Elefant, Tiger, Knirps

DESCRIPTION & TASKS

The institution is a kindergarten with a capacity of 100 children (60 kindergarten places and 40 nursery places). 19 pedagogues care about the children. The institution is located at the »media city Leipzig« and has a big and beautiful garden. There are many creative possibilities for the kids, for example a room for role plays, a creative lab, a library and a media project room. Media education and digitalization is a focus of the institution.
Period rituals like daily singing, big morning-circle and times for movement, role plays belong to every day. Furthermore, there will be special highlights like a summer event. The institution is very open-minded and glad to host volunteers from different countries and cultures. The children could benefit from new input, f.e. learn words and basics of other languages by playing, singing and period rituals.

The volunteer supports the pedagogues in their daily routines with the kids and shall set up own small or bigger projects in the Kindergarten. He/she will get to know a pedagogic insight into the work. The volunteer will work in a group with children between 1 and 7 years. He/She will get to know and co-arrange the work with the parents; participate in important processes like preparing elder kids for school, attend projects belonging to the media education. He/she shall actively enter aspects of his/her own culture into the daily life with the kids and create special projects around
this.

In addition, we will produce several project days towards topics of solidarity in Europe/social projects for all ESC volunteers.

📌DEADLINE FOR APPLYING: 13th of June 2021

📌 FEE: There is no administrative fee.

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